Lemmy users across the world, what is your favourite local dish ?
Lemmy users across the world, what is your favourite local dish ?
Thought I'd ask this because I want to discover more foods from across the world
(Also I shouldn't have to say this to americans, please state where you are from and state where you are from without acronyms or shortened names because I've seen US Defaultism on lemmy and not all of us are going to know your acronyms considering we're global users)
Potage au bonne femme.
Bunny Chow - South Africa (does not contain any bunnies)
It's a ¼ or ½ loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with curry
There's a version called kota (certain groups pronunciation of quarter, for quarter bunny) that is filled with chips (thick cut french fries), polony (bologna, I think), viennas (a frankfurter i think), cheese, tomato sauce, atchar (mango pickle), and sometimes russians (kolbasa, not the people). It's the ultimate comfort food for me
Robbers roast (rosvopaisti) in Finland. I suppose other countries have something similar, but it's a piece of meat cooked in a ground oven. First dig up a small hole, line it with rocks, keep bonfire going in the hole for couple of hours, scrape the coals out and put meat wrapped in parchment paper, wet newspapers and foil in to the hole, fill it with sand and set up a new bonfire on top of the sand. Throw onions, garlic, carrots and whatever you like to accompany/season the meat while you're at it. Things like potatoes or sweet potatoes doesn't really work as they just turn into a mush, at least unless you individually wrap them, but the process isn't consistent enough, just cook whatever sides you want separately.
With meat include pieces of fat on top of it and season however you like. It's traditionally made out of lamb, but I prefer cow (or moose if it's available). Pork works just fine too. The whole process takes 10-12 hours, so it's not for your wednesday dinner, but it's very much worth the effort.
When the weather is good and you do it right the meat just breaks down and you'll almost need a spoon to eat it. Absolutely delicious. And as you have bonfire going for all day you can cook sausages on a stick and have a 'few' beers while feeding the fire. It's an experience with absolutely delicious food in the end.
Just be careful that you don't pass out on all the beer while cooking and miss the fun part.
Canada doesn't really have a local cuisine, unfortunately. Too much mutual cultural exchange with the US and too little history. Of the like three dishes to choose from, I do love a good Nanaimo bar. (That's a layer of chocolate, on a layer of an icing-like custard concoction, on a thicker base of a coconut-chocolate crumbs)
Chicken nuggets.
jucy lucy. it's like a cheeseburger but the cheese is inside the patty
Vegemite and butter on bread.
Sourdough, toasted, then add some avocado smashed with a fork, maybe some cheese, fresh or sliced, alphalpha sprouts if you're feeling fancy and a dash of lime juice.
Zang, thats great with morning black coffee.
Living in Valencia, paella valenciano is great, but for me the duck with rice is just... Amazing
Daeji Gukbab(돼지국밥)! You get it all over Korea but it's especially famous in Busan where I live. It's pork bone broth with meat served with a few toppings and a bowl of rice on the side. I always order the one with meat, intestines, and blood sausage. It's very rich and savory and comforting. It's also very cheap and often open 24hrs
I'm from France, if I had to select one dish for you to try it would be duck confit with sarladaise potatoes (cooked in duck fat). In terms of calorie density it makes me think of Homer's "I only eat food in bar form" meme. But so worth it.
székelykáposzta - its a hungarin stew with cabbage, i totally love this stuff
TexMex though really it stretches from southern California to Texas. Good tortillas alone are amazing but throw in beans and some kind of slow cooked meat like green chile pork and it’s perfect!
It tastes awesome!! Look up images of it if you want. Black beans + sausage + carne seca (dried meat) is an amazing combo and I love this dish @w@
Singapore here Nasi lemak is to die for Coconut rice with a side of fried fish/chicken,fried egg,deep fried anchovies and peanuts topped with sambal (a sweet chilli paste) Used to eat it for breakfast daily Bring on the heart disease !!
Nam ngiao is a cotton flower and noodle soup from north Thailand and it's the best thai dish you've never heard of!
It uses dried cotton flower, beef or pork broth, a bit of tomatoes and of course a combination of thai spices.
