Okay the burrito withdrawal thread got me thinking- What food do you miss where you live?

Something either you cannot get where you currently live or just is not the same in different regions?
I love Cincinnati Chili and although ONE chain here does have it ( Hard Times Cafe) its not QUITE as good as Skyline in Ohio ...
Plus I love the Cleveland Deli's (even better than NY Deli's to me) especially Chocolate Phosphates. Egg Creams are good but not quite the same..
PS does anybody know if Corky and Lenny's is still in business in Cleveland? What an awesome deli that was...

for the chains or there is this place called On The Border by a local mall here...they are pretty good

other than that, I'm sure there are places in Philly, but I never go down there :-( How you doin? :)

Of course I'm not a California Burrito snob so you can take that with a grain of salt...;)
I'm doing very well! I think you saw my AZ pics..Good health and a great trip!
PS- I need to have a Philly cheese steak IN Philly. I bet its alot different from down here!:hi:

you the best cheesesteak you have ever had in your life

PM me if you'd like

I go up to visit BeachBaby sometimes....Maybe we can all go out for cheesesteak together..:)

:D

but I do miss Hobbe's and Stacks. The only place I've found homemade granola in the past eight years is New Hope, PA. This commonwealth is killing me.

ever eat at Karla's? West Mechanic St., they have great breakfasts!

I haven't been to Karla's, but I will go the next time I'm in town. Have you been to Triumph?

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...all across the country now.
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Scrapple? I think the Hatfield Company motto for Scrapple is "Everything
but the Squeal". YUKKO!!!! There's a REASON why people cover it in a thick
blanket of ketchup. It's like chorizo here in the Southwest (but nowhere
NEAR as tasty).
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I miss cheesesteaks most of all. There are a couple of Philly transplants
here with shops that are PRETTY good, but nowhere near the simple greasy
humongous goodness that I got hooked on.
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There's a chain called Philly's Finest. When I first moved here, I went
there in hope of getting a pizza steak. At the time, the guy behind the
counter looked at me with a blank look on his face, suddenly brightening
to tell me that they DID serve cheesesteaks with BBQ sauce. :puke:
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They have since made marinara sauce available... but I don't think anyone
involved in that chain has ever been ANYWHERE east of the Mississippi.
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My folks retired out here in 1980 or so and I visited them once or twice
a year until I finally moved out here in 1998. Once, I agreed to bring
MiddleFingerMomDad a hoagie from Philly. I was on THREE different flights
to get here and NONE of them had anything more than the bag o' peanuts.
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You have NO idea how tempted I was to tell MiddleFingerMomDad that I could
only afford to buy him HALF a hoagie.
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transgression....and that's what it would have been, a transgression

i saw cheese steak and didnt read any further. and it was a smoked, mesquite beef and sauce. even not adding the sauce it tasted like bbq. you are so right on. that is NOT a cheese steak

the first time you were offered one, you'd never eat it.

I was raised on Scrapple (with syrup -- don't know anyone who puts ketchup on it - BLASPHEMY!), so I love it despite its dubious ingredients.

Yes, you can get most Tastykakes outside of Philly/NJ/DE and Canada now, but they don't tend to stock the entire selection.

My dad's a Native Philadelphian, and my mom's a South Jersey girl, so I have to code switch between "hoagie" and "sub."

BBQ sauce or Cheez Whiz on a cheesesteak is truly wrong. Everyone has they're favorite place to get cheesesteaks, and it's always in their neighborhood.

PSA: There is no such thing as a "Philly cheesesteak." It's just a cheesesteak, and it's like a huge hunk of butter working it's way to your heart.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER, NOT the so called Manhattan thin tomato gruel.
;-)

Lived up they-ah in Numpsha (New Hampshire) foh-aw abowt 16 yee-ahs.
Loved it, but not the weather.

Back home in Alabama I console myself with fresh gulf shrimp, right off the boat.
Crawfish.
Grits.
:-)

Because I get great seafood at AJs, and even the regular grocery stores sometimes have nice salmon and shrimp.

I live in Globe and work for the mines so my trips to Mesa are few and far between.

