/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>being elitist about your processed dickmeat

this is why nobody likes chicago

1/10

>>3991012
>deriving pride and a sense of identity from the city that your parents reared you in

How pedestrian.

>>3991017
its more because of tradition then anything, obviously I won't interrupt you during a meal with "EXCUSE ME SIR WTF ARE U DOING WHAT IS THAT RED PISS DOING ON YOUR DICKMEAT??"

Besides, do u know how hard it is being in a patrician enclave, surrounded on all sides by inbred hicks?

My contention with you is why do u think hotdog meat is bad? I'll be the first to say I have no idea what truly foes in there, but common, its a staple food for murricans. It honestly, can't be THAT bad (emphasis on the "that")

>>3991031
>My contention with you is why do u think hotdog meat is bad? I'll be the first to say I have no idea what truly foes in there, but common, its a staple food for murricans. It honestly, can't be THAT bad (emphasis on the "that")
Read about your precious hot dog and come back with an educated opinion.

>>3991031

my contention with you is why do you think ketchup is bad? i know exactly what truly goes in there, and it is a staple condiment for americans.

>>3991039
>my contention with you is why do you think ketchup is bad? i know exactly what truly goes in there
HFCS, preservatives, traces of pesticides, Bisphenol A. and salmon genes?

>>3991042
yes, standard array in pretty much every american food.

>>3991047
that's my point exactly

Look, ill be the first one to tell you that hotdog meat is probably terrible. You guys probably know more than me the amounts of trace mountain goat urethra lining in that shit.

But is that any better than the dolphin shmegma in pepperoni?

If it tastes good and gets you full, that's what matters.

Inb4 this is the thinking that makes Americans fat. No, the thinking that makes American fatties is no concept of excess. Im 6'2", 140lbs, partly because im Chinese but mostly because if im full, i stop eating, and if i gain too much weight, i exercise

>>3991031

My dad worked at Oscar Meyer in the early 70s. His previous gig was developing biological and chemical weapons for the military. The Oscar Meyer gig was apparently nastier.

>Be from Maryland
>likes crabs steamed
>go to a crab boil in Louisiana
>mfw

>>3991012
So OP, who's got the best italian beef? I've only had Ricobene's (meh) and Portillo's (okay).

>>3991072
what the fuck are you even going on about

this thread is about why chicago hates ketchup, not dolphin smegma.

Jesus neighbor, even down here at STL we aren't so defensive about our foods. Next thing you'll know, someone will comment on how you have a shitty excuse for a baseball team as well.

Oh wait.

I grew up eating standard Southern fare.

>fried chicken, pork chops, and catfish
>hushpuppies and fries
>dem hot chicken wangs with ranch dressin'
>meatloaf with a spicy tomato sauce
>baked macaroni and cheese
>collard greens
>boiled spinach
>sweet potatoes
>chicken fried steak with cream cravy
>mashed potatoes and cream gravy
>creamed corn
>fried okra, zucchini, and squash
>red beans and rice with andouille sausage
>gumbo
>regular or jalapeno cornbread (sometimes with a layer of sausage and cheese in the middle)
>yeast rolls the size of your head
>buttermilk biscuits
>steamed carrots
>black eyed peas
>smoked brisket and pork shoulder sandwiches
>bbq beans
>potato salad
>braised pork necks
>chicken and dumplings
>dat velveeta and rotel with corn chips
>sweet tea, root beer, or milk with every meal
>sliced, raw tomatoes and cucumber with salt and pepper

I have no regrets.

I've probably had a dozen hot dogs in my entire life. They're good, but I don't like pizza or most sandwiches save for the occasional pimento cheese (white bread or club crackers only!), po'boy, barbecue sandwich, fried chicken sandwich, burger, etc. Honestly, I dislike most tomato purees including spaghetti with marinara and chicken parmesan. Fried cheese and marinara is absolutely acceptable, though. Fried jalapenos with cream cheese and monterey jack are god tier.

