Beer soup, 'garbage plate' and fried cucumbers: what dish to try in every state of America

The USA is not only a country of immigrants, but also of different tastes. Each state has its own unforgettable and unique regional dish. It was about them that the author of the channel told Mental Floss on YouTube.

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Alaska

Almost everyone loves ice cream, but sometimes there is too much vanilla. So why not have a big bowl of akutaka, an Alaskan specialty that is sometimes made with beef tallow and ground fish? Akutak means "mixed together" in Yup'ik, and the dish lives up to its name by combining fats with berries and protein, such as fish or caribou. It was originally intended to feed people on hunting or whaling expeditions, providing enough sustenance for long journeys.

There is no single recipe for akutak, and the ingredients depend on which region of Alaska you are in. While you're more likely to see vegetable oil nowadays, it can be made from bear or deer fat.

Some versions even add real snow. At one akutak cooking competition in 1842, participants, encouraged to be creative, allegedly threw beaver meat and bird eggs. Acutac may not be one of Baskin-Robbins' 31 flavors, but that's what great regional food does - surprise you.

Alabama

You're probably familiar with the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, which starred Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. They appear before us as women from the south who use their resilience to cope with life's difficulties in Alabama. In the decades since the film's release, people have begun to associate the recipe in the title with the south, and many places in Alabama do serve deep-fried green tomatoes, usually regular red tomatoes that aren't fully ripe.

But the dish did not arise there. Fried green tomatoes first appeared in cookbooks published in the Northeast and Midwest in the late 1800s, including the First Presbyterian Cookbook from Dayton, Ohio. The recipe has also appeared in kosher cookbooks. So how did Alabama become the fried tomato capital? Writer Fannie Flagg, who wrote Fried Green Tomatoes, often ate the dish as a child at her aunt's cafe in Alabama and used it in her novel. Thanks in large part to the book and subsequent film, it is now a popular booking among tourists.

Arizona

Next up is Arizona. The Sonoran hot dog is believed to have originated, or at least became popular, in Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora, in the 1980s. Finally he crossed the border. In this hot dog, meat is wrapped in bacon and then beans, onions, mayonnaise and salsa are added. The mixture is placed in a bolillo (a type of crispy white bread).

You can find a Sonoran-style hot dog sold by street vendors known as dogueros in and around Tucson. And yes, you absolutely can order a Sonora hot dog at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Like Alabama, Arkansas is known for taking an unusual vegetable and subjecting it to scalding hot oil. Legend has it that in 1963 a motorhome owner named Burnell "Fat Man" Austin wanted to try and monetize pickles for his customers. Why cucumbers? Austin's motorhome was right across the street from Atkins Pickle. Austin's son David quoted his father: "Well, there must be a way to make money off these cucumbers." Austin took the cucumber chips, covered them in batter, and fried them until golden brown. At 10 cents for a basket of 10, they were irresistible.

Today, they can be found in bars across the country and in chain restaurants such as Buffalo Wild Wings. It should be noted that a Hollywood cafe in Mississippi also claims to be the inventor of fried pickles. But the Austin family, who still offer Burnell's recipe at the annual Atkins Picklefest, claims theirs is the first and best.

California

The dish is said to have been created by Sushirrito restaurant owner Peter Yen. Sushirrito looks like someone has taken a sushi roll and pressed the zoom button. Common sushi ingredients like tuna, rice and seaweed are paired with guacamole or sriracha.

Ian said he came up with the idea after he got bored with regular lunches while working in downtown San Francisco. He wanted to combine the speed and convenience of a burrito with the freshness of sushi. Together with his business partner Ty Mahler, he opened the first Sushirrito restaurant in 2011.

Colorado

No, Slopper is not like Burger King. This is the pride of Pueblo (Colorado). Imagine if your cheeseburger accidentally fell into a green chile stew. When you try it, you will understand that it is amazing.

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Since there is no undeniable origin story in the records, let's stick with the legend. According to Gastro Obscura, the dish is a green chili-drenched burger served with French fries. Gray's Coors Tavern claims to have invented it back in the 1950s when someone came up with the idea to sprinkle a chili burger instead of a hot dog.

Locals advise first-timers not to stray too far from the restroom.

Connecticut

Continuing to think creatively about burgers, Connecticut boasts an unusual way of preparing its beef patties. Instead of frying, they are steamed. This new method dates back to the early 1900s and involves steaming the cheese until it is melted.

