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- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021
The idea behind this book is to provide travel enthusiasts like me, a tool that allows them to live fully the travel experience. I think in fact that a trip should involve all the 5 senses, and what better place than behind a table in a little, hidden restaurant or facing a market counter, to use them all at the same time!
Too often it happens to visit near or far places, without knowing exactly what are the local specialties, or even convince oneself that a country does not have a typical cuisine... The purpose of this guide is to complement and enhance your travel, with a gastronomic experience. It is designed for an easy and immediate reference, before and during the journey. It aims to give you tips, support, and encourage you to choose and try new dishes, but will also help you to decipher often incomprehensible menus. My book, the result of years of culinary-wandering, aims to stimulate your curiosity, seeking to give you an intuitive idea about local food, unknown ingredients (sometimes peculiar), preparations, or dishes that seem to some bizarre or weird because unusual.
Being the result of direct experience and hours of talking with professional and local chefs, the goal is not to be complete but to be a useful tool. I'm fully aware that, having to generalize the kitchen by country and considering the contamination that can emerge from regions, neighboring countries, and cultures, some items may be incomplete, partly incorrect, or even missing.
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ISBN 9788867443468
Series: TASTES
©2021 KITABU S.r.l.s.
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THE AUTHOR
Born the same day as Catherine of Aragon, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Jane Austen, by Italian father and Soviet mother, he lived his youth in Riccione, a small town on the Adriatic coast. Juri defines himself as a crossroad of cultures, in fact, he never identified with a nationality, considering himself a pure world citizen.
He traveled from the early years of his life living periods of time abroad, experiences that have further increased his openness towards the new and the different, and the ability to think outside the box.
He graduated Expert in Tourism and continued his studies with a Masters's Degree in Economics and Management. During and after his studies, he had a multitude of different jobs, mostly oriented towards tourism (his true passion, together with art and opera). Since 2007 he lives in Milano, working in the finance department of an Italian multinational company.
His passion for culture led him to found Kitabu, a publishing house specializing in the publication of books in electronic format, he wrote and translated books in various languages.
Despite the many commitments, however, he has never stopped traveling extensively the world, trying in every place to identify himself with the local population.
INTRODUCTION
The idea behind this book is to provide travel enthusiasts like me, a tool that allows them to live fully the travel experience. I think in fact that a trip should involve all the 5 senses, and what better place than behind a table in a little, hidden restaurant or facing a market counter, to use them all at the same time!
Too often it happens to visit near or far places, without knowing exactly what are the local specialties, or even convince oneself that a country does not have a typical cuisine... The purpose of this guide is to complement and enhance your travel, with a gastronomic experience. It is designed for an easy and immediate reference, before and during the journey. It aims to give you tips, support, and encourage you to choose and try new dishes, but will also help you to decipher often incomprehensible menus. My book, the result of years of culinary-wandering, aims to stimulate your curiosity, seeking to give you an intuitive idea about local food, unknown ingredients (sometimes peculiar), preparations, or dishes that seem to some bizarre or weird because unusual.
Being the result of direct experience and hours of talking with professional and local chefs, the goal is not to be complete but to be a useful tool. I'm fully aware that, having to generalize the kitchen by country and considering the contamination that can emerge from regions, neighboring countries, and cultures, some items may be incomplete, partly incorrect, or even missing.
Finally, I invite my readers to email me suggestions, inaccuracies, or errors to [email protected]. I'm always happy to receive mail, therefore feel free to contact me just to send a greeting or to share your own experience and pictures.
Now, I just have to wish you a good trip and ... bon appetit.
Ciao!
Juri
LEGEND
Just a brief explanation about signs and characters you will find near certain food, drinks and dishes.
(s)
Used after the dish name. Means that this dish is spicy or can contains
spicy ingredients
.
(w)
Used after the dish name. Means that this dish is made using
peculiar or unusual ingredients
.
V
Used before soups, stews, main dishes and snacks description, to state that
contains vegetables
. If used with other characters, to indicate the variations.
M
Used before soups, stews, main dishes and snacks description, to state that
contains meat
. If used with other characters, to indicate the variations.
F
Used before soups, stews, main dishes and snacks description, to state that
contains fish or seafood
. If used with other characters, to indicate the variations.
E
Used before soups, stews, main dishes and snacks description, to state that
contains eggs
. If used with other characters, to indicate the variations.
C
Used before soups, stews, main dishes and snacks description, to state that
contains cheese
. If used with other characters, to indicate the variations.
(af)
Means a
alcohol-free
drink.
(a)
Means an
alcoholic
drink.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING
CENTRAL AMERICA
THE BAHAMAS
BELIZE
COSTA RICA
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
MEXICO
NICARAGUA
PANAMA
CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
BARBADOS
CUBA
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
HAITI
JAMAICA
MARTINIQUE
PUERTO RICO
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
SAINT LUCIA
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINE
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
VIRGIN ISLANDS
SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
CHILE
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
FRENCH GUIANA
GUYANA
PARAGUAY
PERU
SURINAME
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
CAPITAL: Ottawa
LANGUAGE: English, French
POPULATION: 36.000.000
TIME ZONE: -3.5/-8 (-2.5/-7) GMT
CURRENCY: Canadian Dollar (CAD)
NATIONAL DISH: Poutine, Montreal-style Bagel
Soups
Yellow Pea Soup, Yellow Split Pea Soup
M
Split pea soup with ham and vegetables.
Stews
Fricot
M
Stewed meat (chicken, clams, rabbit, beef or pork), potatoes and onions, topped with flour dumplings.
Main Dish
Arctic Char, Arctic Charr
F
Freshwater fish closely related to both salmon and lake trout, with a flesh between light pink and deep red and tasting like something between trout and salmon.
B.C. Salmon
F
B.C. Pacific salmon, includes many different species such as Chinook, Chum, Coho, Sockeye, Cutthroat, Steelhead and Pink. They can vary in color and taste from Atlantic salmon.
B.C. Spot Prawns
F
A large specie of shrimps with a reddish-brown color and sweet flavor and firm texture.
Back, Peamealbacon
M
A type of back bacon made from lean boneless pork loin, trimmed fine, wet cured and rolled in cornmeal.
Baked Beans
M
Stewed beans, sweetened with maple syrup and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
Bouilli
M
Ham and vegetable pot roast.
Calgary-Style Ginger Beef (s)
M
Candied and deep fried strips of beef, coated in a dark sweet sauce made of ginger, garlic and hot peppers. Usually served with a small amount of julienned carrots and onions in the sauce.
Cipaille, Sea-Pie
M
F
Fish and meat layered in a pie.
Cod Tongue
F
Usually cooked by sautéing cod tongue (a little muscle from the neck of the fish) with milk and flour, served fried as an appetizer or with fried bits of salted pork fat (Cod Tongues and Scrunchions).
Cretons
M
Pork spread containing onions and spices. Usually served on breakfast.
Fish and Brewis
F
Salt cod, served along Hard Tack (hard bread, soaked overnight in water) and Scrunchions (fried bits of salted pork fat).
