what are state foods you just learned exist

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Anonymous wrote:Had a neighbor from New Jersey who introduced me to a meat called Taylor Ham. I have to admit with an egg and cheese on a bun for breakfast was pretty delicious.

There is nothing, NOTHING! as good as Taylor ham, egg and cheese on a Kaiser roll. Absolute perfection.

It's called pork roll!

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'Nduja - a spicy spreadable sausage from Calabria region of Italy. I grew up in New Jersey, with several high quality Italian delis close to my house, yet I'd never heard of this stuff until recently. It's quite good!

Also in true North Jersey form, I approve of the PPs who are properly calling that delicious salty pork product and essential bagel sandwich ingredient "Taylor Ham," not Pork Roll.

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I just found out that maypops are a native southern fruit. They're I'm looking for leftover seed pods on neighbors' vines to plant next year (likely better germination than from purchased seed because sensitive to moisture content. Too dry won't sprout.)

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In college I drove from California to DC and remember being in (I think) Kentucky and not recognizing most things on the menu. I wish I remembered more, but when I asked the waitress what “cheesy rotel” was, she looked at me like I was an alien.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had a neighbor from New Jersey who introduced me to a meat called Taylor Ham. I have to admit with an egg and cheese on a bun for breakfast was pretty delicious.

There is nothing, NOTHING! as good as Taylor ham, egg and cheese on a Kaiser roll. Absolute perfection.

It's called pork roll!

Agreed. Taylor is a brand, along with Case and Trenton Roll. Pork Roll is the overall meat. Just like cola is the type of drink, and Coke, Pepsi and RC are different brands that make it.

Two things are indisputable, though - Taylor is the best among them, and a porkroll, egg and cheese on a roll is the greatest sandwich of all time (not greatest breakfast sandwich, greatest sandwich, period.)

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Anonymous wrote:In college I drove from California to DC and remember being in (I think) Kentucky and not recognizing most things on the menu. I wish I remembered more, but when I asked the waitress what “cheesy rotel” was, she looked at me like I was an alien.

That reminds me of Kentucky's "Hot Brown," an open-faced sandwich on toasted white bread with roasted turkey, bacon, tomatoes, and Mornay sauce. Named after the Brown Hotel where it was invented.

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^^link: https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/hot-brown-sandwich-tips

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Anonymous wrote:I've discovered a bunch of different state/regional foods thanks to Tiktok. Mostly Midwestern it seems. I find it really interesting to see all the different things I've never heard of that are staples elsewhere. I grew up outside Boston and I don't feel like there was anything really unique that we had at family gatherings.

Do people eat boston baked beans and boston brown bread or is that a myth that i just made up in my mind in this moment?

Not pp, but my grandfather who spent his teens in Newton and then went to MIT did. I have canned brown bread in my cupboard (it’s terrible compared to homemade) and make homemade baked beans (they are delicious and nothing like the canned stuff).

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Anonymous wrote:I've discovered a bunch of different state/regional foods thanks to Tiktok. Mostly Midwestern it seems. I find it really interesting to see all the different things I've never heard of that are staples elsewhere. I grew up outside Boston and I don't feel like there was anything really unique that we had at family gatherings.

Do people eat boston baked beans and boston brown bread or is that a myth that i just made up in my mind in this moment?

My mom made both of these, yet she was from Maryland.

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Delaware, Sussex County Muskrat

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Maryland, Dorchester County, Muskrat

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota - hot dish. Had no idea this was even a thing, and I've been in this Earth for decades. And some of them apparently put tater tots in it?

On it. We put tater tots on it, not in it. And there’s not one hot dish, there are hundreds and you’ve eaten them. They’re called “casseroles” everywhere else.

+1 a “hot dish” is not unique to Minnesota.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've discovered a bunch of different state/regional foods thanks to Tiktok. Mostly Midwestern it seems. I find it really interesting to see all the different things I've never heard of that are staples elsewhere. I grew up outside Boston and I don't feel like there was anything really unique that we had at family gatherings.

Do people eat boston baked beans and boston brown bread or is that a myth that i just made up in my mind in this moment?

My mom made both of these, yet she was from Maryland.

Is she Irish, by chance?

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Anonymous wrote:Had a neighbor from New Jersey who introduced me to a meat called Taylor Ham. I have to admit with an egg and cheese on a bun for breakfast was pretty delicious.

There is nothing, NOTHING! as good as Taylor ham, egg and cheese on a Kaiser roll. Absolute perfection.

I’m PP with the generous neighbor who was kind enough to introduce me to this delicacy. She’s moved out of the area unfortunately. Now outside of ordering it online or driving to New Jersey is there a store in the DMV that sells it? Would love to add it to my breakfast rotation.

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Anonymous wrote:Delaware, Sussex County Muskrat

good lord, why did I google that?!