Food differences

[jrt]

Where I live here in East Texas is a borderline area. A rough choice to bbq it Texas style or turn it into gumbo Cajun style.

Many years ago at the National in Washington they fixed the salmon on the cedar plank. Some think Texas is nothing but a desert and we never get to eat fish, so one fellow asked me how I liked eating fish. I told him I was about twelve years old and I asked my momma to fix fish. She said I think it is time I told you that all the "fish" I've been cooking is nothing but armadillo with tarter sauce on it. That tale spread thru the whole campground and I still have some old friends if I'm still eating armadillo with tarter sauce.

I joked with a gourmet chef that he probably put saffron on armadillo.

Tex

That's good.  I'll have to remember this one.

[LowRyter]

Imo's is disgusting (my opinion).  TRav's are ok.  Ted Drewes is the bomb. 
I might be opinionated.

Imo's is much like White Castle for me.  I don't have them here.  When I travel and find one, I'll want to eat there.  That's usually enough. 

[oldbike54]

 Chicken fried steak is like the state food of Oklahoma , literally the worst food ever , neither steak nor chicken , just awful . Just chew on an old boot , probably better for you .

 Dusty

[Guzzistajohn]

Imo's is disgusting (my opinion).  TRav's are ok.  Ted Drewes is the bomb. 
I might be opinionated.

I was never a IMO's fan either. The sauce is like bad catsup.

[cliffrod]

Chicken fried steak is like the state food of Oklahoma , literally the worst food ever , neither steak nor chicken , just awful . Just chew on an old boot , probably better for you .

 Dusty

That's because it's armadillo.  The only difference between it and TT mother's fish is the sauce...

[Rough Edge racing]

 Scallops fresh off the boat cooked on the dock in Cape Cod....
 Best food I ever had and with seemingly unlimited ethnic choices is San Francisco and NYC... Southern and South Western food is tasty but much of it is a variation of the same thing..

[Guzzistajohn]

That's because it's armadillo.  The only difference between it and TT mother's fish is the sauce...

I ordered a chicken fried steak down in Mangum one time, the waitress told me it was the chicken's day off.

[Guzzistajohn]

Springfield, Ill. has a thing called a "shoe" or "horseshoe" it's a open faced sammich with just about anything and covered with melted cheese or gravy.

[larrys]

We have grinders in CT. Everywhere else they're heroes, hoagies, or subs... A
Larry

[LowRyter]

I like Imo's, White Castle and Chicken Fried Steak.   Maybe once a month.  (the first two aren't here, so it might be years until I get an opportunity)

Oysters on the half, once a week.

[Rough Edge racing]

Rochester NY area has the  Garbage Plate...burgers or dogs on a dish covered in meat based hot sauce, beans, mac salad and fried potatoes...Heartbur n....

[Guzzistajohn]

When in Joplin, Mo. here's a must    https://fredandredschili.com/

[Rough Edge racing]

When in Joplin, Mo. here's a must    https://fredandredschili.com/

Good looking plate of heartburn......Look s similar to our Garbage Plate...

[Tom H]

Good looking plate of heartburn......Look s similar to our Garbage Plate...

That looks like a taco or burrito on a potato tortilla

Tom

[Rough Edge racing]

no, not like a tortilla, lol...this photo is more typical...I don't eat it..

[Ncdan]

In my part of the south we have a great variety. Pinto beans and tatters, green beans and taters, butter beans and taters, black eye peas and tatters, sweet peas and tatters.......... oh, and did I mention just tatters🤔😂

[Dirk_S]

no, not like a tortilla, lol...this photo is more typical...I don't eat it..

Speaking of tortilla, when I traveled through southern Spain, I stopped in Granada for a few days. I visited a back-alley bar during siesta, and  it was just just me and the bartender the whole time. I asked for a 'cervesa y topas,' and, expecting one of these fancy-style tapas I'd received in other parts, notably Seville where it's straight cuisine, I was served a more traditional dish of a microwaved tortilla, which are different there than here.

Tortillas in Spain are a thick mixture of egg, potato, and onion fried in a pan and served by the slice.

She placed that nuked-up tortilla slice on top of my beer--old school, no gimmick, my favorite tapas experience of all time, because it was authentic.

We spent that hour telling stories in our native languages. I was too tired to attempt my remedial Espanol.