/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I love the Midwest. Grew up there. Moved to Kansas City in '04 then Hartford CT in '12.

I like Iowa pork chops and tenderloins and loose-meat sandwiches and that strip-cut pizza from the Quad-Cities. I like Chicago-style deep dish / stuffed pizza. I like Chicago-style hot dogs. I like tater tot casserole.

I also like NYC and CT pizza. I like the big Italian grinders you can get here. I like the homey Italian restaurants. I like hot dogs from Capitol Lunch and Blackie's in CT, George's in Worcester MA. I like all the Polish delis and restaurants. I like taking a trip down to NYC for an awesome variety of food.

I like it all. And if you're so closed-minded that you condemn the cuisine of a whole region, or city, or whatever, especially without trying it - or if your palate is so inflexible that you can't love new tastes - then I feel nothing but pity for you.