What are your regional foods?

Some of these St. Louis traditions have spread to other cities now but some are still only in St. Louis

Pork Steaks. This is a very tough cut of pork but if you know how to simmer them right, become quite tender and tasty. Pork steak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Slinger - Two eggs cooked any style, hash browns, and a hamburger patty covered in a bowl with chili, cheese, and onions. A Super-Slinger adds a hotdog to the mix. Slinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toasted Ravioli - Ravioli is breaded and then deep fried. It is served with Marinara Sauce and Parmesan cheese. Toasted ravioli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St. Paul Sandwich - Egg Foo Yung, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle, on white bread

Gooey Butter Cake - Now that's just plain wrong but it sure is tasty. Gooey butter cake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brain Sandwich - yeah, I know it sounds gross but they're good. Fried-brain sandwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St. Louis Style Pizza - any thin crust pizza made with Provel cheese as opposed to Mozzarella

 

We have no real regional foods here in the PNW. However, we have lots and lots of coffee. That is our claim to fame.

 

Alright I'll play. Not sure if these are exactly regional foods, but they sure are pretty common down here and I am sure some of you are going to be thinking "What the heck is that?" ;D

I am going to stick mostly with Cuban food since that is where most of my family is basically from and the food I am most familiar with (I mostly eat a lot different types of foods though 8))

Ill break it up into categories.

Beverages (From juices to sodas )

Guarapo (Sugar Cane Juice)

Ironbeer (Soft drink)- My favorite soda.

Materva (Soft drink)- My second favorite soda.

Batido De Trigo (Wheat Shake)- A milk shake made with wheat.

Mojito (Alcoholic Drink)- I guess this is pretty widespread, but ill add it anyways ;D.

Pastries - Called pastelitos in spanish. Also added other stuff found at the
bakery.

Pastelitos de guayaba- Pastries made with guava.

Pastelitos de carne- Pastries made with beef.

Pastelitos de queso- Pastries made with cheese.

Cuban bread- Just a cuban style bread.

Croquettes(croquetas)- Basically a cuban style croquette made
with flour. Usually filled with ham or
chicken.

Theres a million others, but those I think are the most popular things.

Typical Main Food Components

Cuban Style Pork Roast (lechon asado)- Just typical roast pork.

Congri Rice- Usually eaten with pork.

Yuca (Cassava)- Goes good together with the Rice above, and pork. Yuca

Tostones (Fried Green Plantains)- Read the wiki entry. Tostones

Fried Sweet plantains (Maduros)- Plantains. There is a million things you
can do with plantains.

Thats just a teaser. There are a bunch of other savory plates. A lot of these things are not just used in cuban cooking (For example countries in the Carribean like Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic use alot of the same things but with slight variations in cooking style).

Desserts/Sweets

Creme Caramel (Flan)- Kind of widespread, but still delicious. Origins from
Spain.

Coquitos- Coconut candies. Really sweet.

Tres Leches Cake- My favorite dessert. Origins believed to be from Costa
Rica, Mexico, or Nicaragua.



Alright it turned out into a lengthy list, but hope you guys get a feel of the stuff down here. Most of the foods above come from other countries but are really typical in my area (I think its pretty regional because every time I go up north I cant find most of the stuff in the list). If anybody has tasted any of the things above, let me know . Any others?

 

I should have eaten breakfast before clicking this thread.

 

Ironbeer is awesome

I don't even want to know the sugar content.

 

first off I wouldn't call a pork steak a tuff meat. I use to work at schnucks as a butcher and there are a ton of people that bbq them here is southen il. But growing up in chicago in a slovok part of town there is about a hundred things that I can think of that I could never find any where else. I would kill some one for a good italian beef right now.

 

Yup, has been my favorite drink since I was little. When little I used to think I would get strong like the picture in the can !

Same thing happens to my family up north. They stock up on all the pastries they can while down here ;D. Looked up Italian beef, they look pretty tasty!

 

You used to be able to get these on "The Hill". I haven't been there for a year or two but now I'm hungry for one.

St. Louis used to be highly segregated. The Germans lived in South City, the Italians lived on "The Hill", the Irish lived in Dogtown, the Jews lived in University City, etc. It's no longer segregated like this but if you want authentic cuisine from a particular country, there's an area in St. Louis where you can get it.

 

How to make Gooey butter cake

STLtoday.com - Let's Eat Recipe Card

 

I can feel my butt getting bigger and my arteries getting harder.