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I was just wondering what really wonderful foods come from you r areas. New Jersey is much maligned,
- Thread starter charlie
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This thread is making me sad. Our coast is known for river crabs, but I can't eat them.
Our corn is marginal, tomatoes so-so, fruit has no taste. I haven't had a good peach in years. Our stores carry CA strawberries while FL is one of the many "Strawberry Capitals" of the US.
By contrast, I lived in central NJ for 2 years and drove past a You-Pick farm every day. Fresh corn picked 2 hours ago, warm tomatoes, zucchini, fat onions...I miss that so much.
Our corn is marginal, tomatoes so-so, fruit has no taste. I haven't had a good peach in years. Our stores carry CA strawberries while FL is one of the many "Strawberry Capitals" of the US.
By contrast, I lived in central NJ for 2 years and drove past a You-Pick farm every day. Fresh corn picked 2 hours ago, warm tomatoes, zucchini, fat onions...I miss that so much.
cynupstateny
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OOOH! I forgot one of the best. Tiny field strawberries like you find in France. I make jam every
year from them. Opening a jar on a cold January day is Heaven!
year from them. Opening a jar on a cold January day is Heaven!
melissa-dallas
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How long were you in Texas?
desertjean
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I am Iowa born and raised but we've moved around courtesy of the US Navy
In Iowa, although the corn you could buy out of the van parked on the corner was always amazing, it is the guinea grinders (an Italian sloppy joe with loose sausage, pepperoncini and hot pepper cheese) and Maid Rites that I remember most fondly.
In San Diego it was the 3# burritos you'd get from the barrel in a parking lot around the corner.
In Seattle it was Ivars fish nuggets and chips. I don't much like fish, but those fried bits of cod were amazing. (As they said on Top Chef, you can fry a big toe and it will taste good.)
In North Chicago it was barbecue. Oh, man, they had good barbecue and cars would be lined up for blocks to pick up their orders.
In North Carolina it was the hamburger. You'd order a hamburger and it would come on a slice of white bread with a patty on top covered in french fries and gravy. Or the pulled pork sandwich topped with coleslaw (not my fave but hubby liked it.) We avoided the pick-ups with coolers parked along the highway that would offer fresh shrimp for cheap...
Here in the desert it's the tamales that you buy on the corner "when they are in season". A dozen for $10, your choice of chicken, beef or pork. Down the hill you can even find them with shrimp.
In Iowa, although the corn you could buy out of the van parked on the corner was always amazing, it is the guinea grinders (an Italian sloppy joe with loose sausage, pepperoncini and hot pepper cheese) and Maid Rites that I remember most fondly.
In San Diego it was the 3# burritos you'd get from the barrel in a parking lot around the corner.
In Seattle it was Ivars fish nuggets and chips. I don't much like fish, but those fried bits of cod were amazing. (As they said on Top Chef, you can fry a big toe and it will taste good.)
In North Chicago it was barbecue. Oh, man, they had good barbecue and cars would be lined up for blocks to pick up their orders.
In North Carolina it was the hamburger. You'd order a hamburger and it would come on a slice of white bread with a patty on top covered in french fries and gravy. Or the pulled pork sandwich topped with coleslaw (not my fave but hubby liked it.) We avoided the pick-ups with coolers parked along the highway that would offer fresh shrimp for cheap...
Here in the desert it's the tamales that you buy on the corner "when they are in season". A dozen for $10, your choice of chicken, beef or pork. Down the hill you can even find them with shrimp.
michael-in-phoenix
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I have seen that movie Amanda. I found it to be largely factual, but very...
...slanted.
What we are seeing is the result of an inadequate and largely ineffectual Federal immigration policy. The mexicans have been here for a long time, filling these jobs. Take them all away, all at once (a day without a mexican) and you will have chaos. Of COURSE you would!
Take away all the nurses at once, or all the "moms" and see what the effect would be. Take away all the sanitation workers at once and you have what cities back east incur when the workers strike. So, in my opinion, the "day without a mexican" premise has to be measured against this.
And, also, is it safe to assume that motel beds got made, crops got picked and landscaping was maintained years BEFORE the mexicans came across the border? No one else will do these jobs because the mexicans have done them for decades. Given no more mexicans, as the movie proposes, things would come to a halt. Then, slowly, these jobs would get done again, by someone.