:rofl:

Didn't realize you were in Globe:hi:

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...and AJ's is a REMARKABLE place, but their seafood, although of
the highest quality, is priced accordingly or even more so.
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I used to go there for their deli salads (not a big fan of tabbouleh,
but theirs is fantastic and I can now make caprese salad as good as
theirs -- not a difficult thing to do as it's so simple).
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Their meat department usually had some GREAT sale items. I believe
friends of mine were paying $35/lb for their top-shelf ribeye steaks
(these friends are now in the process of bankruptcy).

I almost always treated myself to one of their pastries and got one
of their small-batch sorbets -- the ones made with a touch of wine.
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And they had the GREATEST selection of baby vegetables and exotic
fruits of any place I have ever been (it's where I tried Grapples
for the first time and was given a Buddha's Hand by the department
manager). Each individual fruit and/or vegetable looks like it was
hand-chosen from a source that was high-quality to begin with.
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Although VERY upscale, their staff is friendly and not the least
bit elitist. Even their "sommeliers" are friendly and don't talk down
to the "great unwashed" (as they are seen by many in that profession).
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We used to brag to each other about how LITTLE we managed to
spend on an AJ's trip each time we went there -- it was so easy to
dump an entire paycheck without a second thought.
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Haven't been able to afford to go there for quite some time now.
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Does that mean I shop there too much? ;) Yeah, the staff is wonderful.

Lately AJs has been having great sales on meat and seafood... sometimes half price on some really nice steaks.
It let me try Kobe steaks for only (still yikes!!) $17/lb but I wouldn't have bought them otherwise.

it's here, just can't afford it

actually Hawai'i food can be found in California -- just not in my neighborhood or near work.

It is tough to get good BBQ up here -- my parents live in the Memphis burbs and there are tons of hole-in-the-wall BBQ joints.

I'm from Alabama, living in San Diego. You can't get boiled peanuts here. You can't even get green peanuts and boil them yourself. I have to get my mom to buy them and ship them to me.

Also, no decent BBQ that I've found. The watermelons aren't nearly as sweet.

And what they call peaches here are an atrocity. Chilton County peaches are to die for.

Must definitely be a southern thing..Never heard of it....

every Fall, you can get little bags of boiled peanuts at roadside stands that are basically some guy with a truck and propane tank and a big pot to boil them in. Usually cost a couple of dollars. They're a fantastic and addicting snack.

I didn't care for them, they were just too mushy and salty

If they're done fresh, they're firm to the bite. Shouldn't be too salty, but you should be able to tell there's salt in the water.

I can't imagine them canned.

I've tried them twice, and they are slimy. Not nearly as good as roasted peanuts.

the SC ones were like candy. I could eat them til I'm sick!

heck, all southern peaches are good, but I've never had anything like a ripe Chilton County peach from Alabama.

I was born and raised in eastern PA and we had shoo fly pie all the time. It could be found everywhere.
Forget about finding it anywhere else. :(

Definitely hard to find outside of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. We used to get it when we drove from Maryland to Ohio through PA.....

I just may be doing some baking tonight. :hi:

Might have to take a drive up to PA one of these coming weekends...

hey...maybe we can make out a shipping arrangement, huh? I would be happy to send you some

my family in PA tried that already and we found the pie doesn't ship well. It tends to fall apart... especially the wet bottom kind.

I'm getting better at making my own. It'll be fun to some day perfect my recipe. :9 I won't give up until I get it right!

:) my Dad used to love it, too...me, I didn't inherit the sweet-tooth. I always went for the saltier stuff out there

I remember from my childhood getting chicken planks, hush puppies, fries, and "crumblies" - bits of crumbled up fried batter from the chicken.

Up here in the Northwest, we get the TV advertisements for LJS's, but not the fast food outlets themselves. Not fair.

That stuff is so bad for you, and tastes soooooooo good! :9

;-) everything in moderation, like my father used to say and man was he ever right

:P

DUers in Massachusetts will recognize the town of Beverly, which was about 20 minutes away from my home. My parents got pizza from a pizzeria that made authentic Italian pizza...thin crust, the whole deal. We also got "submarine sandwiches." There was a certain kind of bread on the Italian subs, olive oil and vinegar on the bread, thin-sliced WHITE onions (not red)...

:toast:

I can't say that I really miss any food. I miss certain restaurants. We have no Shipley's Donuts here, and they are the best. I miss Gino's (an old fashioned hamburger joint) and Pasquale's. Oh and Doe's restaurant. It is a hole in wall, but they have awesome steaks. It is in the worst part of town in a little ole shack, but no one tops their steaks and hot tamales. No one.