Flipper Pie (w)
M
Meat pie made with harp seal flipper.
Foie Gras
M
Duck's liver, served hot.
Jiggs Dinner
M
Salt beef or salt-cured beef, boiled together with potatoes, carrot, cabbage and turnip. Usually served with Pease Pudding (a legumes' pudding) and Figgy Duff (bag pudding of bread crumbs, raisins and molasses).
Montreal Smoked Meat
M
Meat product made by salting and curing beef brisket with spices. The brisket is allowed to absorb the flavors over a week, then hot smoked and finally steamed to completion. Typically served in the form of a light-rye bread sandwich slathered with yellow mustard (Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich).
Montreal-Style Smoked Meat
M
Deli style product made by salting and curing beef brisket with spices.
Nova Scotian Donair
M
Ground beef doner kebab served with a sweet milk sauce
Pâté Chinois
M
A bottom layer of ground beef, a middle layer of canned corn (whole-kernel, creamed or a mix) and mashed potatoes on top.
Pease Pudding
M
Savoury pudding dish made of boiled legumes (usually split yellow or Carlin peas), with water, salt and spices. Often cooked with a bacon or ham joint. Commonly served with Jiggs Dinner (dish of salt beef with vegetables).
Pemmican
M
Dried meat often made from bison or moose, pounded into a powder and mixed with melted fat and berries.
Pierogi
M
C
Dumplings, similar to ravioli, filled with potato, sauerkraut, ground meat and cheese. Dessert pierogi are filled with various fruits. The dumplings are boiled and then baked or fried, and served with butter or sour cream.
Rappie Pie, Rapure Pie, Râpure
M
Grated potato with meat (chicken, pork or seafood) broth, meat and onions casserole.
Rocky Mountain Oysters (w)
M
Bull, pig or sheep testicles, coated in flour, pepper and salt and deep fried.
Tourtière
M
Meat pie usually made with finely diced pork, veal or beef.
Baking & Snacks
Montreal-style Bagel
V
Montreal-style bagels are smaller, denser and sweeter than New York bagels and are most commonly topped with sesame or poppy seeds. Can be eaten plain of with a sweet or savory filling.
Bannock
V
Flat, round fried bread.
Garlic Fingers, Garlies
V
C
Similar to pizza, consists of dough topped with cheese, garlic butter and parsley.
Hickory Sticks
V
Hickory-smoke-flavored potato sticks.
Hot Chicken Sandwich
M
Sandwich made of chicken (or turkey), sliced bread and a gravy of green peas.
Ketchup Chips
V
Ketchup-flavored potato chips.
Lobster Roll
F
Lobster meat mixed with mayonnaise and served in a toasted hot dog bun.
Montreal-Style Bagels
V
A sweet, firm, wood-fired bagel.
Smoked Beef Sandwich
M
Thick, peppery slices of spiced beef cold cuts served with mustard on a thick slice of rye bread.
Sushi Pizza (s)
F
Small, slightly crispy, fried rice cake topped with a layer of sliced avocado, a layer of raw sliced salmon, tuna or crab meat, a spicy blend of mayonnaise and wasabi powder, served in wedges.
Dairy
Oka Cheese
Semi-soft pressed cheese made with cow's milk, with a dark orange rind and a nutty and fruity flavor.
Vegetables
Fiddleheads
Curly, edible shoots of fern (a plant). Typically steamed or boiled before being eaten hot, with Hollandaise sauce, butter and lemon or vinegar, chilled in salad or with mayonnaise.
Potato Wedges, Jojos, Mojos
Thick baked or fired potato slices in their skin. Potato wedges fried in the same vat as chicken (Jojos) and usually eaten plain alongside fried chicken, coleslaw and baked beans.
Poutine
French fries topped with cheese curds and brown gravy (made from the drippings from roasted meat or fowl).
Poutine Râpée
Boiled grated and mashed potato dumpling with a pork filling.
Sauces & Seasonings
Maple Syrup
Syrup made from the sap of sugar maple, red maple or black maple trees. Used as toppings for pancakes, waffles and French toast.
Nougabricot
Preserve consisting of apricots, almonds and pistachios.
Fruits
Saskatoon Berry, Pigeon Berry
Very similar to blueberries in size, color and taste.
Desserts
Apple pie
Pie with a flaky crust and a sweet and creamy apple filling (apple marmalade and chops).
Beaver Tail, Queues de Castor, Whale Tails, Moose Antlers, Elephant Ears
Deep-fried dough pastries, usually covered in sugar and cinnamon. Can also be topped with whipped cream, banana slices, crumbled Oreos or Nutella.
Blueberry Grunt
A dessert like a blueberry pie without the crust.
Bumbleberry Pie
Pie made with a mixture of fruit (usually apples), berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries) and rhubarb.
Butter Tart
Flaky pastry shell filled with a rich, sugary mixture of buttery baked cream and raisins.
Candy Apple, Toffee Apple
Whole apples covered in a hard toffee or sugar candy coating, with a stick inserted as a handle.
Coffee Crisp
Chocolate bar made of alternating layers of vanilla wafer and a foamed coffee-flavored soft candy, covered with a milk chocolate outer layer.
Figgy Duff, Raisin Duff
Bag pudding made with bread crumbs, raisins, brown sugar, molasses, butter, flour and spices. Commonly served with Jiggs Dinner (dish of salt beef with vegetables).
Girl Guide Mint Cookies
Chocolate-covered mint cookies.
Grand-Pères
Dough dumplings boiled in maple syrup, usually served with ice cream.
Grape Nuts Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream mixed with breakfast cereals. Usually served on breakfast.
Honeycomb Toffee, Sponge Toffee
Sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture.
Jambusters
A Berliner filled with jam.
Jos. Louis
Confection consisting of a chocolate frosted cake with white icing inside.
Maple Taffy, Maple Candy
Sugar candy made by boiling maple sap.
Matrimonial Cake, Date Square
Dessert made of cooked dates with an oatmeal crumb topping.
Moosehunters
Chocolate and molasses cookies.
Nanaimo Bar
Wafer crumb-based layer topped by a layer of custard flavored butter icing which is covered with melted chocolate.
Persian
Oval-shaped, cinnamon bun-like sweet roll with a sweet, pink icing made of either raspberries or strawberries.
Pets de Sœurs
Pastry cakes rolled around a brown sugar and butter filling.
Pork Pie
Shortbread tarts filled with a sweet date mixture and topped with a little dollop of maple frosting.
S’more
A campfire treat made of fire roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of Graham cracker.
Saskatoon Berry Pie
Pie with a flaky crust and a tart-sweet and creamy Saskatoon Berry filling.
Sucre à la Crème
Confectionary made of sugar, condensed milk and butter, boiled and crystallized.
Sugar Pie, Tarte au Sucre
Single-crust pie filled with butter, flour, vanilla, cream and maple syrup. Sometimes topped with fresh fruits and English cream.
Tiger Tail, Tiger Tail Ice Cream
Orange-flavored ice cream with black licorice swirl.