It's an incredible mix of the golden triangle cultures (Thailand, Burma, Laos, Yunan China) and whenever I go there I do a little Nam ngiao tour as it's a bit lole with Japanese ramen - every shop as their own recipe and flavor.
from the Arabian peninsula; Shawarma, bukhari or mandi.
Bonus: Foul and tamis, but those are from afghanistan iirc? They're very popular here though
I'm from Cleveland Ohio. Our local dishes are heavily influenced by Eastern Europe, plus Italy and Ireland. Pierogi are universally enjoyed all around north east ohio, but Cleveland is the center. And fat tuesday just went by, which for Cleveland is pączki day. Something that is always found at the baseball game that is unique to Cleveland is the Polish Boy. It's kielbasa, either deep fried or grilled, on a bun with coleslaw and french fries on top. This town also loves corned beef, if you ever come here, Slyman's is an institution and is a must visit. And something that I did not realize was local until recently is a romanburger. Essentially put a burger patty in an Italian sub. The exact recipe has variations, generally has to have mortadella and salami in addition to the burger, and a vinegarette sprinkled on instead of the usual burger sauce. We aren't afraid of calories here.
Königsberger Klopse are big boiled meatballs served with a white sauce with capers and boiled potatoes. Super delicious.
From Almeirim in Portugal, there's "sopa da pedra", translates to "soup of the rock". It has several kinds of meat, beans, potato, and it's usually eaten with bread (some say even a specific local bread type, but I'm not picky on that). It used to come with a stone in it traditionally, but for higiene reasons restaurants are not allowed to anymore. Some people at home still do it, I believe.
With it there is an old tale:
There was once a poor friar that was traveling. Once it came time to rest, he knocked on someone's door and asked for their hospitality in exchange for a soup. His hosts let him in and they see the friar pulling an old smooth stone from his pocket and putting it in a pot, along with water.
"Some seasoning would make this soup better... Do you happen to have any chouriço?" [best translation I've got is "meat", or maybe "sausage"] asks the friar. And so his hosts find him some chouriço that they throw in the pan.
"It's looking great! Now this soup would really improve if we could thicken it up a little. Do you happen to have some potatoes or beans leftover from yesterday?" And some potatoes and beans have indeed been leftover from yesterday. The friar adds it to the soup.
The friar asks for a few more spices, olive oil, and soon there is a delicious smell coming from the pot. What a nice soup!
They eat and once the soup is finished the friar fishes out the stone, washes it and puts it back in his pocket. Tomorrow he'll knock on someone else's door along the way ;)
Nanaimo bars! I love sweets. Unfortunately.
Hmmm. I will extend it to anything Norwegian. "Pinnekjøtt" usually a Christmas dish.
Cured (salted and/or smoked) sheep ribs. (Often lamb)
The ribs are then separated to individual ribs.
You water it for 16 hours, changing the water once. Or they will be too salty. Then you steam them until the meat releases from the bones (3ish hours)
Serves with mashed swedes, sausage, and potatoes, using the water as a sort of gravy (it's full of fat)
I am from the southeast US. I don't necessarily believe any of these dishes are unique to my area, but I really enjoy them.
- Grits. Sort of like oatmeal but corn. There are plenty of ways to make it, some make it sweet, some make it savory, some do a little of both. Shrimp and grits is a popular dish, but I think it's more associated with Louisiana specifically.
- Divinity. A very rich, sugary treat. I haven't had many chances to have this, but it's very good. It's the sort of treat I associate with big family dinners on Thanksgiving from family members who "haven't seen [me] since [I] was this big" who have long since passed away.
- Reindeer Mix and Diddly Doos. These are two winter treats my family makes. I don't believe they're local dishes or anything, but because my mom makes them I do consider them cultural. Reindeer Mix is essentially home made Chex Mix you mix a few forms of Chex cereals with other ingredients and drizzle a savory sauce over it and bake it. Tastes best warm. Diddly Doos are basically cheese biscuit/crackers. Think "cheese straw" but shaped in a disk. I think some people call them cheese doodles.
Louisiana, US - Crawfish Étouffée.
Germany: Kesselsknall. Imagine a potato cake with bacon and sausages, baked in a cast iron casserole.