So I kind of feel bad for this one, but...
>Working as a fishmongler.
>Helps an Indian lady. (As in from India)
>Asks about a type of spiced pickled herring.
>I warn her that it's very spicy.
>She wants to try some anyway.
>I give her some.
>Her face contortions into pure WTF.

Afterwards, I realized that I should have warned that the spice wasn't HOT, just... spicy.

I feel terribad for that. :(

>>3991131
Not OP but i like Al's.

>>3991233
i thought indians liked spicy

>>3991256
Oh shit I totally forgot about Al's. I agree, it's the best I've had. Still feel like there could be something better.

I live in Indiana, and apparently we're known for our tenderloins.

>>3991295
I too, but I forgot that in some country people don't grow up eating raw herring.

Because that's what she tried.
Raw (salted) herring laid down in a bucket of vinegar, salt, sugar, sandalwood, black pepper, laurels, thyme, allspice, ginger, and cloves, and then laid to "mature" for a few months.

It's strong as fuck, but it ain't hot.
The poor woman never stood a chance.

>>3991295
Some do, some eat more mild food.

>>3991331
I like this place.

>>3991166
You had a delicious upbringing much like myself it seems. We ate all of that regularly. I'll never get why the shitty hotdogs and pizza up north get all the attention when the best food in the US is really in the south. They can keep their dogs and pizzas for all I care.

>>3991131
Not OP, but you owe it to yourself to get up to Johnnie's in Elmwood Park. Best Italian Beef on the planet.

>>3991375
this.

But hey, yay for ZOMGZ CLEARLY SUPERIOR TOMATOCHEEZE PIE AND DICKMEAT.

>>3991390
Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

>be from Houston
>love tacos, tortas, fajitas, burritos, nachos, quesadillas, and barbacoa
>and BBQ, thats good too
>Food trucks are finally getting really popular
>I know alot of people who put beans in chili. Its better without them but I'll still eat it with beans
>IMO gulf seafood is inferior but its alot better than being landlocked
>Wish we had a local style of pizza. Pizza is good here but its all over the place. There is no regional style.
>Good cheesesteaks are hard to find. I only know of one place that has Philly quality steaks
>I don't want In N Out to come here
>I wish we had Jewish delis

>Be from Phoenix
>Sonoran dogs are overrated
>Best tex mex on the planet but always expensive as fuck
>Haven't eaten salsa not made in a hole in the wall restaurant by a 60 year old mexican woman in years
>Seriously why even eat other tomato based things when you can buy liquid sex on every corner
>Most other cuisine is meh - especially Indian
>Awesome climate means I can grow pretty much anything I can think of in my backyard year round
>In n Out is awesome...
>...but not as awesome as The Chuckbox
>Also no real pizza style. Pizzeria Bianco is just a more expensive Grimaldis

>>3991353
Mmm, that place is good. I love their Mac N Cheese Wedges.

Also this is another AMAZING Indiana place.

>>3991607
Houstonbro here and I'll go ahead and vouch for you guys Mexican food, its legit. I don't remember the name of any places I've been there but I've stayed in Phoenix several times and always eat Mexican food when I do. Its a little different than the standard TexMex but I like it. I've also had some good BBQ at a place there. I can't remember the name but it was a more upscale BBQ place and I think it was in Scottsdale.

>Be from Singapore
>Favorite food is Nasi Lemak
>Go to US
>Can't finish the portion, can't finish the drink
>Return to island city disgusted

>>3991699
The food is usually pretty good anywhere you go in Scottsdale; the place does an amazing job of not assuming that the food can suck if they have marble and hardwood everywhere.

>>3991760
Yea, I've had some good food there. Scottsdale is where I've spent most of my time when going through Phoenix. For what it is (rich white suburb) its a decent place. Good restaurants, decent bars. Best hotels and resorts I've been to. Would probably live there if things came to that, and would be mostly OK with it.

>>3991338
Jesus Christ

The chicago dog has been the only regional food I've eaten that I absolutely hated. I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up but I atleast expected Chicago to carry on the tradition of other cities of serving a mediocre food like the rest of the country and calling it delicious, but somehow they made it worse.

Deep dish pizza was fantastic though.