Timbits
Small, fried doughnut-dough balls sold in various flavors such as chocolate glazed, jelly filled, raisin filled, honey dip, sour cream glazed, blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, lemon, apple cider, orange-tangerine, creamy caramel, cherry cake, honey cruller, pumpkin spice and apple fritter.
Touton
Pan-fried bread dough with butter or pork fat served with dark molasses or corn syrup.
Twinkie
Sponge cake bars with a cream filling.
Drinks
Bloody Caesar, Caesar
(a)
Drink made mixing vodka and Clamato juice (a blend of tomato and clam juices ).
Crush pink cream soda
(af)
ALABAMA
CAPITAL: Montgomery
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 4.700.000
TIME ZONE: -6 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Chicken Fried Steak, Country Fried Steak
M
E
Steak (tenderized cube steak) coated with egg and flour mixture and pan-fried.
Country Captain Chicken
M
Mild stew made with browned chicken pieces, onions and curry powder. Usually are added almonds and golden raisins.
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Hoppin' John
M
A mixture of black-eyed peas, rice, chopped onions and ham hock.
Shrimp and Grits (s)
F
Fresh shrimps served on a bed of Grits (thick ground corn), with vegetable and other ingredients like bacon, garlic and lemon. Sometimes it has the consistency of a light fish soup.
Baking & Snacks
Boiled Peanuts
V
Soft and juicy, green peanuts boiled in heavily salted water.
Cheese Straws
V
C
A batter made of butter, flour, salt, cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper, pushed through a cookie press and baked.
Chicken Gizzards (w)
M
Deep fried chicken gizzards.
Chitterlings, Chitlins, Chittlins (s)(w)
M
Slowly stewed pig intestine, battered, deep-fried, and served with hot sauce or vinegar.
Crispy Cornmeal Okra
V
Crisped to a golden brown, fried okra.
Fried Green Tomatoes
V
E
Unripe tomatoes, coated in an egg or water wash, dipped in cornmeal and fried.
Fried Okra
V
Battered and deep-fried okra slices.
Fried Pickles
V
Battered and deep-fried pickle spears or slices.
Hushpuppies
V
E
Deep-fried balls of cornmeal, flour, milk, sugar, onion and egg.
Pimento Cheese, Palmetto Cheese
V
E
C
A spread of mayonnaise, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, pimento peppers and spice. Can be served as a spread on crackers or celery, scooped onto corn chips or tortilla chips, mixed in with mashed yolks for deviled eggs, added to grits or slathered over hamburgers or hot dogs.
Vegetables
Chow Chow
A pickled relish made of green and red tomatoes, cabbage, onions and carrots, as well as any other seasonal vegetable. Served as a chilled or room-temperature condiment, it often accompanies fried fish, hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and barbecue.
Goober-Bottle Rig (w)
Some salted peanuts stuffed into a glass bottle of Coke, Dr. Pepper or RC Cola. Eaten a couple per sip.
Grits
Thick corn-based porridge eaten on breakfast covered with cheese or at dinner with spicy shrimps (Shrimp and Grits).
Desserts
Chess Pie
Pie made with eggs, butter, granulated and brown sugar, vanilla and corn meal.
Divinity
Nougat-like confection made of egg white, corn syrup, sugar and pecans.
MoonPie
A layer of marshmallow sandwiched between two chocolate-covered Graham cracker cookies.
Southern Fried Pies
ALASKA
CAPITAL: Juneau
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 735.000
TIME ZONE: -9 (-10) GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Pemmican
M
Dried meat often made from bison or moose, pounded into a powder and mixed with melted fat and berries.
Poke (s)
F
Hawaiian dish made of raw fish, usually Ahi (Yellowfin tuna), seasoned with sea salt, soy sauce, sesame oil, chili pepper. Poke is often mixed with vegetables like tomatoes, maui onion and cabbage, served with wasabi (strong green paste).
Stinkheads (w)
F
Dish made from fermented fish heads and sometimes the guts of salmon or whitefish, mixed together in a barrel or bucket and then buried underground for a week.
Baking & Snacks
Bannock
V
Flat, round fried bread.
Reindeer Hot Dog
M
A hot dog made with a sausage of caribou meat and usually served with caramelized onions.
Salmon Candy, Indian Candy, Squaw Candy
F
Dry, cured salmon strips glazed with brown sugar, maple or birch syrup or molasses.
Fruits
Saskatoon Berry, Pigeon Berry
Very similar to blueberries in size, color and taste.
Desserts
Akutaq, Eskimo Ice Cream
ARIZONA
CAPITAL: Phoenix
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 6.731.500
TIME ZONE: -7 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Stews
Chile Verde (s)
M
Spicy stew made from chunks of pork that have been slow-cooked in chicken broth, garlic, tomatillos, and roasted green chili.
Main Dish
Chiles Rellenos
M
E
C
Roasted, fresh poblano pepper stuffed with rice and melted cheese or picadillo meat, covered in an egg batter or simply corn masa flour and fried.
Denver Omelette, Southwest Omelette, Western Omelette
E
C
Omelette filled with diced ham, onions and green bell peppers, sometimes served topped with cheese and a side dish of Hash Browns (potato fritters) or fried potatoes.
Baking & Snacks
Cheese Crisp
V
C
Tortilla topped with with cheese and butter, placed in the oven until the cheese melts and the butter crisps the tortilla. Served open-faced with toppings like onions and cilantro and sometimes salsa or chile sauce.
Crispy Cornmeal Okra
V
Crisped to a golden brown, fried okra.
Fry Bread, Indian Fry Bread
V
Flat dough leavened by soured milk or baking powder, fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening or lard. Eaten plain as complement to meals or with various toppings such as honey, jam or hot beef (Fry bread Tacos).
Pork Chimichanga
M
Deep-fried burrito filled with a spiced pork meat filling. Usually served with Salsa (different types of dip) or Guacamole (avocado-based dip).
Sonoran-Style Hot Dog, Estilo Sonora (s)
M
Hot dog wrapped in mesquite-smoked bacon, cooked on a grill or on a griddle, then topped with beans, grilled onions, fresh onions, tomatoes, mayonnaise, cream sauce, mustard and jalapeño salsa or sauce. Served on a bolillo roll (savory bread with a crunchy crust and a soft inside), often with a side of fresh-roasted chili.
Sopapilla
V
ARKANSAS
CAPITAL: Little Rock
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 2.916.000
TIME ZONE: -6 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Chicken Fried Steak, Country Fried Steak
M
E
Steak (tenderized cube steak) coated with egg and flour mixture and pan-fried.
Country Captain Chicken
M
Mild stew made with browned chicken pieces, onions and curry powder. Usually are added almonds and golden raisins.
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Hoppin' John
M
A mixture of black-eyed peas, rice, chopped onions and ham hock.
Southern Fried Catfish
F
Catfish meat marinated in creamy buttermilk, coated with a crispy cornmeal batter and deep fried, producing a crunchy and crispy crust.