Not a fair representation of reality, in my opinion.
Keep in mind that I was raised in Southern California. My social world has always included a large melting pot of people from all cultures, including mexicans, pacific islanders, asians, americans of african descent, etc. From the time I was a little guy, our school system, and my home life, taught me to respect and value all cultures. I appreciate the differences, and especially like all that goes with an ethnically diverse population.
I don't like beer cans on front lawns; cars parked on front lawns; bonfires nightly; school children and the elderly being harrassed by day laborers lining the streets; illegal immigrants dying in the heat of the desert; 25 people living in single family starter homes; kids who are not taught english and the expectation that our public schools should do that, at the expense of the taxpayer and english-speaking students who can't get taught because the teacher has to speak mostly to the non-english speakers; ER's and maternity wards closing, and hospitals going bankrupt because illegal aliens are there getting free healthcare; etc., etc.
I could go on and on. Social responsibility is everyone's duty, in my book. Illegal aliens among us seek a better life, but in the process the face of our neighborhoods and communities takes a huge hit.
Michael
...slanted.
What we are seeing is the result of an inadequate and largely ineffectual Federal immigration policy. The mexicans have been here for a long time, filling these jobs. Take them all away, all at once (a day without a mexican) and you will have chaos. Of COURSE you would!
Take away all the nurses at once, or all the "moms" and see what the effect would be. Take away all the sanitation workers at once and you have what cities back east incur when the workers strike. So, in my opinion, the "day without a mexican" premise has to be measured against this.
And, also, is it safe to assume that motel beds got made, crops got picked and landscaping was maintained years BEFORE the mexicans came across the border? No one else will do these jobs because the mexicans have done them for decades. Given no more mexicans, as the movie proposes, things would come to a halt. Then, slowly, these jobs would get done again, by someone.
Not a fair representation of reality, in my opinion.
Keep in mind that I was raised in Southern California. My social world has always included a large melting pot of people from all cultures, including mexicans, pacific islanders, asians, americans of african descent, etc. From the time I was a little guy, our school system, and my home life, taught me to respect and value all cultures. I appreciate the differences, and especially like all that goes with an ethnically diverse population.
I don't like beer cans on front lawns; cars parked on front lawns; bonfires nightly; school children and the elderly being harrassed by day laborers lining the streets; illegal immigrants dying in the heat of the desert; 25 people living in single family starter homes; kids who are not taught english and the expectation that our public schools should do that, at the expense of the taxpayer and english-speaking students who can't get taught because the teacher has to speak mostly to the non-english speakers; ER's and maternity wards closing, and hospitals going bankrupt because illegal aliens are there getting free healthcare; etc., etc.
I could go on and on. Social responsibility is everyone's duty, in my book. Illegal aliens among us seek a better life, but in the process the face of our neighborhoods and communities takes a huge hit.
Michael
music-city-missy
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I had an unusual fried pie last weekend at the Franklin Food & Spirits Festival
it was the first year for this new festival and I volunteered - got assigned to work the Southern Foodways Alliance film 'stage' and one of the ladies with SFA brought a fried pie back from Mrs. Armstrong's Fried Pies - OMG - it was coconut cream in a fried pie. No actual coconut just the filling but it was great!
it was the first year for this new festival and I volunteered - got assigned to work the Southern Foodways Alliance film 'stage' and one of the ladies with SFA brought a fried pie back from Mrs. Armstrong's Fried Pies - OMG - it was coconut cream in a fried pie. No actual coconut just the filling but it was great!
music-city-missy
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Oh and yes, they still make Moon Pies - I have to send them to our friends in the UK
They microwave them and serve them with ice cream. I guess I need to try it.....
They microwave them and serve them with ice cream. I guess I need to try it.....
One of our cruise stops was SanFran, and I looked hi and lo for the boudin partially baked loaves
that I used get and couldn't find any, not even at the main bakery or in the grocery store. Those travel better and make nice gifts. I found some off brand at Safeway, but it just didn't look too great.
that I used get and couldn't find any, not even at the main bakery or in the grocery store. Those travel better and make nice gifts. I found some off brand at Safeway, but it just didn't look too great.