The result, according to one Worcester Telegram contributor, looks like “a wet gray wool sock on a bun.” Others say that when you first try it, it's better to be drunk.

Since steam removes most of the fat from a hamburger, it's definitely an unusual taste, but Connecticut is proud of it. In 2018, the minor league team Hartford Yard Goats changed their name for one game to the Hartford Steamed Cheeseburgers.

Delaware

One Delaware brewer even created scrap beer using Scrapple. It is pork cooked in cornmeal and then made into a bread-like loaf.

German settlers or Pennsylvania Dutch were generally frugal and were not eager to waste excellent pork.

This dish is usually included in the breakfast menu, but if you visit the annual Apple Scrapple Festival in Bridgeville, Delaware, you can try a variety of dishes throughout the day.

Florida

What do we know about the Cuban sandwich? That he is from Cuba. Or at least it was invented by Cuban immigrants. Who exactly invented the sandwich is a topic of great debate. But the sandwich, which combines seasoned pork, sweet ham, pickles, mustard and Swiss cheese between slices of Cuban bread, has become a source of pride for Floridians.

What gives a Cuban dish its gastronomic power? That it is a mixed or mixed sandwich that combines different but complementary types of meat. Most likely, the sandwich was made by cigar makers who emigrated from Cuba to Tampa and Key West. Since the 1950s, the sandwich has evolved, with chefs sometimes adding turkey or salami.

Typically, Cuban bread is baked with a damp saw palmetto leaf on top, which gives it its unique flavor and signature pattern. What's in between the bread depends on where you buy the sandwich. In Tampa, you will usually find salami. In Miami, usually not.

Georgia

Georgia is not actually the number one peach producing state in the country. However, they grow a lot of peaches there, second only to California and South Carolina in annual production. All this led to the appearance of peach cobbler - a dessert with fruit, sugar and butter.

At the Fort Valley Peach Festival, 75 gallons (294 l) of peaches, 150 pounds (68 kg) of flour and sugar are used to make a 5-by-11-foot (1,5 by 3,3 m) cobbler.

Hawaii

In 1949, teenagers wandered into Lincoln's Grill in Hilo and asked owner Nancy Inoue for something they could afford. She made a burger with rice and sauce and charged the kids about 30 cents each. It may also have included an egg, although some sources say it came later. Thus was born lokomoko, whose name is a bit curious. While loco is Spanish for "crazy", moco is Spanish for "snot".

Idaho

It is impossible to ignore the fact that the state loves potatoes. Proof of this is one of their favorite desserts, potato ice cream. Despite the name, you don't actually need to ingest starchy carbs with ice cream. The dessert is simply made in the form of a baked potato, and whipped cream is often used instead of sour cream. The base of the ice cream is coated with cocoa powder, which makes it look like a split potato without the skin. Sometimes green sprinkles even look like green onions.

Additionally, the Idaho Potato Commission has an official recipe for real potato ice cream. You will need three small Yukon Idaho potatoes, diced and fried with heavy cream and other ingredients. Take a blender and an ice cream maker - and very soon everything will be ready.

Chicago

Everyone knows that Chicago is the birthplace of pizza pie, but there is another dish. You may not have heard of the horseshoe sandwich. It's a monster burger served open with two slices of bread and meat buried in a pile of french fries and a homemade cheese sauce.

Why a horseshoe? In 1928, Jo Sweska, owner of the Old Leland Hotel in Springfield, and his wife, Elizabeth, invented the dish after deciding they needed something new for their menu. It is usually said that the sliced ​​ham was shaped like a horseshoe, the potatoes were shaped like nails, and the plate was shaped like anvils.

North Carolina

Sugar cream pie is believed to have been introduced to North Carolina in the early 1800s. To make it, all you need is cream, sugar, a little corn starch, and maybe a pinch of nutmeg. The popularity of the pie increased in part because it was not seasonal and did not require fresh fruit.

The state even has a Hoosier Pie Trail that includes 21 stops, many of which offer their own version of the sugar cream pie.

Iowa

Everyone knows meatballs, but in Iowa they make ham balls. The state literally bathes in pork, but makes a ball-shaped meat dish out of ham. They use graham cracker crumbs instead of breadcrumbs. This treat is a popular snack for cyclists who cycle through the state during the annual Grand Iowa Bike Ride, or RAGBRAI, considered one of the longest recreational bike tours in the world.