Baking & Snacks
Boiled Peanuts
V
Soft and juicy, green peanuts boiled in heavily salted water.
Cheese Straws
V
C
A batter made of butter, flour, salt, cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper, pushed through a cookie press and baked.
Chicken Gizzards (w)
M
Deep fried chicken gizzards.
Chitterlings, Chitlins, Chittlins
,(w)
M
Slowly stewed pig intestine, battered, deep-fried, and served with hot sauce or vinegar.
Fried Okra
V
Battered and deep-fried okra slices.
Fried Pickles
V
Battered and deep-fried pickle spears or slices.
Hushpuppies
V
E
Deep-fried balls of cornmeal, flour, milk, sugar, onion and egg.
Pickled Pigs Feet (w)
M
Salted and smoked hogs' feet, canned and preserved in a vinegar brine.
Pimento Cheese, Palmetto Cheese
V
E
C
A spread of mayonnaise, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, pimento peppers and spice. Can be served as a spread on crackers or celery, scooped onto corn chips or tortilla chips, mixed in with mashed yolks for deviled eggs, added to grits or slathered over hamburgers or hot dogs.
Vegetables
Chow Chow
A pickled relish made of green and red tomatoes, cabbage, onions and carrots, as well as any other seasonal vegetable. Served as a chilled or room-temperature condiment, it often accompanies fried fish, hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and barbecue.
Goober-Bottle Rig (w)
Some salted peanuts stuffed into a glass bottle of Coke, Dr. Pepper,or RC Cola. Eaten a couple per sip.
Grits
Thick corn-based porridge served on breakfast covered with cheese or at dinner with spicy shrimps (Shrimp and Grits).
Pink Tomatoes
Tomato with a smooth, beautiful rose color.
Desserts
Chess Pie
Pie made with eggs, butter, granulated and brown sugar, vanilla and corn meal.
Divinity
Nougat-like confection made of egg white, corn syrup, sugar and pecans.
Fried Fruit Pie
Dough pockets filled with chopped fruit (usually peach or apple), pan fried, deep fried or baked.
MoonPie
A layer of marshmallow sandwiched between two chocolate-covered Graham cracker cookies.
Southern Fried Pies
CALIFORNIA
CAPITAL: Sacramento
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 38.041.000
TIME ZONE: -8 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Stews
Cioppino
F
Fish stew made with a mix of dungeness crab, clams, shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels and fish, combined with fresh tomatoes in a wine sauce, served with toasted bread.
Main Dish
California Roll
F
A sushi roll consisting of crab meat, avocado, cucumber, rice and nori (seaweed).
Crab Louie Salad, Crab Louis Salad, King of Salads (s)
F
E
Salad made with crab meat, hard-boiled eggs, tomato, asparagus, Iceberg lettuce and Louie dressing (a mix of mayonnaise, red chili sauce, green onions and green chili peppers).
Denver Omelette, Southwest Omelette, Western Omelette
E
C
Omelette filled with diced ham, onions and green bell peppers, sometimes served topped with cheese and a side dish of Hash Browns (potato fritters) or fried potatoes.
Fish Tacos
F
Deep-fried fish pieces, served as a taco with vegetables and sauces.
Geoduck
F
A very large, edible saltwater clam, served sauteed in butter or sliced thin like sashimi.
Hangtown Fry
E
Omelette made mixing eggs with bacon and oysters.
Poke (s)
F
Hawaiian dish made of raw fish, usually Ahi (Yellowfin tuna), seasoned with sea salt, soy sauce, sesame oil, chili pepper. Poke is often mixed with vegetables like tomatoes, maui onion and cabbage, served with wasabi (strong green paste).
Baking & Snacks
Chocolate Covered Bacon (w)
M
Cooked bacon with a coating of either milk or dark chocolate. It can be topped with sea salt, crumbled pistachio walnuts or almond bits.
French Dip Sandwich
M
Hot sandwich consisting of thinly sliced roast beef on a "French roll" or baguette.
Mission-Style Burrito
V
C
Large wheat flour tortilla filled with Guacamole (avocado-based dip), Salsa (various types of dip), sour cream and cheese. Served in a aluminum foil wrapping.
Shandong Beef Roll
M
A crepe-like cake, topped with slow-braised beef, scallions and cilantro, rolled up burrito-style and sliced into rounds.
Sopapilla
V
Flat, fried pastry bread. Served plain accompanying main dishes or as a dessert with a bottle of honey on the side and sprinkled with sugar or cinnamon.
Sourdough Bread
V
Mildly sour bread made by the fermentation of dough using naturally-occurring lactobacilli and yeast.
Dairy
Date Shake, Date Milkshake
Milkshake primarily flavored with dates.
Vegetables
Potato Wedges, Jojos
Thick baked or fired potato slices in their skin. Potato wedges fried in the same vat as chicken (Jojos) and usually eaten plain alongside fried chicken, coleslaw and baked beans.
Sauces & Seasonings
Ranch Dressing
Dressing made from buttermilk, sour cream, yogurt, onions, garlic, and other seasonings, which creates a refreshing contrast to the vegetables and meat it is typically paired with.
Desserts
Avocado Pie
A creamy pie made of avocado.
Honeycomb Toffee, Sea Foam
Sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture.
Drinks
Lemon Drop Martini
(a)
Vodka-based cocktail made with lemon juice, triple Sec and simple syrup.
COLORADO
CAPITAL: Denver
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 5.029.000
TIME ZONE: -7 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Stews
Chile Verde (s)
M
Spicy stew made from chunks of pork that have been slow-cooked in chicken broth, garlic, tomatillos and roasted green chili.
Main Dish
Chiles Rellenos
M
E
C
Roasted, fresh poblano pepper stuffed with rice and melted cheese or picadillo meat, covered in an egg batter or simply corn masa flour and fried.
Denver Omelette, Southwest Omelette, Western Omelette
E
C
Omelette filled with diced ham, onions and green bell peppers, sometimes served topped with cheese and a side dish of Hash Browns (potato fritters) or fried potatoes.
Rocky Mountain Oysters (w)
M
Bull, pig or sheep testicles, coated in flour, pepper and salt and deep fried.
Baking & Snacks
Sopapilla
V
CONNECTICUT
CAPITAL: Hartford
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 3.574.000
TIME ZONE: -5 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Soups
New England Oyster Stew
F
Soup made with oyster, cooked with their juice, milk, cream and seasonings.
Main Dish
American Chop Suey
M
Elbow macaroni (shaped as narrow tubes) and bits of cooked ground beef with sautéed onions and green peppers in a thick tomato-based sauce. Usually cooked in a frying or sauté pan, can also be baked.
Baked Beans, Boston Baked Beans
M
Stewed beans, sweetened with molasses or maple syrup and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
Clam Chowder
F
Milk or cream-based hearty chowder made with potatoes, crushed oyster crackers and chewy chunks of local clam.
Baking & Snacks
Clam Cakes
F
Chopped clams (usually quahog), battered and deep fried.
Greek Pizza
V
Pizza with a chewy, puffy, thick crust.
