For what special foods is your town/area known?

[Sir Og]

Tarator is really great and is pretty much unique for Bulgaria AFAIK. It is a cold cucumber soup with yogurt. There is no substitute for it in the summer.
AFAIK the biggest Bulgarian community in the US is in Chicago so some of the Bulgarian restaurants there probably serve it.
Tarator is really easy tomake but I don't know what would it taste like if it is not made with original Bulgarian yogurt.

[Stefu]

Carelian pies, which are small pies filled with rice pudding. They taste real good with some eggbutter.

Carelian stew. It is... stew. Made out of meat. I don't actually know much about this, considering I'm not a big fan of this delicacy.

[SpencerH]

Fried Green Tomatoes

[Dinner]

California=wine, cheese, and fusion cuisine ( a mix of Latin, Asian, European, and American style cooking all using fresh local ingredients).

[Solly]

Cawl (not Caol..)

Put ten people in a room, pose the question, and following heated words you'll have ten different recipes for this most basic of fayre! The reason is simple, the definitive recipe is invariably the one that you saw your mother make as a child - from whatever happened to be around at the time. Anything else just doesn't taste quite right.

Once you've got those elusive ingredients, you have the ultimate comfort food, ideal for those cold dark winter evenings, or when you're suffering from a sniffle that no amount of Lemsip will touch.

Cawl was the dish most commonly served for dinner on the farm during the winter months in the counties of South and West Wales. The broth would be served in basins or bowls, with bread, and the meat and vegetables served as a second course.

Ingredients

2lb Best end of neck Welsh Lamb
1/2 lb Carrots
2 large Leeks
1/2 oz Flour
1 small Swede or Turnip
1 lb Potatoes
1 oz parsley
Salt and Pepper

Method

Put the meat into the saucepan, cover with cold water, add salt and pepper, bring slowly to the boil and skin carefully. (This can be done the night before and the fat allowed to set on the surface. This makes it easier to skim off)

Then add the carrots (cut in half), the swede (sliced) and the white of the leeks, and simmer gently for two to two-and-a-half hours.

Add the potatoes (cut in flour) and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes.

When the potatoes are almost cooked, thicken with flour and a little water.

Lastly add the green of the leeks and parsley (chopped) and simmer for another 10 minutes and serve in basins while hot

[Solly]

[jdd2007]

skyline chili, as has been mentioned. thats about it...

[DaShi]

New Haven is known for the best pizza.

[Starchild]

Toronto dishes up a mean bowl of pho, a spicy Vietnamese soup.

[GePap]

Well, Being in NYC (I know Boris thinks he covered this, but...)

The best, and original, Pizza. Chicago has a nice Pizza style pie thing they do, but that is NOT Pizza, you know, just like a Pizza Bagel is not Pizza.

As for the City, yes, Deli products like Pastrami, Crned Beef, and so forth are top notch (But carnegie Deli is a tourist trap. Katz is much better, and the size of the food is not obscene)

NYC was once known for Oysters, and there are still a few good oyster rstaurants.

Then there are kosher prodcuts of all types, and bagels too.

And finally, grilled, simple hotdogs, as opposeds to boiled, heaily topped Chicago ones.

As for Panama:

first ,sea food, all types, nice and Fresh. Usually cooked like on the Islands on the caribbean side. As for land dishes, lots of corn porducts, though nothing like mexican.

[cinch]

My region is basically known for the food of the Ukrainian immigrants:

-Pyrogy. Oh, yes... Cheese and potato filled kinds are best; saur kraut can be pretty gross. But cheese and potato pyrogies, with sour cream and bacon bits... heaven.

-Kubasa. Ukrainian sausage. If you get a good batch made by the right people, it's like candy.

That's all that really matters, I think.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by GePap
As for Panama:

first ,sea food, all types, nice and Fresh. Usually cooked like on the Islands on the caribbean side. As for land dishes, lots of corn porducts, though nothing like mexican.

The seafood was excellent though I found much of the food to be bland. I remember ordering a steak when I was in Panama and getting some dinky little fatty thing. It is so hard to find a big juicy steak in many parts of the world.

[boann]

colorado is best known for wild game cooking


ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS and COORS BEER
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THE BUCKHORN EXCHANGE in Denver holds the first liquor license issued in colorado. EST IN 1893

some things on the menu

RATTLESNAKE
Marinated in red chile and lime and served with a chipolte pepper cream cheese

ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS
With horseradish dippin' sauce

SMOKED BUFFALO SAUSAGE
With red chile polenta and spicy wild game mustard

GRILLED DUCK BREAST
Rubbed with lavender and pepper and served with a raspberry, red zinfandel sauce

SIRLOIN GAME TIPS
Choice cuts from our Beef, Buffalo, and Elk served with mushrooms in a different sauce daily

CHILLED SMOKED SALMON
Served with a caper and onion seasoned cream cheese and sourdough toast points


"Steak Dinners Our Specialty"

The steaks are cut from our dry aged New York strip loins, with the tail removed and all but a very thin layer of the fat cover. Cooked large like this, a lovely crust is formed, Your steak is carved tableside and served with a sizzling crock of sautéed mushrooms and onions.

HIGH PLAINS BUFFALO
prime rib or steak

ELK
Broiled medallions with a velvety texture and flavor hinting of grass and cedar.
or
Grilled with four peppercorn crust

QUAIL
Lightly marinated broiled semi-boneless quail served with a prickly pear and apricot glaze

SALMON
Fresh Salmon charbroiled and served with a side Red Chile Hollandaise

COLORADO LAMB
Succulent chops marinated in olive oil with rosemary and thyme and broiled to your liking, Served with a side of Red Currant Madeira sauce.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by boann
colorado is best known for wild game cooking.

I thought Colorado was known for Rocky Mountain Oysters.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I thought Colorado was known for Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Where do you think you get them from?