Foods I can't find in my present location and regional specialties.

[Absinthe_1900]

There is a long list, but one regional specialty (mid-atlanitc) I haven't seen in years is scrapple.

Habersetts will ship their scrapple. Click the order online link

http://www.habbersettscrapple.com/index.html


Apparently it all comes from here: frozen

http://www.rapascrapple.com/about.html

http://www.jonesdairyfarm.com/StoreProduct.aspx?p=198 The name we get it here locally

We can get it here in Houston, I'll never forget going to the check out and having the cashier ask what "that stuff" was,... you should have seen the look on her face, when I told her what they make scrapple from.

 

[Joie DeVive]

From California - good sourdough bread,

Amen on that one! I'm starving for a turkey or cheese sandwich on California sourdough! Mmmm!

 

[Viola]

We can get it here in Houston, I'll never forget going to the check out and having the cashier ask what "that stuff" was,... you should have seen the look on her face, when I told her what they make scrapple from.

"The parts of a pig that aren't good enough for sausage" is what I always heard. lol

-Viola

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Scrapple, All the "you don't wanna know" parts. lol

We had Tastykakes until recently, then they mysteriously vanished.

We get most of the other things like Taylor Porkroll etc, though the locals haven't quite figured out how to make a proper Hoagie. They get close with Cheesesteaks.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Their one brewery makes it best

I'm from Atlanta. I moved north to Rochester NY. I miss The Varsity and maybe Fellini's Pizza. But there are foods to eat at restaurants here that more than make up for those: Friday night fish fry made with haddock. Tom Wahl's cheeseburgers and homemade root beer, followed by homemade frozen custard. Genesee Light beer. Many people here enjoy Chicken French. Any groceries I got in Atlanta at Big Star I can get here at Wegman's, even Cheese Waffles and John Morrell lard.

 

[RondoHatton]

Never go stale?

Diamond Saloon Pilot Crackers do not seem to have a "wear date" or "best by" date stamped anywhere. Just opened a sealed package from the back of the pantry, 1 year old ? - Crisp, wholesome!

 

[Haversack]

What I hear a lot from people who have moved to the San Frnacisco Bay Area from other parts of the USA are variations on the theme: "Where can I get real [insert favourite ethnic cooking] like back in [where they moved from]? A very common reason for regional variation in ethnic cuisine is that it is due to settlement patterns. In short, people from different parts of the world settled in different parts of the USA at different times. For example, in the case of why Italian restaurants here aren't like they are on the East coast is that the Italians who predominantly settled here and established the base cuisine came from Liguria, a different part of Italy than those who settled and established the base cuisine on the East Coast, who I believe were predominantly from Sicily and Calabria. Different places got a different mix of people, (and their cuisines). I wouldn't want the country to be so homogenous, (or so equally diverse so as to be homogenous), that there were no regional variations.

The things I would like to be able to get here but cannot are: Bundaberg Rum, Bauernschinken direct from the Bauer, and Moreton Bay Bugs. Tim-tams used to be on this list but have recently been found hiding at Cost Plus import stores maskerading as "Arnott's Originals".

Haversack.

 

[GwenLake]

I'd like it if they had jelly beans over here.

 

[Smithy]

Tim-tams

Now you're talking!

 

[warbird]

While I can't stand it myself, my wife really has a hard time getting Marmite.

I miss all sorts of good stuff when I have left the south in the past. One thing I miss from living on the Chesapeake is fresh soft shelled crab, she crab soup and broiled crab cakes. And really fresh, inexpensive seafood in general I guess.

Some other things I miss from my travels which I can't get here, excellent Italian in a restaurant, I make it better than anyone down here.

I used to get fresh rootbeer from Amish communities in Ohio. Man that was good stuff, best I ever had. It came in brown glass bottles with the old style metal swivel top . I miss dim-sum. Can't get that here either.

 

[Big Man]

There is a long list, but one regional specialty (mid-atlanitc) I haven't seen in years is scrapple.

Yankees eat scrapple - if you're from western NC you eat livermush.

 

[Big Man]

... We can get it here in Houston, I'll never forget going to the check out and having the cashier ask what "that stuff" was,... you should have seen the look on her face, when I told her what they make scrapple from.

If knowing what scrapple is made from gets funny looks, then don't ask about souse meat (also known as "head cheese").

As they say at hog killin' time around here: "parts is parts".

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Mmmmmmm headcheese. My late great-aunt in Basile, Louisiana made the best I've tasted so far. Ate it on Premium Saltines. Mmmmm.

 

[Zig2k143]

As a former NYer living in LA I can say i am amazed at the fantastic variety of foods that are out here BUT!

Chinese food out this way is different that what I remember in NY either long Island, NYC, or even up in Plattsburgh which wa outstanding.

Here in LA, I cannot find the great appetizer "SHRIMP TOAST" anywheres. It is a favorite of mine that I can only get when visiting back East.

A good tip for east coasters coming out west, Hellmans mayonaise is available as Best Foods Mayo, same recepie and flavor.

Out this way two burritos that were more common but harder to find now are: "The Hollenbeck" and "The Okie" which were scrumptious!

So if you have moved and you're Jonesing for a dish you can't get where you're at now it is time to put in a call.

You didn't mention our NYC Pizza? I'm in Pa and can't even get good Pizza

 

[Big Man]

Mmmmmmm headcheese. My late great-aunt in Basile, Louisiana made the best I've tasted so far. Ate it on Premium Saltines. Mmmmm.

A woman who likes souse meat. Where were you when I was single? [huh]

I can still see my grandmother quartering the hog's head with an axe getting ready to make souse meat. My, my, my. What great memories.

 

[Smithy]

While I can't stand it myself, my wife really has a hard time getting Marmite.

Your wife has impeccable taste Warbird, especially if it's the antipodean variety

 

[StanleyVanBuren]

American's are insane and have too much food.

i do want to eat all of it though.
starting with prawn toast

Except the one thing I want that I can't seem to find here is a true full English breakfast.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Except the one thing I want that I can't seem to find here is a true full English breakfast.

Try the Kings Head in Santa Monica.... even have black pudding.

 

[StanleyVanBuren]

Freebirds nachos

Ah, I see you're a fellow former Isla Vistan!

I'm formerly of 6703 -- and if you have to ask which street, you've been gone too long.

There really is nothing like a Freebirds burrito at 4am on a Saturday morning. Even the same burrito, at 12pm on a Monday, doesn't quite compare for some reason.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Ah, I see you're a fellow former Isla Vistan!

I'm formerly of 6703 -- and if you have to ask which street, you've been gone too long.

There really is nothing like a Freebirds burrito at 4am on a Saturday morning. Even the same burrito, at 12pm on a Monday, doesn't quite compare for some reason.

oh no....more sb folk......


*runs now*