Johnnycakes, Hoecake
V
A cornmeal pancake or griddle cake. Commonly served with sweet syrup on breakfast or as a side accompanying dishes such as baked beans.
New Haven-Style White Clam Pizza
V
C
Thin-crust pizza topped with garlic, oregano, olive oil and sprinkled with Pecorino cheese.
Desserts
Bird's Nest Pudding, Crow's Nest Pudding
Pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaced by sugar. The apples are nestled in a bowl created by the crust.
Brown Betty
Dessert made from baked fruit (usually apples) and sweetened crumbs layers between the fruit slices or chops. It is usually served with lemon sauce or whipped cream.
Buckle
Dessert made by adding berries or sliced fruit to a single layer of cake batter. During baking, the fruit sinks and the cake emerges from the oven with a "buckled" appearance.
Grape Nuts Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream mixed with breakfast cereals. Usually served on breakfast.
Hasty Pudding, Indian Pudding
Dark, creamy pudding made of cornmeal mixed with molasses or maple syrup and spiced with cinnamon and ginger.
Whoopie Pies
DELAWARE
CAPITAL: Dover
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 898.000
TIME ZONE: -5 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Scrapple
M
A mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and wheat flour, often buckwheat flour and spices. It is formed into a semi-solid congealed loaf and served sliced and pan-fried. Usually served on breakfast.
Vegetables
Vinegar French Fries
French fries, soaked in vinegar and refrigerated before frying until golden brown.
FLORIDA
CAPITAL: Tallahassee
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 19.893.000
TIME ZONE: -5 (-6) GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Alligator Bites (w)
M
Juicy and tender, battered and fried chunks of alligator meat.
Conch Chowder, Conch Soup
F
Soup made with conch, potatoes, vegetables and spices.
Conch Fritters (s)
F
Fried fritters made of chopped conch meat and vegetables like sweet and hot peppers, onions and celery.
Florida Stone Crabs
F
Quite small crabs, with very big claws. Their delicate and sweet meat is traditionally served with melted butter or a special mustard sauce.
Baking & Snacks
Boiled Peanuts
V
Soft and juicy, green peanuts boiled in heavily salted water.
Cheese Straws
V
C
A batter made of butter, flour, salt, cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper, pushed through a cookie press and baked.
Cubano, Cuban Sandwich
M
C
Sandwich that combines roast pork, ham, salami, cheese and a pickle on Cuban bread (thick and chewy). The sandwiches are pressed so the flavors combine with the toasted bread.
Hushpuppies
V
E
Deep-fried balls of cornmeal, flour, milk, sugar, onion and egg.
Vegetables
Swamp Cabbage
Hearts of palm. A vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm tree. It is usually used to make salads.
Desserts
Key Lime Pie
GEORGIA
CAPITAL: Atlanta
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 9.688.000
TIME ZONE: -5 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Soups
She Crab Soup
F
Rich soup made of milk or heavy cream, crab or fish stock, Atlantic blue crab meat, crab roe and a sip of dry sherry.
Stews
Low Country Boil
M
F
A mix of stewed ears of corn, smoked sausage, crab and shrimps.
Main Dish
Country Ham
M
Salt-cured, sometimes smoked ham. Can be sliced and pan-fried, baked whole or slowly simmered.
Shrimp and Grits (s)
F
Fresh shrimps served on a bed of Grits (thick ground corn), with vegetable and other ingredients like bacon, garlic and lemon. Sometimes it has the consistency of a light fish soup.
Baking & Snacks
Boiled Peanuts
V
Soft and juicy, green peanuts boiled in heavily salted water.
Cheese Straws
V
C
A batter made of butter, flour, salt, cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper, pushed through a cookie press and baked.
Crispy Cornmeal Okra
V
Crisped to a golden brown, fried okra.
Hushpuppies
V
E
Deep-fried balls of cornmeal, flour, milk, sugar, onion and egg.
Desserts
Chess Pie
Pie made with eggs, butter, granulated and brown sugar, vanilla and corn meal.
Peach Pie
Pie with a flaky crust and a sweet and creamy peach filling (peach marmalade and chops).
Drinks
Coca-Cola
(af)
HAWAII
CAPITAL: Honolulu
LANGUAGE: English, Hawaiian
POPULATION: 1.432.000
TIME ZONE: -10 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Soups
Saimin
V
E
Noodle soup made of soft wheat egg noodles served in hot dashi (miso soup, clear broth and noodle broth) garnished with green onions.
Main Dish
Ahi Poke, Poke (s)
F
Raw fish, usually Ahi (Yellowfin tuna), seasoned with sea salt, soy sauce, sesame oil and chili pepper. Often mixed with vegetables like tomatoes, maui onion and cabbage and served with wasabi.
Kālua
M
Pork slowly cooked in an underground oven (a pit in the ground).
Laulau
M
F
Salted butterfish and either pork, beef or chicken, wrapped in taro leaf and steamed on the stove.
Loco Moco
M
E
Meal made from white rice, hamburger, fried eggs and brown gravy (made from the drippings from roasted meat or fowl).
Shoyu Chicken (s)
M
Chicken thighs, marinated in a sweet, spicy soy sauce, grilled and served with rice.
Shoyu Hot Dog (s)
M
Grilled hot dogs, marinated in a sweet, spicy soy sauce, grilled and served with rice.
Spam
M
Precooked, canned, meat product made with pork shoulder and ham meat.
Baking & Snacks
Spam Musubi
M
A slice of grilled Spam (canned precooked meat product) on a block of sushi rice, all wrapped up with a strip of Nori (dried seaweed).
Vegetables
Poi
Taro root, cooked, mashed and mixed with water to create a paste. It is served as a side dish to fish dinner or served on breakfast.
Desserts
Avocado Pie
A creamy pie made of avocado.
Guava Chiffon Cake
Pink, fluffy sponge cake flavored with guava fruit with a creamy covering.
Haupia
Coconut milk pudding with a gelatin consistency, served in blocks.
Malassadas
Confection made of egg-sized balls of yeast dough that are deep-fried in oil and coated with granulated sugar.
Shave Ice, Hawaiian Shave Ice
IDAHO
CAPITAL: Boise
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 1.567.000
TIME ZONE: -8 (-7) GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Finger Steaks
M
Little strips of steak (usually sirloin), battered with a tempura-like batter, deep-fried and served with BBQ sauce.
Vegetables
Potato Wedges, Jojos
Thick baked or fired potato slices in their skin. Potato wedges fried in the same vat as chicken (Jojos) and usually eaten plain alongside fried chicken, coleslaw and baked beans.
Fruits
Huckleberries
ILLINOIS
CAPITAL: Springfield
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 12.880.000
TIME ZONE: -6 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Stews
Burgoo (s)
M
Spicy, slow-cooked meat stew (pork, chicken or mutton) with vegetables, usually served with cornbread or corn muffins.
Main Dish
Chicken Vesuvio
M
Dish made from chicken on the bone and wedges of potato, celery and carrots, sauteed with garlic, oregano, white wine and olive oil, then baked until the chicken's skin becomes crisp. The dish is often garnished with a few green peas for color.
