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Map of State Foods (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

These are not official state foods. They are what the source website has decided to appoint as the favorite food for each.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190622015744/https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/packages/50-state-foods

This is a list of official state foods:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_foods

EDIT: Corrected link; source page is down and had originally linked to wrong page. Used archive.org to get to original.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

They also swapped the labels on Nebraska and Kansas on the map. And someone should tell them to repick Rhode Island, drinks don't count.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Are you sure "handheld meat pies" is not what people from Nebraska call ribs?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Not only should beverages not count but the official drink of Rhode Island is coffee milk.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's hilarious that the country thinks Chicago is obsessed with deep dish. Ask any Chicagoan their opinion and they'll probably say "it's all right" or "good for a slice once in awhile"

Chicago had a fantastic restaurant scene and very few even make deep dish pizza

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ooh, let me see what the state food is where I live! Let's see, Colorado...

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☹️

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It’s true though and freaking excellent.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The lack of anything listed? I was talking about the link above with official state foods, not the OP. Love green chili as an (but who calls it chili verde?)

Having lived here for over a decade, and 2 states prior, I think the breakfast burrito deserves some recognition as an official food though. With green chili, of course.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, I didn’t even click through to read that, lol. No one calls it chili verde, you’re right. Breakfast burritos with green chili sauce … yeah. That’s a contender too. I’ve lived in CO for almost 20 years.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Nebraska and Kansas are switched

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Nevada got me howling. TIL they have no official State Food like the rest. brutally honest

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

That it's a totally fair choice makes it all the better. Vegas-style buffets are a production that really caught on globally (thanks to that marketing) and really are a distinct style. But like, theres fuckall other options for them, nevada is a fucking cultural wasteland (if you ignore those tens of thousands of years of indigenous culture, but who cares about THAT...)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

cultural wasteland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_historical_population

According to this, Nevada only had 110k people statewide in 1940.

In 1940, New York City had 7.5 million.

Gotta have people to produce cultural output.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’d say this is the most accurate food map yet with the obvious Kansas/Nebraska mix up. Food checks for all the aces I’ve lived/visited, with the exception of Wisconsin, which I’d argue they’re more known for their cheese curds.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

don't let Memphis speak for all of Tennessee

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