Kansas

Sometimes not food, but marginal products form a cult. Think crunchy brownie rims or muffin tops. In Kansas, locals love the burnt ends, the charred, salty edges of beef brisket. Burnt ends appeared in the middle of the twentieth century, when Arthur Bryant, the owner of a barbecue restaurant in Kansas City, came up with this idea. Instead of throwing away the burnt ends of the brisket, he collected them and offered them to customers as a free snack. Genius move. The burnt ends caught on and became even more popular when writer Calvin Trillin praised them in the 1970s.

Kentucky

1920s, Kentucky. The Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville appears to be Prohibition compliant. But despite respect for decorum, guests can still drink, dance and party all night. According to the hotel's website, "By the wee hours, guests are tired of dancing and head to the restaurant for a bite to eat." Hotel chef Fred Schmidt had the perfect answer: a hot sandwich. This open sandwich uses Texas toast, turkey, bacon and Mornay's signature cheese sauce. This sandwich proved so popular that the hotel created a spin-off, a cold sandwich served in the summer. It included rye bread, turkey and salad.

Louisiana

Louisiana has no shortage of classic dishes from gumbo to beignets. But few foods are as intriguing as alligators. White alligator meat, which apparently does taste like chicken, is prepared in a variety of ways, from deep-fried nuggets to whole alligators fried at parties. Alligator dinner isn't everyone's cup of tea. A few chefs serve them whole, including the head, which can be confusing if you're not used to your food having a face.

Maine

No one knows for sure where the whoopie came from, with at least three states claiming the honor. But whoopie pie is believed to have first been made in Lewiston, Maine around 1925. Sugar balls are a bit like Oreos on steroids. In the classic version, the pieces of chocolate cake are separated by a creamy vanilla filling. Maine has gone so far as to call whoopie the state's official treat.

Maryland

Crab and cod are popular in Maryland. And one of the most delicious dishes in any of them has to be coddy - fried salted cod and potato pie, served with saltine crackers and mustard. This unusual sandwich was first served in the early 1900s as a way to offer a cheap and portable snack. Some restaurants offer it instead of the standard crab cake. Others modify the recipe by adding onions or mustard powder.

Massachusetts

Fluffernatter sandwich seems to be the work of an unsupervised child. It's two slices of bread, peanut butter and marshmallows. The last ingredient is generally considered to have been created around 1920, but it certainly existed in one form or another before. Paul Revere's descendants are known to have done this before the commercially available products we know today were available. At some point in the 1910s, someone came up with the idea of ​​combining peanut butter with this proto-fluff, but it wasn't until the 1960s that the iconic name Fluffernatter was born.

Massachusetts has even considered making it the official state sandwich, though nothing has been decided yet.

Michigan

Detroiters have local flair on tap. It's a Boston drink (Cooler) made with soda and vanilla ice cream. Cooler mixes them together rather than letting the ice cream scoops stay more or less intact. Detroit uses Vernor's special ginger ale, which is a favorite homebrew. So why is it Boston Cooler and not Detroit Cooler? The story is a little hazy, although some people have speculated that a street called Boston Boulevard in Detroit may have played a role.

But the term "Boston cooler" was in use even before that. He originally described an alcoholic drink. The name was eventually applied to a range of soda stores, from sarsaparilla to ginger ale. Today's Boston cooler is probably a holdover from that early XNUMXth-century fizzy drink culture.

Minnesota

Tater tot is the most popular version of a hot dish, which is somewhat similar to a casserole. This hot dish debuted in 1930 and consisted of ground beef, tomato soup, pasta and peas. Later, tomato soup was replaced by cream of mushroom soup. Some people swapped pasta for a large portion of tortillas—and their favorite new carb bomb was born.

Mississippi

Many states are known for their famous sandwiches or desserts, but Mississippi is one of the few that boasts a signature condiment. Comeback sauce is a versatile sauce for everything from French fries to lettuce to shrimp. The sauce originated in restaurants in the 1930s. The recipe is a melting pot of ingredients. Typically you will find ketchup, mayonnaise, chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce, butter, lemon juice and some seasonings in it. Although you can find it on restaurant tables, it is sold in bottles for retail sale.