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Pierogi
M
C
Dumplings, similar to ravioli, filled with potato, sauerkraut, ground meat and cheese. Dessert pierogi are filled with various fruits. The dumplings are boiled and then baked or fried, and served with butter or sour cream.
Baking & Snacks
Bierock, Runza
M
Pocket pastries filled with cooked and seasoned ground beef, shredded cabbage and onions, then oven baked until the dough is golden brown.
Chicago-Style hot dog
M
Hot dog made with an all-beef frankfurter on a poppy seed bun, topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, bright green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, pickled sport peppers and a dash of celery salt.
Deep Dish Pizza
V
C
A thick, high layered pizza, with a huge amounts of cheese and chunky tomato sauce.
Horseshoe Sandwich
M
E
C
An open-faced sandwich built from the bottom up with thick-sliced toast, hamburgers patties or ham (other meat like deep fried pork tenderloin, fried chicken and fish filets can be substituted), french fries and cheese sauce (usually containing a combination of eggs, beer, butter, Worcestershire and mustard).
Desserts
Cheddar Cheese Popcorn (s)
Popcorn coated with a cheddar cheese, mustard and chili powder mix.
Paczki
Deep-fried pieces of dough shaped into flattened spheres and filled with confiture or other sweet filling. Usually covered with powdered sugar, icing or bits of dried orange zest.
Sugar Cream Pie
Single-crust pie filled with butter, flour, vanilla, cream and maple syrup. Sometimes topped with fresh fruits and English cream.
Watergate Salad
Salad made from pistachio pudding, canned pineapple, whipped topping and marshmallows.
INDIANA
CAPITAL: Indianapolis
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 6.484.000
TIME ZONE: -5 (-6) GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Alligator Bites (w)
M
Juicy and tender, battered and fried chunks of alligator meat.
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Baking & Snacks
Bierock, Runza
M
Pocket pastries filled with cooked and seasoned ground beef, shredded cabbage and onions, then oven baked until the dough is golden brown.
Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich
M
Sandwich with a crispy and brown bread and fried pork tenderloin marinated in spiced buttermilk.
Fried Brain Sandwich (w)
M
Sandwich made with fried brain (usually pig or cow) served on rye bread.
Pork Tenderloin Sandwich
M
Sandwich made with a breaded and fried pork cutlet filled into a bun.
Desserts
Amish Sugar Cream Pie
Creamy pie made of white and brown sugar and cream.
Paczki
Deep-fried pieces of dough shaped into flattened spheres and filled with confiture or other sweet filling. Usually covered with powdered sugar, icing or bits of dried orange zest.
Persimmon Pudding
Pudding made with steamed persimon fruits, often served with ice cream, Crème Anglaise, whipped cream, apple sauce or brandy butter.
Sugar Cream Pie
Single-crust pie filled with butter, flour, vanilla, cream and maple syrup. Sometimes topped with fresh fruits and English cream.
Sugar Pie
Single-crust pie filled with butter, flour, vanilla, cream and maple syrup. Sometimes topped with fresh fruits and English cream.
Watergate Salad
Salad made from pistachio pudding, canned pineapple, whipped topping and marshmallows.
Drinks
IOWA
CAPITAL: Des Moines
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 3.107.000
TIME ZONE: -6 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Hot Beef Sundae
M
C
Mashed potatoes drowned in beef tips and gravy, sprinkled with shredded cheese, with a cherry tomato on top.
Baking & Snacks
Bierock, Runza
M
Pocket pastries filled with cooked and seasoned ground beef, shredded cabbage and onions, then oven baked until the dough is golden brown.
Tavern Sandwich, Loose-Meat Sandwich, Steamed Hamburger
M
Unseasoned ground beef on a bun, mixed with sauteed onions and sometimes topped with pickles, ketchup and mustard.
Vegetables
Grilled Sweet Corn on the Cob
Grilled corn cobs, brushed with a bit of garlic butter.
Desserts
Watergate Salad
Salad made from pistachio pudding, canned pineapple, whipped topping and marshmallows.
Drinks
Bed Beer
(a)
KANSAS
CAPITAL: Topeka
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 2.904.000
TIME ZONE: -6 (-7) GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Kansas City-style Barbecue
M
F
A wide variety of meat (pork, beef, chicken, turkey, mutton, fish), slowly smoked and served with a dense, sweet cream-sauce made of tomatoes and molasses.
Baking & Snacks
Bierock
M
Round yeast dough bread pocket with a filling consisting of beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions and seasonings.
Bierock, Runza
M
Pocket pastries filled with cooked and seasoned ground beef, shredded cabbage and onions, then oven baked until the dough is golden brown.
Desserts
Watergate Salad
Salad made from pistachio pudding, canned pineapple, whipped topping and marshmallows.
Drinks
Bed Beer
(a)
KENTUCKY
CAPITAL: Frankfort
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 4.339.000
TIME ZONE: -5 (-6) GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Stews
Burgoo (s)
M
Spicy, slow-cooked meat stew (pork, chicken or mutton) with vegetables, usually served with cornbread or corn muffins.
Main Dish
Biscuits ’n’ Gravy, Biscuits and Gravy
M
Soft dough biscuits covered in either sawmill or sausage gravy, made from the drippings of cooked pork sausage, white flour, milk and often bits of sausage, bacon, ground beef or other meat. The gravy is often flavored with black pepper. Usually served on breakfast.
Chicken Fried Steak, Country Fried Steak
M
E
Steak (tenderized cube steak) coated with egg and flour mixture and pan-fried.
Country Captain Chicken
M
Mild stew made with browned chicken pieces, onions and curry powder. Usually are added almonds and golden raisins.
Country Ham
M
Salt-cured, sometimes smoked ham. Can be sliced and pan-fried, baked whole or slowly simmered.
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Hoppin' John
M
A mixture of black-eyed peas, rice, chopped onions and ham hock.
Lamb Fries (w)
M
Lamb testicles, parboiled, cut in half and seasoned, served breaded and fried.
Rolled Oyster
F
E
Some oysters, battered in pastinga (egg-milk cornmeal batter), rolled together into a ball with cracker crumbs and deep-fried.
Baking & Snacks
Boiled Peanuts
V
Soft and juicy, green peanuts boiled in heavily salted water.
Cheese Straws
V
C
A batter made of butter, flour, salt, cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper, pushed through a cookie press and baked.
Chicken Gizzards (w)
M
Deep fried chicken gizzards.
Chitterlings, Chitlins, Chittlins (s)(w)
M
Slowly stewed pig intestine, battered, deep-fried, and served with hot sauce or vinegar.
Fried Okra
V
Battered and deep-fried okra slices.
Fried Pickles
V
Battered and deep-fried pickle spears or slices.
Hot Brown, Kentucky Hot Brown
M
E
C
An open-faced sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in Mornay sauce (Béchamel sauce with shredded or grated Gruyère cheese and egg yolk added) and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown.