That pretty much covers it.

in San Diego that serves great southern soul food. Been there several times. Bonnie Jean's it's called, iirc.

There was a great restaurant here years back called the Underground Railroad. I could close my eyes and swear I was back home. Alas, they are long gone.

And from Tucson I miss a mess of good, cheap food of all sorts with plenty of parking nearby.

And Tucson Meet/Eat Yourself. :P

And Phoenix (yeah, believe it or not): I miss Filbertos. :P

if you call it a sub here you will be shot on sight

I don't even know what a sub sandwich is (though I recall seeing the signs). I guess they are the name New Yorkers give to "hoagies".

subs ingredients remain intact...that is, they are usually not falling out of the sandwich, AND they usually include shit like black olives, green peppers, and alfalfa ( actually had that one once in Florida ) abominations that do NOT belong on a sandwich unless you ask for it.

A hoagie...well, you know what that is...you order an Italian Hoagie and they give you imported provolone, imported ham, capicola (sp), cooked salami and anything else you specify you want on it...

Subs are an absolute disgrace

(that's what my uncle from Magnolia NJ calls this place)

The Best Place in the World for subs is Atlantic City's White House Sub Shop. But you have to know how to order, and you have to tip the guys even if it's take out.

At The White House, an Italian hoagie is known as a "regular" and they serve them dry unless you request mayo. If they get to know you and you are a regular tipper, they give you extra meat. If the sub is only for one person, you order a half, because a whole is a foot long, and subs don't keep well. If you do refrigerate a sub, cut about a half inch off the cut end (or wherever you stopped noshing), because that roll will break your teeth. The peppers are the best I've had ever, and they're diced fine.

Sheesh, you guys!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlantic-City-NJ/White-House-Sub-Shop/42294432998#!/photo.php?pid=1132166&id=42294432998&fbid=42297377998

shouldn't call for a request for "extra meat" because if you order a hoagie here and ask for extra meat guess what?....you're getting ripped off! Places like Lee's are good for that though...you don't have to ask for extra meat since you get plenty of it to begin with

They've seen me grow up (and grow old) over many summers, so they recognize me, they know my family, etc. It's like Koch's Deli in West Philly. Bobby remembered me from the time I was six until he died when I was about 35 even though I might visit only every two years. They make the best Corned Beef Special in town.

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...is my favorite of all the festivals here.
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My favorite food vendor? Unbelievably, the Buddhist monks
who serve up an amazing chicken satay and the all-time
BESTEST fried bananas I've ever had.
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Sonic Drive In, Furr's cafeterias, tex-mex food, baskin robbins, long john silvers, scholtskys....I live in hooterville, none of the above around here for several states :(

I miss Skyline Chili and Graeters ice cream. The absolute best ice cream I have ever had. I also miss being able to buy goetta in the grocery store. I think Cincinnati (with its German heritage) may be the only place that sells it. I have not found it in any other city in which I have lived, Actually, most people have no idea what I am even talking about. My grandmother used to make it, but I do not have the time.

I made sure I had some when I was visiting last fall Mint Chocolate Chunk!!

Or the blackberry chip, or the chocolate chip....

Thats some of the biggest "pieces" of chocolate I've ever seen in ice cream! Thats why I call it chocolate chunk ice cream!:)

Here in Maryland.

LA had such a huge influx of recent Asian immigrants that the food was very cheap, delicious, and not full of sugar and oil like the Americanized versions of these foods that predominate in this region. At much higher prices, too.

I have a couple of good Thai restaurants locally, but not the vast sea of choices I had out there.

and I've been to Hard Times many times, by the way.

When I'm on campus, I miss real Mexican food, even the nommy burrito place isn't really Mexican, it's ...wonderfully odd things like Philly steak and cheese and potato wrapped up in a tortilla. When I'm home, I miss Asian, especially the awesome red-bean paste balls and pork dumplings from the little local place on campus. Curse living in two places at once!


