There you have one food from each land...

Stumbled across this today: http://globaltableadventure.com/countries-ive-cooked/

A well-educated and well-trained lady cooks a dish from every one of the 195 nations of the world. Some commentary from the picky husband and young daughter, too. Interesting source of recipes and ideas.

[Robin Garr]

Very nice! Thanks, Jeff!

Obviously I couldn't resist looking at the UK dishes.....

Scotch Egg (but she'd replaced sausage meat with falafel so hardy authentic)
Coronation Chicken sandwiches
afternoon tea with currant scones (yet another scone recipe and rolled too thin but she didn't include egg - hurrah!)

I noticed also that she's placed the Irish Republic under United Kingdom


And in her tea tasting of different type of teas, e.g. English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast, English Afternoon she's puzzled and asks "Why so many names when they’re all “100% Ceylon Tea”?

The reason is they are all Dilmah brand teas she's using, and Dilmah is a Sri Lankan (Ceylon) tea company.

I'm not sure I've ever had a Dilmah tea.

Stumbled across this today: http://globaltableadventure.com/countries-ive-cooked/

A well-educated and well-trained lady cooks a dish from every one of the 195 nations of the world. Some commentary from the picky husband and young daughter, too. Interesting source of recipes and ideas.

Thanks for that. I did not expect what she produced for the US: grape dumplings! Very interesting idea. Not something that really fits with our typical dessert patterns, but maybe a good idea for dinner parties, when those eventually return!

The USA is not really one country. 3,000 miles from coast to coast and then there is Hawaii and Alaska as well. How many Cherokee grape dumplings are made in those two?

How about a dish that represented each State.

Off the top of my head:

Maine - Lobster Boiled

New York - Buffalo Wings

Pennsylvania - Scrapple

Florida - Key Lime Pie

Kentucky - Herbed Breaded Deep Fried Chicken

Louisiana - Gumbo

Wyoming - Grilled Steak

Texas - Chilli Con Carne

Idaho - Potatoes in so many ways

Wisconsin - Cheese in so may ways - horrible smelly stuff but people like it

(I'm an outsider but if Sasha Martin can claim to be making authentic British recipes then I can reciprocate.

Over to you, what would you suggest?

Massachusetts - Boston baked beans
Connecticut - strawberry shortcake
Rhode Island - johnnycakes
North Carolina - pulled pork barbecue
Tennessee - Memphis-style barbecued ribs
Missouri - Kansas City-style barbecued ribs
Texas - chile
Nebraska - grilled steak
Iowa - corn chowder
Vermont - maple candy

-Paul W.

New Mexico: In 1989, the U.S. State of New Mexico made the biscochito its official state cookie.

New Hampshire - I suppose we can lay claim to New England boiled dinner

An alternative for Connecticut would be Greek-style pizza, which was invented in Norwich, CT.

-Paul W.

Which state for Clam Chowder?

My son suggested Clam Chowder for the State of New England. He was nonplussed when told there is not such a State.

Which state for Clam Chowder?

My son suggested Clam Chowder for the State of New England. He was nonplussed when told there is not such a State.

I think Massachusetts is most associated with clam chowder.

Clam chowder would be either New England or New York. All of the New England states have clam chowder, although outside NE most people associate it with Massachusetts. New England clam chowder is made with milk or cream. Manhattan clam chowder has no milk but has tomatoes, something New Yorkers consider essential and New Englanders consider heresy. It's like the regional variations in barbecue, or the argument over putting beans in chili. In Long Island they make clam chowder with both milk and tomatoes. Both New England and Manhattan consider this an abomination--about the only thing they can agree on when it comes to clam chowder.

-Paul W.

And Rhode Island style has neither cream nor tomatoes - just an herb broth.

I'm originally from the NE, and I've tried all three variations. My fave is New England style, although I've had some very good Rhode Island style. Manhattan-style is heresy, IMO.

[Robin Garr]

Manhattan-style is heresy, IMO.

Manhattan style is akin to Cincinnati-style chili. Outsiders think it's heresy. Locals recognize it as a variation bringing it in line with a favored local ethnic cuisine: Italian for Manhattan, Greek for Cincy.

[Jenise]

Manhattan-style is heresy, IMO.

Manhattan style is akin to Cincinnati-style chili. Outsiders think it's heresy. Locals recognize it as a variation bringing it in line with a favored local ethnic cuisine: Italian for Manhattan, Greek for Cincy.

Isn't Cincinnati style chili also known as Skyline chile? That would be a good dish for Ohio. Washington state? Salmon-something. California? Santa Maria Barbecue--tri-tip with those little beans I can't think of the name of that we never see anywhere else. It's a p-word.

I looked at Sasha's noms for Canada. I was surprised at no poutine or tourtiere. But I think we're being too picky here--the exercise is laudible whether or not we agree completely with her choices.

Manhattan-style is heresy, IMO.

Manhattan style is akin to Cincinnati-style chili. Outsiders think it's heresy. Locals recognize it as a variation bringing it in line with a favored local ethnic cuisine: Italian for Manhattan, Greek for Cincy.

I'll trade my clam chowder heresy opinion for my opinion on the best American-style pizza: NY style! (Of which Manhattan is a subset.)

How popular in Canada is poutine outside Quebec? Poutine is popular in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, which rub shoulders with Quebec, but virtually unknown in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

-Paul W.

[Robin Garr]

I'll trade my clam chowder heresy opinion for my opinion on the best American-style pizza: NY style! (Of which Manhattan is a subset.)

I'm with you on that, Larry! Of course, Naples still does it best in the world, though ...

[David M. Bueker]

The USA is two countries right now. Just saying.

This brings back a memory from decades ago, when my mom decided to create a Christmas present for her parents. It was a distinctive food item (packaged) from each of the 50 states. Took a whole lot of work to get that done in the 1970s.

The USA is two countries right now. Just saying.

This brings back a memory from decades ago, when my mom decided to create a Christmas present for her parents. It was a distinctive food item (packaged) from each of the 50 states. Took a whole lot of work to get that done in the 1970s.

For whatever reason, while reading your post, I flashed on coal candy (complete with a little metal sledgehammer) from Pennsylvania, home of anthracite coal. I once bought some after touring a coal mine.

What flavour is coal candy?

What flavour is coal candy?

It was a hard candy flavored with anise and licorice. Here's a picture of the 1/2-lb box of coal candy I remember from more than a half century ago:

anthracite_candy_coal1.jpg

I remember coal candy. We called it hard licorice. My parents used to put some in our Christmas stockings as a joke.

-Paul W.

Would blue crabs be appropriate for Maryland?

-Paul W.