A few kg of meat, traditionally (in the rhine-area) from horse, nowadays more beef, marinated for 1+ month in a few litres of wine and vinegar, with some vegetables. Slowly cooked so it disintegrates on your fork.
"Braaibroodjie" - South Africa
It's a Toastie made on a wood fire, usually containing tomato, onion, cheese and buttered on all sides
Gallo Pinto. Start with white rice and black beans and go from there.
I recently tried the Caribbean version of Rice and Beans which has coconut oil in it, but I don't like it quite as much. Fun mix that I hadn't had before though.
The Bobbie from Delaware, USA!
Delaware is a small state on the Delaware River on the east coast of the United States, just south of Philadelphia and across the bay from New Jersey. For the comic fans, Gotham is somewhere near Cape May, NJ and Metropolis is near Lewis, DE.
Another great treat from this area is scrapple. Don’t look it up before you eat it. It’s deliciously horrifying!
So I'm from North Carolina, for the uninitiated this is one out of fifty of the United States of America, which is a nation located on the continent of North America bordered by Canada to the North and Mexico to the South. If you were paying close enough attention you might have heard of us in the news recently. North Carolina is located on the Eastern coast, that's adjacent to the Atlantic ocean, you'll find it just across the Northern border of South Carolina, to the South of Virginia, and to the East of Tennessee. We also share a relatively short stretch of border with Georgia to the Southwest. You might find us after a few hours examining a globe.
North Carolina is almost as famous for our barbecue as we are for our barbecue. Two distinct styles of pork barbecue emerged in North Carolina, the Eastern style characterized by smoking a whole hog prepared with a dry rub and served with a spicy, thin, vinegar-based sauce, and the Western style characterized by smoking pork shoulders basted with and served at the table with a sweeter tomato based sauce.
In both cases, shoulder meat will be coarsely shredded simply by pulling it apart with forks or bare hands, done right it's more tender than cooked hamburger. Piled high on an inch roll slathered in barbecue sauce and topped with coleslaw and you've got a pulled pork sandwich, serve it with a side of hushpuppies.
Fun fact: A candidate for North Carolina governor once lost the race because he was heard saying he was getting sick of barbecue. Nope, you don't get to be chief executive Tarheel like that. That ain't gonna work.
Pepperoni rolls (which Ive never had but it is a regional favorite)
Pawpaw bread
Home-fries with ramps
Strawberry rhubarb pie
Germany
Gaisburger Marsch
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaisburger_MarschUK, we are the butt of many a joke and several post here talking about our traditional fast food. I will submit that a well cooked roast dinner is the equal of any other national dish, for me its either pork shoulder, skow cooked, or chicken, with parsnips, leeks in cheese, carrots, peas and maybe bread sauce, along with those roast potatoes, crunchy in the outside, soft and milky on the inside, just the right amount of salty crunch with the star of the show, a rich gravy. Even without the meat this would still be an incredible tasty plate of food.
Northwest US: smoked salmon with a side of berries. Sockeye with little or no sugar added is the best IMO. The berries should be native varieties if you want to try for authenticity, though the invasive blackberries are really tasty, too.
Dish born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands: the "Kapsalon"
German here. I don't know if its reaally local, but mine would be a family dish called "Holzfällerpfanne", the "lumberjack skillet". It's made out of fried potatoes, slices of apple, Champignons, fried onion, fried cabanossi and cheese on top (a lot of it).
So you basically slice all ingredients, fry the raw (and peeled) potatoes for a few minutes, add in the champignons, wait a few more minutes, add the apples next, and after another few minutes add the onions and cabanossi. When everything is slightly browned, spread a good amount of cheese on top, cover the pan with a lid and wait until the cheese is fully melted. Tadaa!
Deciding when to add which ingredient so everything is perfect at the same time is kind of key here, so it may help to fry the onions und cabanossi in a seperate pan to not overdo them.
Stamppot. I’m from the Netherlands and I really love stamppot.
It’s basically boiled veggies (usually a type of kale, but it can also be made with endive or carrots (but then it’s called hutspot) and potatoes mashed together. Add a smoked sausage and some gravy over it. delicious!
