Regional Food Items Infographic

I've began working on a US Infographic of regional food items and figured I'd ask for input because I know there is a lot of debate on what represents where and such. This is what I've started with. What do you think? What should be added/moved/changed? The middle states need some representation. Should So. Cal have tacos/burritos or should that me left out as Mexican? Where would you place biscuits? Cornbread? I think I'll add slingers and horseshoes too. Do french fries or burgers have a region to you? I'd probably put a green chile burger in NM. What about the different BBQs? How would you place them? Thanks for any and all input.

EatingTheRoad


I've began working on a US Infographic of regional food items and figured I'd ask for input because I know there is a lot of debate on what represents where and such. This is what I've started with. What do you think? What should be added/moved/changed? The middle states need some representation. Should So. Cal have tacos/burritos or should that me left out as Mexican? Where would you place biscuits? Cornbread? I think I'll add slingers and horseshoes too. Do french fries or burgers have a region to you? I'd probably put a green chile burger in NM. What about the different BBQs? How would you place them? Thanks for any and all input.

 
Are those California Rolls for So-Cal?
 
I'd put tacos/burritos in the "general southwest category"
 
I was thinking of putting together a similar list by state but with with actual food pics I took over the last 3 1/2 years and add on to the list with future trips.

why don't you animate the map and then you can show where items started and where they've ended up.
Everyone eats

That is a neat idea!! If you don't mind I would put Pasty's in the UP of M.I.  I have found they are served there more than most other states and are great. N.C. for whole hog chopped  or sliced BBQ, you dont see alot of ribs here. In thinking of Ort, Livermush in Athens G.A.(get well soon Ort)  Just my Two cents.. Love the Idea,, so original :>)

How about:

Coffee flavored milk syrup for Rhode Island.

Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches for Indiana.

Beer in Wisconsin or Cheese!

and 

Sopapillas for New Mexico

mar52


How about:

Coffee flavored milk syrup for Rhode Island.

Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches for Indiana.

Beer in Wisconsin or Cheese!

and 

Sopapillas for New Mexico

but there's the rub. I grew up with all those things locally, except for the WJ syrup.
Call it the WJ conundrum.

A good idea, but that infograph can get very crowded, very quickly. I don't have the graphic in front of me as I reply, so pardon if I repeat something already represented....
 
Wisconsin could claim beer, brandy, bratwurst, cheese curds.... SE Wisconsin would claim kringle
New England--donuts (is that a donut or bagel in the infograph?) 
Phillie--Cheesesteak
Maryland--crabcakes
Virginia--Virginia Ham
the Deep South--"meat and three"
 
Minnesota--the "hot dish. Perhaps also lutefisk and the juicy lucy
Iowa, rural Illinois, and Indiana-- the Breaded Pork Tenderloin sandwich
Nebraska--the Runza
Cincinnati area--"five-way" chili
Kentucky-- the Hot Brown, derby pie, mint juleps
Western NY--Beef on Weck, sponge candy
Oklahoma or the southwest--Indian tacos
Montana/Wyoming/Dakotas--bison, buffalo, etc.

you've got WAY too much time on your hands.

I think this is a great idea, and it is something I have been thinking about doing for a long time.  If you are serious about pursuing, I can build an app that enables you to map a region and label it for a particular food.  Hot dogs and hamburgers might be too generic, so you can specify the various styles of those food items in sub-categories.

start with a list (location:food) if you want input.  the map is just noise at this point in the exercise.  

Is New Jersey under all that food?
 
Pork roll is missing and that would be a shame.
 

I thought it was the center of the food universe, at least according to this site.
And I take back what I said earlier. The unmarked states all eat soylent green.

I've got a buddy that moved here from Nebraska. He and his wife are all the time talking about Runzas.

I've got to find those purple runza pictures.

Having spent a good 15 years in Hawaii, I'd put seafood and sushi on that state.

Seafood on the Alaskian coast, wild game in the interior.