Missouri

Toasted ravioli has almost become Missouri's staple, but the sticky butter pie is too intriguing to ignore. As the story goes, a German baker in 1930s St. Louis accidentally mixed up the proportions of ingredients in a traditional cake recipe, resulting in a completely sticky porridge with oozing center. Whether this delicious mistake happened or not, the cake stuck. Most sticky butter cakes have a cookie-like bottom layer, a sticky dense center, and a crispy crust. And it's not exactly a dessert, or at least not just a dessert. It is often served for breakfast as a coffee cake. Many out-of-state people look at a slightly undercooked cake and think that something has gone wrong.

Montana

The berries grow in the cool mountainous regions, and the locals make the most of their abundant supply, producing jams, candies, and countless other delicious blueberry treats. Chief among them is the blueberry pie, which any tourist should try. The Huckleberry Patch store in Hungry Horse, Montana, near Glacier National Park, serves up a particularly favorite piece.

Nebraska

During the reign of Catherine the Great in the XNUMXth century, she convinced several German immigrants to settle near the Volga River in Russia. The Empress wanted their Western culture to infiltrate her empire, but the Germans were also influenced by Russian culture. German birak came out of the Russian pie - stewed ground beef with onions, cabbage and spices, sealed in a pocket of yeast dough. When many Volga Germans moved to the United States in the next century, they brought with them their birak recipes, which are still popular in the Midwest today.

However, in Nebraska, birak is known by another name - runza. It is credited to Sarah "Sally" Everett, a descendant of the Volga German woman who founded the first runza store in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1949. How she came up with this name remains a mystery.

Everett's business has grown into a chain of restaurants that now has a presence throughout Nebraska and even some neighboring states. Customers can order the original runza or choose a modified dish.

Nevada

It may seem unlikely that any aquatic creature would become the signature dish of the desert region. But that hasn't stopped the shrimp cocktail from dominating snack foods in Las Vegas for decades. Its popularity in Sin City dates back to 1959, when the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino added the dish to their menus for as little as 50 cents each.

The crustaceans came in an ice cream cone and were topped with a spicy concoction containing ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and lemon. Golden Gate celebrated the sale of their 25 millionth shrimp cocktail in 1991 when the price was raised to 99 cents.

New Hampshire

Apple cider donuts have been around since at least 1951, when the Donut Corporation of America introduced a new fall flavor, the Sweet Cider Donut. The ring-shaped treat is often made from buttermilk dough, which includes apple cider, cinnamon, and other fall spices. While you definitely don't have to be in New Hampshire to get your hands on one, there are plenty of apple orchards in the state, many of which pride themselves on the quality of their homemade and very fresh apple cider donuts.

New Jersey

If you order Taylor-style ham, egg and cheese in South Jersey, you will immediately be recognized as an intruder. The state's favorite smoked sandwich jerky, known only as "Taylor's ham" in North Jersey. Their neighbors to the south call it pork roll. The distinction dates back to 1856, when Trenton businessman John Taylor began selling a mysterious spiced meat he called Taylor's Cooked Ham. In 1870, George Washington Case of New Jersey introduced a similar product called "pork roll".

Taylor used the term "pork roll" in 1906, after new provisions in the Pure Food and Drug Act determined that Taylor's ham was not enough ham to be called one. But by this point, the nickname Taylor Ham was already firmly established in the North Jersey lexicon and remains there to this day.

New Mexico

Chili peppers are such an important part of New Mexico cuisine that the official question is red or green? Red chilies are simply green peppercorns that take longer to ripen on the plant and are usually slightly sweeter. However, the spice factor really comes down to the type of plant and how it's prepared.

It's impossible to pick just one chili dish that represents New Mexico. Luckily, New Mexicoers have come up with a clever third option known as "Christmas": red and green chili next to each other in any single dish. For example, order an enchilada "Christmas style" and it will be on half of your plate with green chili sauce and the other half with red chili sauce.

New York

The list of famous New York dishes is endless: bagels, pizza, pastrami, cheesecake. The Empire State is no stranger to great food or self-promotion. But take a trip upstate and you can taste the famous—or infamous? — the “trash plate” of Western New York. The dish was prepared at Nick Tahou Hots in Rochester, founded by Greek immigrant Alex Tahou back in 1918. According to Tahou's grandson, the current owner, also named Alex Tahou, the "garbage plate" started out as Hots & Potatoes - a pile of home fries, beans and a hot dog with mustard, onions and meat sauce. College students in the 1980s began asking for “a plate with all that junk on it,” and soon enough the name was born.