But it’s best when it’s winter and it’s really cold outside and when you make it, the windows steam up. Then it’s really gezellig
Italy: It's really hard to beat pizza, maybe a good lasagna or a "cacio e pepe" pasta depending on the mood.
in Guatemala, the spicy rice tamales are probably my favorite thing here.
but today I'm getting the chipilin tamales, which have little leaves mixed into the dough and are also real good.
Most of the US is a culture pot so the food I like is not really local.
The only things I can think of as a state famous thing is that San Francisco, California is known for sourdough, and Seattle, Washington is kinda known for the Seattle (Hot) Dog.
I grew up in interior Alaska. The hometown food I miss the most is saltine crusted Northern Pike. Very bony but so tasty. Though to be honest a lot of that may be nostalgia as it was something we'd eat camping as an extended family when the fishers in the group had a good haul. Pan fried moose heart and tongue is a simular situation.
If we do the United States instead of my home state I'd say key lime pie for sweet and shrimp and grits for savory.
Steak and cheese sub. Yeah, you can get one in a lot of places, but I haven't had a good one outside of New England.
Philly area
Yes cheesesteak, hoagie, soft pretzels.
But I believe strongly that a roast pork Italiano sandwich loaded up with sharp provolone, roasted long hots, and broccoli rabe is the best Philly sandwich.
Go a little out into the suburbs around Norristown, and you'll also find the "Zep" a sort of pared-down hoagie, one kind of meat, cheese, oil and spices, tomatoes, and plenty of onions.
I'm not going to wade into the minefield of which sandwich shops are best except to say Pat's and Geno's are garbage, but maybe worth it for the experience if you're a tourist. Avoid anywhere that advertises as a "Philly Cheesesteak" look for cheesesteak, steak sandwiches, or even just steaks. For a Zep I don't think it's controversial to say Lou's ro Eve's are the places to go.
Tomato pie- close relative of pizza, thick sort of focaccia-like crust, square, thick tomato sauce, dusting of Parmesan cheese, served cold. Staple of many parties here.
Also in the suburbs - Franzones pizza, Bridgeport is the original location, but the original owner sold it to a relative and opened the one in Plymouth/Conshy location and another in Manayunk. You're going to either love or hate the pizza, thin crust, very sweet sauce in a spiral on top of the cheese. There's a few imitators out there but Franzones is the original.
This is the right time of year for them so "Irish Potato" candies. Sweet cream cheese and shredded coconut, rolled in cinnamon. Nothing Irish about them but they kind of look like potatoes.
Zitners Easter eggs- chocolate candies with various fillings.
Goldenbergs Peanut Chews- chewy molasses candy with peanuts covered in chocolate
Mallow Cups- like a Reese's cup but full of marshmallow and coconut instead of peanut butter
Scrapple - don't ask what's in it, just eat it.
Pork roll (kind of a jersey thing, but ubiquitous in Philly too) it's basically round spam
Pepperpot soup- this is old Philly food, like revolutionary war Philly, it's damn hard to find these days but every few years some local restaurant gets the idea to recreate it. It's a hearty, slightly spicy beef and trip soup. There's some Caribbean pepper pot soups that are kind of similar.
merjimek chorbasy - is a lentil soup, I think it's originally turkish. nohutli et - lamb stew with chickpeas. yantyq - pie with minced lamb fried in a pan without fat. I'm originally from Crimea, Ukraine.
From approximately the french Alps: Ravioles du Dauphiné or Tartiflette
I've lived all over the U.S., so here are some of my favorites:
Texas:
- Beef barbecue. The classic is beef brisket, but a lot of places have great beef rib, too.
- Tex Mex: fajitas hit the spot every time.
- Breakfast tacos, especially with leftover smoked brisket from the day before, or some other smoked meat like smoked sausage. Undeniably Texas, undeniably delicious.
Louisiana:
- Boiled crawfish, with red potatoes and corn and andouille sausage. Some people overcook their potatoes and corn, but even then there's still a charm to it. But the whole experience of a crawfish boil is everything great about food culture: socializing around a big table, making a big mess, teaching kids and newbies how do engage in that task of peeling crawfish. The Vietnamese riffs on these traditions are also great, and Viet-Cajun is a great genre of food in general, too.
The American South in general:
- American Southern style fried chicken. It's just great.