North Dakota - "hot dish" in the local lexicon.

bill voss

And I take back what I said earlier. The unmarked states all eat soylent green.

Man, am I glad my state is already marked!

ETR

You have to understand Bill Voss -

He refers to traditional regional food as "Museum Relics" and believes that all foods should be celebrated everywhere.


My list is exhaustive ,however some regional dishes share two states or a region so it may be difficult to nail some of these down to one state.

wanderingjew


ETR

You have to understand Bill Voss -

He refers to traditional regional food as "Museum Relics" and believes that all foods should be celebrated everywhere.


My list is exhaustive ,however some regional dishes share two states or a region so it may be difficult to nail some of these down to one state.

I can certainly understand that perspective.

Any items you think should be included for sure?

sk bob


you've got WAY too much time on your hands.

That is a big 'ol fat truth my friend

You know what it is? I recently went on a roadtrip and I was just blown away by all the regional eats that I didn't even know about.... I mean how come no one told me about hushpuppies? ...or green chile burgers, slingers, horseshoes, coffee milk, johnny cakes, shoo fly pies, fried cheese curds, runzas, etc.? I think it's amazing that some of these items have stayed local.

Wouldn't it be awesome to have a restaurant that served a bunch of these dishes from all over the country? They couldn't even have to live up to the greatness that they are but as long as you could get them in your own neck of the woods all at one place....I think that would be fantastic. I think that's what I'll do with my free time now

WarToad


Having spent a good 15 years in Hawaii, I'd put seafood and sushi on that state.

Seafood on the Alaskian coast, wild game in the interior.

North Dakota - "hot dish" in the local lexicon.

sorry, Hawaii can't have Sushi. It was invented in California.

Goetta - greater Cincinnati area

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetta

bill voss

WarToad


Having spent a good 15 years in Hawaii, I'd put seafood and sushi on that state.

Seafood on the Alaskian coast, wild game in the interior.

North Dakota - "hot dish" in the local lexicon.

sorry, Hawaii can't have Sushi. It was invented in California.

"Invented' in California? What ever happened to Japan?  Just askin' !
 
Russ

russ2304

bill voss

WarToad


Having spent a good 15 years in Hawaii, I'd put seafood and sushi on that state.

Seafood on the Alaskian coast, wild game in the interior.

North Dakota - "hot dish" in the local lexicon.

sorry, Hawaii can't have Sushi. It was invented in California.

"Invented' in California? What ever happened to Japan?  Just askin' !
 
Russ

 
Bill Voss is aluding to and over generalizing to the fact that these are the ravings of a madman (me) insisting that Sushi was invented in California, think along these "We all know that Pizza was invented in Italy so  if NYC were to claim Pizza as their own, that's utterly ridiculous and absurd"
 
Here are the real actual facts: American Sushi Rolls (wacky rolls, crazy rolls etc) were in fact invented in Southern California and don't exist in Japan
 
 

Move the ribs out of North Carolina and into Memphis.  Maybe replace the ribs with a whole piggie in the Carolinas.

For Hawaii Spam could be included.  

How would you put a picture of a buffet for Nevada?  

mar52
How would you put a picture of a buffet for Nevada?  

Uh, oh.....  It better not be a photo of me.

LOL.  Also, you now have me thinking about donut pizza, so thanks for that.  :)

How about fried catfish for Mississippi? With hush puppies.

How about fried okra and hush puppies and crackling cornbread for Alabama?

mbrookes


How about fried catfish for Mississippi? With hush puppies.

tamales are more iconic, aren't they?

bill voss

WarToad


Having spent a good 15 years in Hawaii, I'd put seafood and sushi on that state.

Seafood on the Alaskian coast, wild game in the interior.

North Dakota - "hot dish" in the local lexicon.

sorry, Hawaii can't have Sushi. It was invented in California.

http://travel.blogdig.net/archives/articles/March2008/17/We_Stuff_Our_Faces_in_LA_Seriously__Los_Angeles__.html