Local food you would miss if you moved away

[flying_whimsy]

I live in the midwest, so probably boxed mac n cheese (I seriously have an addiction to that stuff) and american pizza in general. I also love a good turkey club.

The two things I miss from places I've lived before are Saganaki (a greek flaming cheese appetizer common in family restaurants where I grew up in Michigan), and a chinese restaurant in the town where I went to college: I haven't found a place that compares. It's also pretty hard to find a good gyro where I live where the meat is cooked on a spit rather than as pre-processed strips from a factory somewhere.

 

[jklinders]

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I would have mention poutine, but Canada is so damn big you lose out on some of the local delicacies if you just go for the big one. unlike donairs I usually cannot pass one of those up. though it's hard to get the proper Montreal style cheese curds out here.

 

[hawkeye52]

Without a doubt. Halloumi and Lountza are at the top of the list of things I miss from Cyprus.

EDIT: Oh, and decent tasting Fanta. You wouldn't believe the difference of geographical location would make to the taste of different drinks due to the localisation of tastes in the soft drink industry.

 

[Panzer Camper]

Being from New Mexico we are the proud owners of the best green chile in the world. We put it in or on almost everything. Pizza, ice cream, you name it. I've had green chile from other parts of the country and it's just not the same. I'll miss it when I leave to start my career.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Ya know what I had in my home town that we don't have in my current town?

Spoiler: food gate

...home of the...

Those things on top are my favorite: the Double R Bar and, Goldrush Chicken Sandwich from Roy's gave me life!

I miss all of that...but now I'm living in a place which features all of these lovely places;

Spoiler: food gate 2

 

[Ygrez]

I'm gonna agree with Zontar, Poutine is what I'd miss most:

 

[FPLOON]

Outside of some underground Mexican shops near the Mexican boarder[footnote]Thanks, Broke-ass Stuart![/footnote], I probably won't know what I'll truly miss, food-wise, until I realized that it's not available to me any more until I moved back into San Diego...

 

[Ambitiousmould]

A Full English. I hear tell that American bacon is basically just stringy bits of fat. And proper pie. Shepherd's, Cottage, Steak and Kidney, Meat and Potato - none of them are right once you leave the North. Also the Barnsley Chop. Oh my god and Yorkshire Puddings. And Fish and Chips. You know I went on holiday to France three times for a collective total of 7 weeks and didn't see a single Chippy? Nor did I see Fish and Chips served in any restaurants.

Mostly the full English, though. I literally cannot think of a better meal than a nice, greasy Fry Up.

Oh yeah, and Pasties.

 

[baddude1337]

A Full English. I hear tell that American bacon is basically just stringy bits of fat. And proper pie. Shepherd's, Cottage, Steak and Kidney, Meat and Potato - none of them are right once you leave the North. Also the Barnsley Chop. Oh my god and Yorkshire Puddings.ts.

Mostly the full English, though. I literally cannot think of a better meal than a nice, greasy Fry Up.

Oh yeah, and Pasties.

You made me remember a lot more English food I'd miss. Can't beat a good fry up, with some fried toast thrown in for good measure.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Argentina: I would miss milanesas (breaded veal) the most. Red meat in general, really.

 

[Ambitiousmould]

You made me remember a lot more English food I'd miss. Can't beat a good fry up, with some fried toast thrown in for good measure.

But the ultimate question: scrambled or fried?

 

[baddude1337]

You made me remember a lot more English food I'd miss. Can't beat a good fry up, with some fried toast thrown in for good measure.

But the ultimate question: scrambled or fried?

For a full breakfast? Fried for sure. I have scrambled eggs and poached eggs just on toast, usually.

 

[Ambitiousmould]

You made me remember a lot more English food I'd miss. Can't beat a good fry up, with some fried toast thrown in for good measure.

But the ultimate question: scrambled or fried?

For a full breakfast? Fried for sure. I have scrambled eggs and poached eggs just on toast, usually.

Agreed. I am shit at poaching eggs though. Also, Cumberland sausages above all.

 

[baddude1337]

For a full breakfast? Fried for sure. I have scrambled eggs and poached eggs just on toast, usually.
Agreed. I am shit at poaching eggs though. Also, Cumberland sausages above all.

There seems to be a small time margin for poached eggs between "perfect" and "I royally fucked up these eggs".

Cumberland sausages every time, though.

 

[MrFalconfly]

Being a Dane, it has to be proper pickled herring.

A proper open-topped pickled herring, rye-bread sandwich (it seems the concept of rye-bread is completely unknown outside of Scandinavia or Germany).

 

[Stg]

I've lived my whole life in New Mexico and every time I visit another state (Michigan, California, Texas, Hawaii, and parts of Canada, I always crave green chile and breakfast burritos. What other places calls chile is never chile - it's usually canned jalapenos because they can't tell the difference.

If I ever did move away, I'd have to visit once a year to grab some roasted Hatch green chiles and take them back with me.

 

[Ambitiousmould]

There seems to be a small time margin for poached eggs between "perfect" and "I royally fucked up these eggs".

Cumberland sausages every time, though.

Aye, when I attempt poached I'm reminded of that bit from Carry On England when she serves him some food:

"Here, what do you want me to do with this, eat it or rub it in?"
"You can bounce it off the ceiling for all I care."

Primarily because it's either runny or rubbery.

 

[Michael Legault]

I guess I'm British to say tea. It still baffle me now you lots in the US don't have a kettle! Also I refuse to drink coffee if I want a hot drink during winter! Granted in saying so I would kindly take ice team instead if I were to moved into the US.

My tea shop will deliver packages so when I do leave town I can still get good tea

 

[Michael Legault]

You made me remember a lot more English food I'd miss. Can't beat a good fry up, with some fried toast thrown in for good measure.

But the ultimate question: scrambled or fried?

For a full breakfast? Fried for sure. I have scrambled eggs and poached eggs just on toast, usually.

Agreed. I am shit at poaching eggs though. Also, Cumberland sausages above all.

For good poached eggs crack eggs into a bowl, stir your water to make a relatively swift vortex, and drop eggs gently in the middle. Let them settle and time three minutes from dropping. To check, poke the yolk with your finger. Once the white is set they're done.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Coming from one of the highest immigration areas in the US, it is hard to find many places in the world where you can have the sheer variety of authentic mix of foods as you find here. The foods I miss most though when not home are the ones they make terribly wrong in other regions, such as good Mexican food, Barbecue, Hong Kong Chinese food, Steaks, Cajun food and Southern favorites like Fried Chicken and Chicken Fried Steak. The Northern food that dared called itself these things were horribly bland and pretty gross by comparison. These foods are supposed to be spicy, smokey, non processed and made with fresh quality ingredients, the stuff they sell elsewhere are no where near what it is supposed to be. If it isn't spicy and fresh, they are not making it right. You do not make these things from a can or frozen crap. YUCK.

EDIT: One of the worst offenders is TACOS. Beef Tacos should be made with flank steak (not " ground beef" that is so gross) If it doesn't have red wine vinegar, Orange, Cumin, Cilantro, Chili powder, Fresh garlic, cloves, and a Mexican Tequila such as El Jimador 100% Agave or Tapatío, IDK what it is but it isn't tacos as far as I am concerned. XD

People using quervo and think they know what they are doing..YIKES! lol