- Pecan pie. Easily my favorite American dessert.
Southern California:
- Burritos. Something about the fresh made flour tortillas in Southern California are just better than everywhere else in the U.S. So a good burrito provides flavor from the fillings, and also flavor from the wrap itself, in a way that all the parts just complement each other.
- Ensenada style fish tacos (yes, I know this originates south of the border but it is "local" to the general region). There's just something refreshing about fish tacos with a crunchy cabbage slaw, fresh lime juice, a crema-based sauce, eaten outdoors. Can't beat it.
New York:
- Bodega style breakfast sandwich. The basic concept is universal across the U.S. (egg, a breakfast meat like sausage or bacon, and cheese on some kind of roll, bun, or even bagel, griddled with generous amounts of butter), but something about the New York bodegas just make these taste better when you're on the go.
Chicago:
- Deep dish pizza. Looks kinda dumb, but it's delicious.
- Chicago style, "dragged through the garden" hot dogs. Every component makes this ensemble great.
- Italian beef sandwiches. I don't know why these aren't more popular outside of Chicago. Get it dipped, get a little messy with it.
Indian with a sweet tooth here. My vote goes to Halwa. It is a broad category of sweet dishes that can be made using different ingredients and each one of them are delicious in their own ways. They range from quick ones made of whole wheat flour, samolina or gram flour to tedious carrot and dry fruit ones. A bowl of home made Halwa is the very definition of comfort food for me.
Australia.
Nutrigrain with Vegemite instead of milk
Mission style burritos are tasty.
I also like California style pizza so long as the toppings aren’t too weird.
Does British curry count? Cornish pasties are good too. Also cheese but that is more of an ingredient than meal.
Brazil: Feijoada, it is a traditional food that is pretty much "just" pork and beans, but its fucking rad lol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feijoada
Ontario, Canada. For me it's Shawarma poutine.
Classic poutine is already amazing, and there are all sorts of variations, but shawarma poutine just hits the spot like no other. It still has the fries, gravy, and cheese curds, and they add chicken swarma, hot sauce, and toum (garlic sauce).
Maximum comfort food, especially to watch a movie with in the winter.
Hard to say. NZ cuisine is like British cuisine, but it got stuck in the 80s.
The Flat White. But that’s not strictly food.
Or maybe a potato top pie.
🇨🇦 I feel like I’m supposed to say poutine but honestly…
Beef patty in coco bread! It definitely didn’t originate here but it’s a pretty common street food besides bratwursts.
Now for a truly local pick, Beavertails! It’s like a big flattened donut you can put anything on, ranging from simple cinnamon and lemon, candy, or something savoury like cheese.
Ghormeh Sabzi - or The story of how my SO got me by my belly. Iranian stew mandatorily served with rice crowned with it's Tadigh crust.
Chicken Rice - Singapore
Sarmale
Palt. Potato dumping filled with meat.
Used to be Käsespätzle, but i had too much in december and november that i have grown sick of it.
Now i guess it would be A potato soup & apple noodle (not a pasta. A yeast dough with apple cinamon sugar filling
Not sure if it's "local":
But the "燒賣"
From Guangzhoug, but the first time I remember eating it in a NYC Chinese Restaurant at a family gathering when we dined at the restaurant. So I assume its probably the Americanized version.
Now I'm in Philly, and I still occasionally have some 燒賣
Its not even like an "Entrée", more like afternoon tea-time snacks.
As a Chinese-American, I haven't even tried much "western food" besides the typical Pizzas, Fastfood burgers, chicken nuggets, fries, and I did have some "Hoagies" (aka: subway sandwitches), and a cheesesteak once or twice. Never had like an actual western "meal".
Idk, I feel like I'm missing out on stuff, but I don't know where to start, because I'm a picky eater... 😓
Czechia and it's a tie between goulash (the Czech variety, not the Hungarian one) and Vepřo knedlo zelo.
Minestrone. Not local to me, but a great dish nonetheless
Pepperoni rolls from West Virginia, and it's not even close. Simple and easy to make, last unrefrigerated, and I can eat about 40 of em if I'm not careful.