Many variations have emerged in the region over the years, some of which include eggs, pasta salad, chili peppers, and even grilled cheese.

North Carolina

But even New York's "garbage bowl" doesn't sound as unappetizing as North Carolina's liver mush. Here's how reporter Adam Rhew described it in an article for Eater: “Livermush... is a mixture of pork liver and meat scraps mixed with cornmeal. The cooled mixture hardens before it is cut and fried. Seasoned with sage and black pepper, it almost tastes like a softer, richer patty.”

North Dakota

In North Dakota, people typically enjoy kuchen, a specific type of cake-pie hybrid: a sweet pastry filled with custard and any fruit you like (from peaches to apples). It is also often sprinkled with cinnamon. Kuchen is common among North Dakota families whose ancestors came from Germany, sometimes via Russia, as in the case of the Nebraska Runza. It is also popular in South Dakota, where it is the official state dessert.

Ohio

There are a lot of horse chestnut trees growing here, which, as it turns out, is the state tree and the inspiration for the Ohio State University mascot. This is also a favorite confectionery. Journalist Gail Tabor claimed to have invented horse chestnut candy in 1964. That Christmas, her mother gave her chocolate-covered peanut butter balls, and Tabor tried her hand at making the recipe.

Preparing a chestnut is pretty simple: you basically mix powdered sugar with butter, peanut butter, vanilla and a little salt, roll into balls, refrigerate, dip in melted chocolate, and refrigerate again.

Oklahoma

In 1979, the world's largest calf roasting and cooking festival began in Vinita, Oklahoma. It had rides, music, arts and crafts - everything that a good festival should have. And, of course, about 2000 pounds (908 kg) of calf testicles.

As the name suggests, veal fries is batter-fried veal meat. A very specific piece of meat.

Oregon

Marionberry is to Oregonians what blueberries are to Montanans. In other words, it’s a great excuse to bake a pie. Marionberry pie recipes often include lemon juice, which helps bring out the fruit's natural tartness.

Strictly speaking, marionberry is a type of blackberry - the result of crossing two specific varieties, which are themselves crosses. It was created at Oregon State University in the 1940s and further developed in Marion County, hence the name.

Pennsylvania

You won't find any fruit in a Pennsylvania pie, but you will find plenty of molasses, as well as cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar all covered in a flaky crust. It is generally accepted that this pastry is of Pennsylvania-Dutch origin, although no one knows exactly how the name came about.

Rhode Island

If you're hoping to make your friend, who doesn't like seafood a little, fall in love with shellfish, then tasty stuff from Rhode Island is what you need. First, you get a bunch of big quoohog clams and chop them up. Then you cook the meat with a few extras, which usually include breadcrumbs, butter, onions, celery, bell peppers, maybe some sausage or bacon, some Worcestershire sauce, paprika, and so on. Pour the mixture back into the shells, bake and serve. Even the biggest shellfish hater at the table will demand a refill.

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The Gulla Gichi people, who live on the sea islands of the Atlantic coast, are descended from Africans who were once enslaved there. The Gulla Gichi Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission described it this way: "The nature of their enslavement on isolated islands and coastal plantations has created a unique culture with deep African roots that are clearly visible in the distinctive arts, crafts, food, music and language of the people."

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Due to the enslaved West Africans, rice has become a key crop and main ingredient in the region. One dish still common throughout South Carolina is red rice, sometimes referred to as red charleston rice. Like jollof and jambalaya rice, red rice contains long-grain white rice, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and a variety of seasonings. It also usually includes beef or pork sausage.

South Dakota

No trip to South Dakota is complete without a chizlik. Well, unless you're a vegetarian.

In a nutshell, chizlik is diced meat (often grilled lamb served on a skewer), but there is a lot of variation when it comes to cooking method, serving method, and type of meat. John Hellwart reportedly introduced chizlik to the Midwest when he emigrated from the Crimea in the 1870s.