Hushpuppies
V
E
Deep-fried balls of cornmeal, flour, milk, sugar, onion and egg.
Pimento Cheese, Palmetto Cheese
V
E
C
A spread of mayonnaise, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, pimento peppers and spice. Can be served as a spread on crackers or celery, scooped onto corn chips or tortilla chips, mixed in with mashed yolks for deviled eggs, added to grits or slathered over hamburgers or hot dogs.
Vegetables
Chow Chow
A pickled relish made of green and red tomatoes, cabbage, onions and carrots, as well as any other seasonal vegetable. Served as a chilled or room-temperature condiment, it often accompanies fried fish, hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and barbecue.
Goober-Bottle Rig (w)
Some salted peanuts stuffed into a glass bottle of Coke, Dr. Pepper,or RC Cola. Eaten a couple per sip.
Grits
Thick corn-based porridge eaten on breakfast covered with cheese or at dinner with spicy shrimps (Shrimp and Grits).
Sauces & Seasonings
Baked Deviled Crab
Dressing made of crab meat with mayonnaise, vegetables and spices.
Red-Eye Gravy, Poor Man’s Gravy
Gravy made from the drippings of pan-fried sausage, country ham, bacon or other pork, sometimes mixed with black coffee, often served over ham, cornbread, fried potatoes, Grits (boiled ground maize) or biscuits.
Desserts
Divinity
Nougat-like confection made of egg white, corn syrup, sugar and pecans.
General Robert E. Lee Cake
A sponge cake with lemon cream filling and lemon-orange frosting .
MoonPie
A layer of marshmallow sandwiched between two chocolate-covered Graham cracker cookies.
Robert E. Lee Cake
Sponge cake with a lemon curd filling and a coconut citrus frosting.
Southern Fried Pies
Little fried hand pies made with fresh fruit (usually peach or apple) or dried, either pan fried, deep fried or baked.
Sweet Potato Pie
LOUISIANA
CAPITAL: New Orleans
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 4.625.000
TIME ZONE: -6 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Stews
Gumbo
M
F
Strongly-flavored stew made of stock (meat or shellfish), celery, bell peppers and onions.
Main Dish
Alligator Bites (w)
M
Juicy and tender, battered and fried chunks of alligator meat.
Cajun Fried Turkey (s)
M
Deep-fried turkey marinated in a onion, garlic and hot pepper sauce.
Chicken Fried Steak, Country Fried Steak
M
E
Steak (tenderized cube steak) coated with egg and flour mixture and pan-fried.
Country Captain Chicken
M
Mild stew made with browned chicken pieces, onions and curry powder. Usually are added almonds and golden raisins.
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Étouffée, Etouffee
F
Shellfish (usually crayfish) served with a seasoned sauce over rice.
Hoppin' John
M
A mixture of black-eyed peas, rice, chopped onions and ham hock.
Jambalaya
M
Meat, sausage and vegetables (onion, celery and green bell pepper) sauteed and mixed with rice.
Oysters Rockefeller
F
Oysters on the half-shell topped with various ingredients (often parsley, green herbs, a rich butter sauce and bread crumbs), baked or broiled.
Turducken (w)
M
Roasted deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, stuffed into a deboned turkey.
Baking & Snacks
Beignets
V
Deep-fried choux pastry, served with powdered sugar on top. Usually served on breakfast.
Boudin Balls
M
Deep-fried balls of Boudin Blanc (a sausage made from pork, rice and spices).
Cheese Straws
V
C
A batter made of butter, flour, salt, cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper, pushed through a cookie press and baked.
Chicken Gizzards (w)
M
Deep fried chicken gizzards.
Chitterlings, Chitlins, Chittlins (s)(w)
M
Slowly stewed pig intestine, battered, deep-fried, and served with hot sauce or vinegar.
Fried Okra
V
Battered and deep-fried okra slices.
Fried Pickles
V
Battered and deep-fried pickle spears or slices.
Muffuletta
M
C
Muffuletta loaf (large, round, flat bread) split horizontally and covered with layers of marinated olive salad, mortadella, salami, ham, mozzarella and provolone cheese.
Pickled Pigs Feet (w)
M
Salted and smoked hogs' feet, canned and preserved in a vinegar brine.
Pimento Cheese, Palmetto Cheese
V
E
C
A spread of mayonnaise, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, pimento peppers and spice. Can be served as a spread on crackers or celery, scooped onto corn chips or tortilla chips, mixed in with mashed yolks for deviled eggs, added to grits or slathered over hamburgers or hot dogs.
Po' Boy
M
Sandwich made of French bread, meat (usually roast beef) and fried seafood, chicken or ham.
Vegetables
Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
A pudding obtained from bread, milk, eggs and spices, served with warm Bourbon sauce.
Chow Chow
A pickled relish made of green and red tomatoes, cabbage, onions and carrots, as well as any other seasonal vegetable. Served as a chilled or room-temperature condiment, it often accompanies fried fish, hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and barbecue.
Goober-Bottle Rig (w)
Some salted peanuts stuffed into a glass bottle of Coke, Dr. Pepper,or RC Cola. Eaten a couple per sip.
Grits
Thick corn-based porridge eaten on breakfast covered with cheese or at dinner with spicy shrimps (Shrimp and Grits).
Red Beans and Rice (s)
Dish made from kidney beans and vegetables (bell pepper, onion and celery), spices (thyme, cayenne pepper and bay leaf) flavored with bones from pork and white rice, usually served with hot sauce.
Sauces & Seasonings
Red-Eye Gravy, Poor Man’s Gravy
Gravy made from the drippings of pan-fried sausage, country ham, bacon or other pork, sometimes mixed with black coffee, often served over ham, cornbread, fried potatoes, Grits (boiled ground maize) or biscuits.
Desserts
Banana Foster
Dessert made from bananas cooked flambé with a sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum and banana liqueur, topped with vanilla ice cream.
Divinity
Nougat-like confection made of egg white, corn syrup, sugar and pecans.
MoonPie
A layer of marshmallow sandwiched between two chocolate-covered Graham cracker cookies.
Pecan Pie
Pie made with corn syrup and pecan nuts on a shortcrust pastry.
Pecan Tassies
Tart-like cookies with a tender and buttery crust, crunchy pecans and brown-sugar filling.
Southern Fried Pies
Little fried hand pies made with fresh fruit (usually peach or apple) or dried, either pan fried, deep fried or baked.
Sweet Potato Pie
Dark, sweet and soft pie with a sweet potatoes, milk and sugar filling.
Drinks
Beaky, Coffee Milk
MAINE
CAPITAL: Augusta
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 1.330.000
TIME ZONE: -5 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Soups
New England Oyster Stew
F
Soup made with oyster, cooked with their juice, milk, cream and seasonings.
Main Dish
American Chop Suey
M
Elbow macaroni (shaped as narrow tubes) and bits of cooked ground beef with sautéed onions and green peppers in a thick tomato-based sauce. Usually cooked in a frying or sauté pan, can also be baked.
