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[dorf]

The point of this thread is to exchange tasty local foods from our regions.

Explanation:

• You may post dishes, intermediate goods, products... basically anything edible that is not a single raw plant, animal product etc.
  
• Food should not be known world-wide. That means no Peanut butter, no Nutella, no Filet mignon, no Ramen and the like.
• If it's a product or intermediate good, include instruction on best use. E.g. Nutella is best used on sweet bread, paired with warm milk.
• Include your country and region, if relevant.
• Try to include a google-searchable name. Local and English, if available. Links to Wikipedia, a recipe website or similar sources that will be online for the foreseeable future are even better.

You may be subjective. Food origins are unimportant. Lengthy recipes should go in spoiler tags. Discussions are welcomed.

[dorf]

Pumpkin seed oil.

In Slovenia we use pumpkin seed oil on all kinds of salads.
I'd say the best use is to put it on tomato salad (tomato, onion, salt, pumpkin seed oil). For best results get fresh tomatoes from the farmer's market.

[Levi]

Vancouver

I think all we have here is the Japadog, but I think its spread to some other places.  I've never actually had one though.

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The California roll was also made in Vancouver, but I think its pretty well known everywhere now.

[Levi]

Levi, what, no poutine? Or is that not in Vancouver? I know it's Canadian, though...

Poutine is more of Quebec thing I think.  We have it and I've tried it, but I don't really like it much.   

[majikero]

I did not know that California roll is the kind where the rice is the one on the outside.

I wish I could point some out where I live but there isn't much I know what I could consider something that can only be found "here". Or maybe I just don't go out to out of the way places more often.

All I could think about that qualifies is the goddamn Jollibee in Virginia Beach. All the times we went there its always full of Filipinos from another state. Goddammit open another store near DC dammit!

Edit. I know big brands is a no go but dammit I want one near where I live.

[Baffler]

Ohio has the Buckeye Candy which is, objectively speaking, the best confection in the known universe.

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Basically a core of peanut butter, dipped in melted chocolate and set to cool. Sometimes with additional stuffs inside the peanut butter, but that might just be my family. They're a regional thing as near as I can tell, named for their similarity to the equally glorious (but not nearly as edible) buckeye nut.

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[RedKing]

I think all we have here is the Japadog, but I think its spread to some other places.

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I've never actually had one though.

So, I'm not the only one who first assumed that this is something Japa invented, right? >_>


We have barbecue. Game over, y'all.
I'm partial to Eastern-style myself.

Also, we have Cheerwine, which beats the crap out of Cherry Coke.

[penguinofhonor]

In Kentucky, we have bourbon. It is cheap and it is everywhere - no liquor store here is complete without at least a small aisle of bourbon.

We also cook with it! Derby pie is a pie mainly made of chocolate, pecans, and bourbon. Bourbon balls are a dessert, a mix of powdered sugar and bourbon coated in chocolate. The Wikipedia article claims another version is more common but nobody I know has ever heard of those and they don't sound very good.

We also have barbecue, but I do not hail from part of the state that is passionate about it. And that's a shame.

(also I definitely thought Japa had something to do with japadogs at first)

[Yoink]

In Kentucky, we have bourbon. It is cheap and it is everywhere - no liquor store here is complete without at least a small aisle of bourbon.

Holy carp, I was just thinking about how great it would be to have a bottle of bourbon right now when I clicked the 'new posts' button.
Am I psychic? Are you psychic? Is Bay12 now a hivemind? Or do I just spend too many of my making hours thinking about bourbon?

Who knows. In other news my contribution to this thread will be a chimichanga, since I'm on holiday and that's a thing people eat in these here parts. It's a deep-fried enchilada/burrito covered in cheese and sour cream, basically. Did I mention it's freaking huge? Terrifying stuff, but I managed to defeat one in single combat.

[Akura]

Ohio has the Buckeye Candy which is, objectively speaking, the best confection in the known universe.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Basically a core of peanut butter, dipped in melted chocolate and set to cool. Sometimes with additional stuffs inside the peanut butter, but that might just be my family. They're a regional thing as near as I can tell, named for their similarity to the equally glorious (but not nearly as edible) buckeye nut.

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Okay, that looks absolutely wonderful. While I have peanut butter, the only chocolate I have is what was left over from the last time I made ice cream... and I've been snacking on that. And I won't be able to go shopping for another two weeks.

I think all we have here is the Japadog, but I think its spread to some other places.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've never actually had one though.

So, I'm not the only one who first assumed that this is something Japa invented, right? >_>

Nope. Unfortunately, it hasn't spread to many other places. It should.

[Bumber]

I think all we have here is the Japadog, but I think its spread to some other places.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've never actually had one though.

So, I'm not the only one who first assumed that this is something Japa invented, right? >_>

Nope. Unfortunately, it hasn't spread to many other places. It should.

Occasionally we get a food truck with a similar thing on my university campus in California. They're okay, but I don't much care for the taste of nori (seaweed).

I very much prefer steak with chimichurri from another truck (Barcelona on the Go.) Chimichurri is mostly parsley, garlic, olive oil, and oregano.

[Baffler]

Ohio has the Buckeye Candy which is, objectively speaking, the best confection in the known universe.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Basically a core of peanut butter, dipped in melted chocolate and set to cool. Sometimes with additional stuffs inside the peanut butter, but that might just be my family. They're a regional thing as near as I can tell, named for their similarity to the equally glorious (but not nearly as edible) buckeye nut.

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My mother has mentioned something like this, except she's from Vancouver. Sure that it isn't just one of the many things that kind of bled south from Canada?

Certain. All accounts indicate that they originated in Ohio in the late 20th century. The Midwestern US, at the very least. Ya dang Canuck. We have culture too.

[dorf]

I very much prefer steak with chimichurri from another truck (Barcelona on the Go.) Chimichurri is mostly parsley, garlic, olive oil, and oregano.

Do you know of any good vegetarian dish with Chimichurri?
Hopefully, I can get my wife to make it

[Arx]

From South Africa:

I'm partial to koeksisters, in both varieties depending on my mood. Both are deep-fried dough; one is soft on the inside, but with a crunchy shell and dipped in spiced syrup or honey, and the other is much like a small doughnut (in the original sense, so not a ring) with a little syrup and sprinkled with coconut. The first kind is popular pretty much everywhere; the second is rare outside Cape Town.

For the fans of hot stuff, there's the kota or bunny chow. It's basically anywhere from a quarter to a full loaf of bread, hollowed out and filled with curry. You can generally track this down anywhere there's an Indian community; mostly KwaZulu-Natal, but I think I've seen them in pretty much every province.

[Bohandas]

Southeastern Pennsylvania has cheesesteaks, which consist of thinly sliced pieces of steak cooked on a griddle and placed in a long sandwich roll with cheese.