Living in japan. Sashimi/sushi would probably be my current fave. Not shocking, but true. Second would be all the lovely grilled fish and seafood we get here.
If from the US, so for that probably anything tex-mex.
From Arizona / Mexico:
Birria, especially Birria Ramen. It's slow cooked meat in a broth of spices and a bit of onion and Chiles. It's fall apart tender, and usually served with melted cheese (Queso Birria). But my favorite version is served on top of Tapatio Ramen. So it's fork tender beef with spicy noodles.
Really great on a cold day.
Funny thing is, I'm from the East Coast of the US, so actually have a bunch of favorites from there that are really worth giving a try too.
Especially a REAL Cheesesteak.
Shaved Ribeye cut thin and grilled on a hot surface for a char. Grilled and charred onions and green peppers. Add it to an Italian soft roll that's warmed, NOT toasted. Melt on top of it either Cheez Wiz (an Aerosolized Cheese snack that's awful by itself) or American cheese. Mix it all together on the bun along with a few slices of Italian peperonchinis and a couple dashes of celery salt.
Incredibly unhealthy, but quite an experience if you ever get to try one (or make one yourself! I'm literally eating one I made for dinner right now haha 😂)
Chicago Illinois USA here:
The two foods that scream “This is Chicago” to me are deep dish pizza and a Chicago style hotdog (poppy seed bun and a dog with mustard, chopped onions, tomato wedges, sweet relish, a pickle spear, and peppers, then sprinkled with celery salt).
As to which is my favorite, deep dish is definitely more unique and probably the better answer here, but man can I do love when the dogs are just right.
Switzerland: Fondue!
Katrafutra, fluffy flat bread from Comoros (specifically Mayotte). Sauce your Kange (zebu stew) with it and it's even more delicious.
I'm not from Lazaro Mexico, but let me tell you that the Mixtas there are the best food I've ever put down my gullet.
From central Mexico, my favorite is huaxmole (or guaxmole, "mole de huaje"): pork with a sauce made of guaje (Leucaena leucocephala) seeds, green chiles and, sometimes, husk tomatoes. Other recipes use goat meat, red chiles and can be more like a soup.
Denver, CO
We have really good Little Donkeys
Boston baked beans. To my taste, good ones are cooked low and slow so that the beans almost start melting together, and they should be both sweet and tangy.
Bagna cauda, from Piemonte Piedmont north Italy
Delicious in winter, a cream made with a lot of garlic e anchovies, eat warm with vegetables or meat
Burritos. Like most burritos.
One that's great just to see reactions to the name: leather britches.
But my favorite? There's something very comforting to having a bowl of soup beans. Chili's humble cousin is far more satisfying than it's got any right being.
For a crowd pleaser, though? Cornbread spread with apple butter. Listen to me, now: Do not sweeten the cornbread. Sugar in the cornbread is just cake.
Pork butt roast and sauerkraut. It's a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch recipe meant to bring good luck and fortune to the household on New Years. You simply season a pork butt with salt and pepper and put it in the slow cooker with a large container of saurkraut and cook on low til it shreds. Served with mashed potatoes, peas, and pork gravy. Guaranteed to give you a food coma.
For appetizers, I love beet-pickled eggs. It's essential to pickle them for 24+ hours to ensure the pink fully penetrates the egg white.
A store-made bagel, with 2 over-easy eggs and a thick slice of a spiced ham product called (pork roll) or (taylor ham), a slice of American cheese, and "salt, pepper, ketchup".
Commonly with bacon, sausage, or regular sliced deli ham replacing the meat. Sometimes with hot sauce instead of ketchup. The bagel can be any type, but is often "everything".
NYC area, mostly north New Jersey.
Furikake shrimp chips.
Belgium: vol au vent with Fries
Veggie burger
Fried rice. Any kind, I just love fried rice.
Fish and chips
Very, very tough question...
🇵🇹 Maybe Polvo à Lagareiro or Arroz de Polvo. I really like octopus...
It's more of a food/ingredient than a dish, but Chinook salmon. So good. (Washington)
Whoopie pies are great but I prefer scrapple for breakfast
We don't really have that much locally specific food but oh do I love potica. Estragon or walnut.
Portuguese tipical dish: Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá
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