Baked Beans, Boston Baked Beans
M
Stewed beans, sweetened with molasses or maple syrup and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
Bean Hole Beans
M
Stewed beans, slow-cooked in a pot (on a fire in a dig in the ground) with ham, molasses, brown sugar, bacon and mustard.
Clam Chowder
F
Milk or cream-based hearty chowder made with potatoes, crushed oyster crackers and chewy chunks of local clam.
Baking & Snacks
Clam Cakes
F
Chopped clams (usually quahog), battered and deep fried.
Greek Pizza
V
Pizza with a chewy, puffy, thick crust.
Johnnycakes, Hoecake
V
A cornmeal pancake or griddle cake. Commonly served with sweet syrup on breakfast or as a side accompanying dishes such as baked beans.
Lobster Roll
F
Lobster meat mixed with mayonnaise and served in a toasted hot dog bun.
Vegetables
Fiddleheads
Curly, edible shoots of fern (a plant). Typically steamed or boiled before being eaten hot, with Hollandaise sauce, butter and lemon or vinegar, chilled in salad or with mayonnaise.
Desserts
Bird's Nest Pudding, Crow's Nest Pudding
Pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaced by sugar. The apples are nestled in a bowl created by the crust.
Brown Betty
Dessert made from baked fruit (usually apples) and sweetened crumbs layers between the fruit slices or chops. It is usually served with lemon sauce or whipped cream.
Buckle
Dessert made by adding berries or sliced fruit to a single layer of cake batter. During baking, the fruit sinks and the cake emerges from the oven with a "buckled" appearance.
Grape Nuts Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream mixed with breakfast cereals. Usually served on breakfast.
Hasty Pudding, Indian Pudding
Dark, creamy pudding made of cornmeal mixed with molasses or maple syrup and spiced with cinnamon and ginger.
Honeycomb Toffee, Sea Foam
Sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture.
Sugar on Snow, Leather Aprons
Sugar candy made by boiling maple sap.
Whoopie Pies
Two round mound-shaped pieces of chocolate cake with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting, sandwiched between them.
Drinks
Moxie
(af)
MARYLAND
CAPITAL: Annapolis
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 5.885.000
TIME ZONE: -5 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Main Dish
Chicken and Waffles
M
Fried chicken on waffles with condiments such as butter and syrup. Usually served on breakfast.
Coddies
F
Hand-formed, slightly flattened potato cakes flavored with salt cod and other seasonings and then deep-fried. They are traditionally served at room temperature, sandwiched between two saltine crackers with a dollop of yellow mustard.
Crab Cakes
F
Crispy and savory, fried cakes made with crab meat and spices.
Shrimp and Grits (s)
F
Fresh shrimps served on a bed of Grits (thick ground corn), with vegetable and other ingredients like bacon, garlic and lemon. Sometimes it has the consistency of a light fish soup.
Baking & Snacks
Cheese Straws
V
C
A batter made of butter, flour, salt, cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper, pushed through a cookie press and baked.
Pickled Pigs Feet (w)
M
MASSACHUSETTS
CAPITAL: Boston
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 6.548.000
TIME ZONE: -5 GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Soups
New England Oyster Stew
F
Soup made with oyster, cooked with their juice, milk, cream and seasonings.
Main Dish
American Chop Suey
M
Elbow macaroni (shaped as narrow tubes) and bits of cooked ground beef with sautéed onions and green peppers in a thick tomato-based sauce. Usually cooked in a frying or sauté pan, can also be baked.
Baked Beans, Boston Baked Beans
M
Stewed beans, sweetened with molasses or maple syrup and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
Clam Chowder
F
Milk or cream-based hearty chowder made with potatoes, crushed oyster crackers and chewy chunks of local clam.
Pierogi
M
C
Dumplings, similar to ravioli, filled with potato, sauerkraut, ground meat and cheese. Dessert pierogi are filled with various fruits. The dumplings are boiled and then baked or fried, and served with butter or sour cream.
Stuffies, Stuffed Clams
F
Stuffed, baked clams made with bread crumbs, chopped clam meat (usually quahogs) and lemon juice.
Baking & Snacks
Chow Mein Sandwich
V
Chow Mein (stir-fried noodles) stuffed it into a hamburger-style bun.
Clam Cakes
F
Chopped clams (usually quahog), battered and deep fried.
Fluffernutter
V
Sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff usually served on white bread.
Greek Pizza
V
Pizza with a chewy, puffy, thick crust.
Johnnycakes, Hoecake
V
A cornmeal pancake or griddle cake. Commonly served with sweet syrup on breakfast or as a side accompanying dishes such as baked beans.
Desserts
Bird's Nest Pudding, Crow's Nest Pudding
Pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaced by sugar. The apples are nestled in a bowl created by the crust.
Boston Cream Pie
Sponge cake filled with a custard or cream filling and frosted with chocolate.
Brown Betty
Dessert made from baked fruit (usually apples) and sweetened crumbs layers between the fruit slices or chops. It is usually served with lemon sauce or whipped cream.
Buckle
Dessert made by adding berries or sliced fruit to a single layer of cake batter. During baking, the fruit sinks and the cake emerges from the oven with a "buckled" appearance.
Bumbleberry Pie
Pie made with a mixture of fruit (usually apples), berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries) and rhubarb.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Drop cookies made of butter and both brown and white sugar with semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Grape Nuts Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream mixed with breakfast cereals. Usually served on breakfast.
Hasty Pudding, Indian Pudding
Dark, creamy pudding made of cornmeal mixed with molasses or maple syrup and spiced with cinnamon and ginger.
Honeycomb Toffee, Old Fashioned Puf
Sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture.
Whoopie Pies
MICHIGAN
CAPITAL: Lansing
LANGUAGE: English
POPULATION: 9.910.000
TIME ZONE: -5 (-6) GMT
CURRENCY: United States Dollar (USD)
Stews
Booyah
M
Thick meat (beef, chicken or pork) soup with vegetables (carrots, rutabaga, celery, potatoes) and seasonings.
Main Dish
Deviled Eggs
E
Hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.
Pierogi
M
C
Dumplings, similar to ravioli, filled with potato, sauerkraut, ground meat and cheese. Dessert pierogi are filled with various fruits. The dumplings are boiled and then baked or fried, and served with butter or sour cream.
Baking & Snacks
Bierock, Runza
M
Pocket pastries filled with cooked and seasoned ground beef, shredded cabbage and onions, then oven baked until the dough is golden brown.
Coney Dog, Coney Island Hot Dog, Coney
M
C
Hot dog in a bun topped with a meat sauce made of seasoned ground beef or beef heart, topped with yellow mustard, white onion and sometimes cheese.
Cornish Pasty
M
Pastry pocket filled with meat and vegetables.
Pasties
M
Turnovers with curved edge, stuffed with meat, potatoes, onions and spices.
Win Schuler's Cheese Spread
V
C
A creamy, extra-sharp cheddar.
Desserts
Cherry Pie
Pie baked with a tart cherry filling, often eaten with whipped cream or ice cream.