Tennessee

Apple pie has long been a popular dessert for holidays and other special occasions in Appalachia. While its origins are obscure, the reason for its early popularity is easier to understand. In his book Appalachian Home Cooking, Mark F. Sohn explains that the key ingredients were home grown foods—apples, lard, sorghum, buttermilk, eggs, and other readily available staples such as flour and baking soda. The cake layers were somewhere between a cookie and a pancake. For filling, the bakers came up with a spicy concoction that seemed to contain whatever apple products they had on hand, from apple butter or applesauce to dried apples mixed with apple cider. You should let the cake stand for at least XNUMX hours before eating it so that the filling has time to seep into the cake.

Texas

No one knows exactly who is credited with inventing the Frito pie: it was originally a dynamite mixture of chili, cheese and Fritos baked in layers. But people definitely ate some version of the dish in the 1940s, and by the 1950s it was in Texas school lunches. In the 1960s, Frito-Lay ditched paper bags in favor of cellophane bags, which would hold up well if you, say, cut the bag open and poured chili and cheese on top of Fritos. The portable snack became the mainstay of football booths throughout Texas and eventually beyond.

Utah

Devout Mormons are not allowed to consume alcohol, coffee, or have sex outside of marriage. But they have something that could be better than all three: potatoes, ultimate comfort food, and an absolute disaster for non-dairy people. In addition to diced or grated potatoes, typical recipes call for butter, sour cream, various cheeses, condensed chicken soup, and onions, all stacked in a pot and sprinkled with corn flakes. Funeral potatoes aren't just served at funerals or Mormon events. In fact, the dish is so typical of Utah that when the Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City in 2002, one of the collectible pins featured a casserole full of potatoes.

Vermont

Vermont's favorite winter delicacy requires just two ingredients that the state has in abundance: maple syrup and snow. You just have to heat the syrup to a certain temperature and pour it on fresh snow, which will quickly thicken the syrup to the consistency of toffee. You can then roll it up on the end of a fork or spoon and enjoy. This aptly named "sugar in the snow" is a more socially acceptable way to gulp down maple syrup than drinking it straight from a pitcher.

Virginia

The origins of Brunswick stew are hotly debated. The city of Brunswick, Georgia, and Brunswick County, Virginia, are the two leading regions laying claim to the savory concoction, which typically contains tomatoes, corn and meat. In the 1828th century, this meat was often squirrel or other small game, but chicken and pork are proteins used in many modern recipes. Virginians attribute the dish to James Matthews, the cook who allegedly first prepared squirrel stew during an 1898 hunting expedition with Dr. Creed Haskins and company. Although there is little historical evidence for this origin story, references to Brunswick stew certainly date back to XNUMX.

Washington

At the beginning of the 20th century, two immigrants from Armenia, Armen Tertsagyan and Mark Balaban, bought an apple orchard in Washington state. The couple was always developing new ways to use Liberty Orchards' surplus fruit. One idea became a treasured regional candy: Applets & Cotlets.

In fact, this is an offshoot of Turkish delight, beloved in childhood by both inventors. Applets are made with apples and walnuts, while Cotlets are made with apricots and walnuts.

West Virginia

West Virginia miners came up with a takeaway that could rival PB&J in the lunch competition: a pepperoni bun brought to the state thanks to Italian immigrants. While people have been creative with recipes over the years, this original couldn't be simpler: pepperoni sticks or slices baked in dough. The perfect lunch for the miner looking for a hearty, hand-cooked meal that doesn't require refrigeration.

Wisconsin

Why drink beer, eat cheese or soup when you can have it all together on a cold winter night in Wisconsin? Beer cheese soup, credited to the state's German immigrants, is exactly what it sounds like: a thick mixture of beer, cheddar cheese and other soup staples such as onions, chicken broth and cream. Its medieval European predecessor was beer soup, a breakfast dish usually consisting of beer, bread and beaten eggs.

Wyoming

In 1986, members of the Chagwater community came up with a way to support the economy of their tiny town of two to three hundred people. They bought the spice blend recipe from Dave Cameron, a former chili cooking contest winner, and started selling it under the name Chugwater Chili.

Chugwater Chili has become an important part of local culture, and the town hosts a chili cook-off every year to celebrate its heritage. As for the contents of Chugwater Chili, that's a secret for now. All we know is that it contains 12 natural ingredients, all of which are vegan and gluten-free.

Washington DC

To pass as a local in our country's capital, dip everything you eat - wings, french fries, egg rolls, sandwiches - in mambo sauce. The condiment is a kind of combination of sweet and sour sauce and barbecue sauce. Although some people believe that mumbo originated in the area, Chicago is actually more widely known as its home.

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