(Great, now I want a burrito, too!)

we took a trip there a month ago. we drove, so we were in a lot of restaurants. a "to die" for eggplant sandwich, chowder, fish, indian food, cantonese chinese, baklava, sees candy, scones, soudough bread (i am really disappointed in the choices of breads in texas), waldorph chicken salad sandwich on the really nutty whole grain breads.....

i could go on. and on. and on

i had an orgasmic trip of food for over a week on this trip. every meal, everyone got something different and i got to taste a little of everything.

our one fish restaurant hubby could get some good crab... chain joes crab shack was closed a couple months ago and ANOTHER steak restaurant was put in its place.

There are some decent Mexican places and a few half-decent BBQ places, but they don't compare to the real thing.

and here you are cravin some of the texas food.

what a hoot

I live in a great college town in Iowa, but sadly, there's no pizza place even close to the best local places (and there are many) in Buffalo!

As far as wings, I'm willing to say that Buffalo Wild Wings actually does a passable job with their wings. I have two of them right here in town, so cravings are easily satisfied. That still doesn't mean my mouth doesn't begin to water as I'm planning one of my visits back to Buffalo to see my family, and make a side trip to Duff's...the MECCA of chicken wings for all true wing lovers!

Oh, I should have also mentioned the beef on weck sandwiches! Sliced roast beef (on the rare side), piled high on a kaiser-type roll that's liberally covered with kosher salt. Heaven on a bun! No one does it better than Charlie the Butcher!

Yes, real wings, pizza, and beef on weck. I'd also add real horseradish (not the creamy blended kind) macaroni salad and a fish fry.

Man, I'm hungry, now.

Bagles,Real Fresh,Made that Morning Bagles not those hockey pucks that come in Six-packs.

Pizza...pizza here? Nada,Nicht,nohow,noway. Folks here call those Bread Frisbees with Spagetti Sauce from "The Hut" or Dominios pizza. Plus they look at you like yer from Mars if you fold it and use the back of your hand to support the pointy end.

Lox...again nada.

Knishes.With Hot Mustard

CherryStones on the Halfshell

I could go on for an hour.

Barbecue and big sandwiches and Cuban sandwiches and pork chops. Crookneck squash and ripe peaches. Gumbo and fried oysters and fried clams. American breakfast. American sausage. REALLY good Tex Mex. Tamales. And more, just can't think of them all right now.

covered with chocolate...
and the fruit smoothies made by a sidealk stand called
Fruity Rudy's (Don't Let The Flu Get You!)

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I've been missing them for 15 years now.:cry: :cry: :cry:

With melted butter and crab spice. A natural high . . .

also know as pissers or steamers -- or in MA, "Ipswich clams."

There are not many here in this area for some reason...

You can't get decent fish here. Too far from the coast.

Also, a decent pizza.

Sorry, don't know anything about Corky or Lenny.

As in newspaper on the picnic table, old bay, melted butter and a pot full of steamed blue crabs.

Weird. I guess I just take them for granted here.

...but the actual Crab Feast is a strictly Chesapeake Bay region art.

they have been doing crab feasts for 30+ years.

James Coney Island, here in Houston, has no idea what a coney is, let alone how to make one.

Best chain fast food hamburgers ever.

Living in FL, I'd have to drive to Arizona to find the closest In-N-Out.

And although I never lived in Louisiana but used to travel across I-10 regularly, I miss the HELL out of some good Boudin. There is this little shack (literally) of a restaurant off I10 at the west side of the Atchafalaya swamp that has the best Boudin and red beans and rice that I've ever had.

I'm glad I don't have to drive over the road anymore but I do miss the various regional foods I used to enjoy.

their chili SUCKS on its own, but on hot dogs or spaghetti...

Inseparable in my opinion!

when you drop it in the boiling water.

When I lived in Boston I missed those things passionately, and good pork barbecue. I could not find white selfrising cornmeal in the entire Boston area or white beans (not Navy Beans)

Then I lived in Nashville and missed real Pizza and sub sandwiches and good chinese food

Then I lived in Indiana and missed pulled pork barbecue again and Krystals

Now I live in Texas and most of these things can be found if I hunt enough.

I can even find Cincinnati Chili mix @ Kroger. (I never lived there, just discovered it on a visit and loved it!!!)(

I KNOW I would miss all the abundant Mexican and TexMex food if I were to relocate. Although, the little guys with the green freezer carts are selling popsicles in Nashville now. LOVE THOSE THINGs


Most of all if I left this area I would miss CENTRAL MARKET

platter.

I keep it in the pantry in case we start jonesin for some Skyline or Goldstar or Queen City.