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SheilaT

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39. I've lived in several of these states,

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 03:28 PM

Oct 2013

and have zero acquaintance with the supposedly local dishes.

Cowboy cookies containing coconut and pecans and supposedly a Colorado thing?

I make cowboy cookies and it does not include either of those two things, although walnuts are optional. I have once and only once in over 50 years of making them run across someone who recognized them as cowboy cookies. In recent years I'll have people volunteer the ingredients they think are in a cowboy cookie, and invariably start naming gunk like coconut.

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LOL kydo Oct 2013 #1

Totally disagree about Cincinnati chili. I love it. Been gone from Ohio sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #2

I love it too. cali Oct 2013 #9

Ranked below hit by a car. Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #14

What Cincy calls chili, the world calls hot dog sauce. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #26

I don't even call it that. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #86

I lived in Cincinnati for 6 years. pangaia Oct 2013 #101

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and cinnamon... smackd Oct 2013 #113

"Skyline Chili" Ohio Joe Oct 2013 #3

Key Lime Pie was robbed RockaFowler Oct 2013 #4

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I knew Chicago deep dish pizza would be #1 riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #5

Pizzeria Uno B2G Oct 2013 #16

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Gino's East is my favorite! City Lights Oct 2013 #36

Giordanos!!!!!!! nt BarackTheVote Oct 2013 #45

Lou Malnati's Paulie Oct 2013 #50

+1. closeupready Oct 2013 #79

Edwardos! GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #60

Uno's ballabosh Oct 2013 #68

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I agree. I can eat pure cheese straight from the grocery store. Laelth Oct 2013 #12

I'm allergic to peaches bigwillq Oct 2013 #29

Oh, bummer! You're missing out. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #41

just peaches? missingthebigdog Oct 2013 #102

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Much like was pointed out in the piece regarding NY pizza, Chicago pizza's been living Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #74

The hoosier fried tenderloin ranks well below bull testicles DefenseLawyer Oct 2013 #7

I thought it was okay Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #13

Heresy! B2G Oct 2013 #21

The guy got it totally wrong anyway. They're called Rocky Mountain Oysters and Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #75

I miss Chicago pizza Prism Oct 2013 #8

Blatant Regionalistic Prejudice MineralMan Oct 2013 #10

That is a beautifully-written piece. Laelth Oct 2013 #11

Wouldn't Lutefisk be Minnesota rather than North Dakota? EOTE Oct 2013 #15

North Dakota is far from Minnesota Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #17

Not really, but I still don't see what that has to do with my comment. EOTE Oct 2013 #22

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It's the same Norwegians in both places, and South Dakota, too. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #25

Interesting. EOTE Oct 2013 #27

There is a company in Minneapolis that gets Jenoch Oct 2013 #40

That somehow seems inefficient to me : p. EOTE Oct 2013 #43

I like my border state foods better get the red out Oct 2013 #18

Scrapple! BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #19

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MMMMMM...Scrapple! Rocket_Scientist65 Oct 2013 #109

Bookmarked pscot Oct 2013 #20

The New Hampshire description made me giggle. Arkana Oct 2013 #30

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On Madison's State Street, Teddywedgers is a form of pastie closeupready Oct 2013 #80

I grew up with the pasty. xmas74 Oct 2013 #88

Mission burrito Xithras Oct 2013 #33

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not to me. sounds like he/she actually knows something about food and cooking cali Oct 2013 #35

"43. Green Jell-O with goddamn carrots in it (Utah)"... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #37

He got Utah 100% correct. Green jello with carrots is that closest thing they have to culture. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #63

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The CT one is bullshit. Steamed cheeseburgers? Dash87 Oct 2013 #38

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I grew up right in the center of that area... Chan790 Oct 2013 #84

I think I saw the steamed burger thing Jenoch Oct 2013 #91

To be honest... Chan790 Oct 2013 #95

The hamburger was first served 15 years earlier Jenoch Oct 2013 #96

It was also on Man v. Food Buns_of_Fire Oct 2013 #114

There's some good places in Meriden NutmegYankee Oct 2013 #58

I've lived in several of these states, SheilaT Oct 2013 #39

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Guy's a douche alcibiades_mystery Oct 2013 #47

NY Pizza needs to have pepperoni, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #48

I disagree. An extra cheese New York pizza is the best food in the universe. Zorra Oct 2013 #54

Yup. I'm with you on that one. PotatoChip Oct 2013 #94

I agree about Jersey. Zorra Oct 2013 #104

There's no egg in it ballabosh Oct 2013 #72

I agree. "Deep-dish pizza" is not only an oxymoron, it's an abomination. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #82

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Fried okra is one of my favorite foods. clyrc Oct 2013 #49

The link lillypaddle Oct 2013 #51

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Yep - a good Carne Asada Burrito is a gift from the food gods! tjwash Oct 2013 #57

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Si bobduca Oct 2013 #70

The article attempts to come off as edgy with a little snark to drive through its points... tjwash Oct 2013 #55

I am sorry but...bratwurst is awesome! ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #56

As much as I complain about South Carolina.... GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #59

I would have preferred to see carnitas tacos for California's contribution. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #64

Or the California Roll, the avocado, bean sprouts, and swiss cheese on whole wheat, or any of a Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #76

As expected... bobclark86 Oct 2013 #65

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Wild Alaskan salmon, halibut, king crab, Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #69

Iowa shouldn't be the corndog ballabosh Oct 2013 #71

When I was a child in Philadelphia, RebelOne Oct 2013 #73

Kansas? rustysgurl Oct 2013 #77

I grew up near Cleveland, went to college in Southern Ohio, and had never heard of Auggie Oct 2013 #78

i've lived colorado my whole life and don't know wtf a cowboy cookie is fizzgig Oct 2013 #81

The author gets more wrong than right. Chan790 Oct 2013 #87

That there's funny, I don't care who you are. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #89

Heresy MFrohike Oct 2013 #90

Didn't have to even look at that to know Indiana was going to be breaded tenderloin. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #92

This native Pennsylvanian, 50 miles N. of Philly in the heart of the "Dutchies naw," is proud never WinkyDink Oct 2013 #93

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Bull testicles ahead of salmon LittleBlue Oct 2013 #98

I love the responses Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #100

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Pennsylvania food depends on what side of the state you are on distantearlywarning Oct 2013 #105

Absolutely agreed. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #110

Saved the best for last! JNelson6563 Oct 2013 #107

Having lived in Colorado most of my life. I have never heard of a cowboy cookie and Autumn Oct 2013 #112

Hahaha!! Good Stuff, and I know Scrapple well.... Avalux Oct 2013 #115

I just noticed that the entry for Alaska dovetails nicely with the other thread Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #116