foods to try before ya die (US)

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Green Chile in the southwest. I’m from CO which is a different style than New Mexico but both are great.
Carne Asada fries in San Diego
I’m going to add poutine from Montreal even though it’s a US thread.

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Vietnamese food from Eden Center. It is top of the list for every houseguest we have.

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I am LAUGHING At the posts for ethnic food. I mean yes its good and all- but if you wanted real Vietnamese food you go to Vietnam not Eden Corner. It thought the point was to share foods you can only get in the US.

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I've already achieved all of this.

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I want to try Franklin BBQ before I die.

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Juicy Lucy in Minnesota

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I would love to see more yummy food suggestions (and less pointless ridiculing.)

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Anonymous wrote:Shrimp and Grits. I guess it's from Charleston, but I've never had a take on Shrimp and Grits I didn't like. My favorite was in Wilmington, NC.

Jambalaya in Louisiana

Crabcakes in Maryland

Crab cracking on the bay in Maryland at a place with long tables with paper on them.

Barbeque in NC

Barbeque in Texas

Agree with whole lobster at a lobster pound in Maine.

Fresh H&H bagels in NYC

Fresh Sourdough in the NW

Hot Krispy Kremes anywhere they are served

American Breakfast with hash browns, eggs, bacon in a diner

Hamburger in a diner

Steak in a fancy steak house (NYC does steakhouse very well.)

Traditional NC restaurant plate of just three sides. Plate must be divided and made from that cafeteria plastic to count.

Virginia apple cider doughnuts

Stop into any roadside local diner in Texas within twenty miles of the border and get a cheap breakfast plate with some of the best southwestern food you've ever had. Whatever the special is will be the best choice you can make. A lunch special at these places will also work.

That's off the top of my head of local specialties that were 100% worth it.

Seriously no to NC mush plates that’s just gross.

H&h bagels no absolutely no. They are barely ok. So ,many better options
This reads like a list of poor old white people food .

Except for your diners sure those are always great and NJ is where to go for goid diner food .

Texas at the border as well

Please tell us your better Bagel options.

Not PP but Liberty Bagel or Utopia.

Hahaha no self-respecting New Yorker would ever go to either of those tourist traps.

Might still be a tourist bagel, but I like Best and Essa Bagels. Essa gets a point off for putting way too much cream cheese on their bagels, but the bagels themselves are great.

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Anonymous wrote:Shrimp and Grits. I guess it's from Charleston, but I've never had a take on Shrimp and Grits I didn't like. My favorite was in Wilmington, NC.

Jambalaya in Louisiana

Crabcakes in Maryland

Crab cracking on the bay in Maryland at a place with long tables with paper on them.

Barbeque in NC

Barbeque in Texas

Agree with whole lobster at a lobster pound in Maine.

Fresh H&H bagels in NYC

Fresh Sourdough in the NW

Hot Krispy Kremes anywhere they are served

American Breakfast with hash browns, eggs, bacon in a diner

Hamburger in a diner

Steak in a fancy steak house (NYC does steakhouse very well.)

Traditional NC restaurant plate of just three sides. Plate must be divided and made from that cafeteria plastic to count.

Virginia apple cider doughnuts

Stop into any roadside local diner in Texas within twenty miles of the border and get a cheap breakfast plate with some of the best southwestern food you've ever had. Whatever the special is will be the best choice you can make. A lunch special at these places will also work.

That's off the top of my head of local specialties that were 100% worth it.

Seriously no to NC mush plates that’s just gross.

H&h bagels no absolutely no. They are barely ok. So ,many better options
This reads like a list of poor old white people food .

Except for your diners sure those are always great and NJ is where to go for goid diner food .

Texas at the border as well

Please tell us your better Bagel options.

Not PP but Liberty Bagel or Utopia.

Hahaha no self-respecting New Yorker would ever go to either of those tourist traps.

Would you allow Gray's Papaya or Papaya King as musts if I ratted out Magnolia Bakery for having perfectly ordinary cupcakes?

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Anonymous wrote:Someone said blueberries in a specific place.
But I’ve had that same blueberry experience picking them in central Florida.

Someone said California peaches. While I have often visited rural/suburban areas of central CA and had amazing produce. I also have had ammaaazing fresh peaches in Georgia—late July early August.

California dried apricots then. The ones more like Trader Joe's "slab apricots". So much better than "Turkish". Hard to find these days. The mass market prefers the wetter "Turkish" style. Sometimes called "Mediterranean".

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A truly region exclusive delicacy (though good but not great) are the date shakes from the Coachella Valley.

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Plate lunch in Hawaii.

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Muskra t--Sussex County Delaware

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While we are on Delaware, must try Scrapple. Don’t read the ingredients- it’s gross, but sure tastes great.

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Anonymous wrote:Muskra t--Sussex County Delaware

Ew