>>3991375
Hey now hotdogs and pizza kick ass, but yeah New York and Chicago get way to much attention when it comes to pizza. The best stuff is the regional chains and some local joints.

Fuckin' Mellow Mushroom man.

>>3991791
I like Mellow Mushroom. Its kitchy as fuck but I'll usually go for a slice when I'm in Austin. BTW Mellow Mushroom is a chain, still OK pizza though. And I love pizza and sort of kind of like hotdogs, I just find it funny that they get so much press and attention when there are far better foods readily available in the south. I'd take a good chicken fried steak or some oxtail over a shitty hotdog any and every day of the week.

>>3991685
>I live 10 minutes from there.
They are sorta overrated except for their pies and their fried chicken. Still damn good and not too expensive, but not god-tier.

>>3991853
I live like 25ish minutes away. I just LOVE their chicken and noodles and mashed potatoes with brown gravy then like.. eat them together. Omnomnom. Their pies are too rich for me to eat a whole piece of. And their cakes are always rather dry. Idk why, but I LOVE it.

>>3991685
Kindly explain this madness.

>>3991012
Louisianafag here, love spicy food, love boudin, craklins, jambalaya, hate seafood.

>from upstate NY
>kind of hard to hate local dairy products, apples and cider, and maple syrup

The only thing I have that's remotely relatable to the OP:

>born in philly, lived their most of my childhood
>cheesesteaks, god damn
>moved away to western PA
>if they're not giving you steakums, it's horrible marinated beef with weird flavor
>always piles onions (not carmelized and tasty) peppers (not even cooked with the onions) etc
>let's not even talk about the bread

It just makes me very depressed

>>3991907
Don't forge that once you leave Philly the price of cheestesteaks is always atleast 8 bucks even though the quality is worse than the 5 dollar ones.

>>3991897

How much do you love grape pies

MIdwest fag here, specifically Council Bluffs Iowa and Omaha Nebraska.

To be honest, most of the local legends aren't that special as far as having a distinctly regional taste, but there are two things that are great.

The company called Omaha Steaks is great, especially if you want to kick it at your own home. Some might even suggest that their burgers are actually the hotter item than their steaks. I personally agree.

And then there's Iowa farmer's market corn on the cob.

Norwayfag here.
Local hot-dog stand sells 250g hot-dogs with everything from Chorizo to Reindeer sausages. And they have proper baked buns that they get fresh from the bakery, and god damn.

Lambwurst is my favourite. That and Chorizo.

>>3991012
alright, seriously ghuys.
why the fuck so much hate for ketchup users?
seriously. shits irrational. try to keep that away from my hot dogs and hash browns.
see what the fuck happens.
cant we all just hate mayonnaise together?

hot dogs are disgusting

>>3992630
you're a fag

NorCal reporting.
I've only lived here for about 4 years, and I haven't really noticed any identifiable real "local" cuisine. The thing is that there too much fucking variety (as if there can be such a thing.) In a one mile radius of my house, there's Korean, Mongolian BBQ, Peruvian, several Sushi places, Persian, American (diners), Thai, Italian, Vegan, Pizza, Mexican, Seafood, Greek, Indian, Nepalese, and Jewish Deli. Not even fucking joking. And I live in a suburb, not even in the city.
I will say that the seafood and fish is fucking amazing here.

>>3992630
Mayonnaise is far more versatile than ketchup. Ketchup is truly only good on fried potato foods and hotdogs. Mayo can go on almost every type of sandwich and is an integral part of many recipes.

>>3991135
OP back, went to see skyfall (7/10, will not rewatch) and fell asleep (9/10, will sleep again)

Best Italian beef is at buona beef, their beef is good quality and their service is much better. Fuck portillos and their dogshit on dogshit food

Best Italian beef goes like this:
Sausage (so technically its a beef sandwich combo, so sue be. It's better none the less)
Gardinara
Mozz

See how that list didn't include getting it dipped? Its because good Italian beef places place an acceptable amount of juice on it with the ladle, no need to go overboard

Too wet and you can't eat it without a fork

Too dry and you gotta choke that bitch down

And yes, mr. Luis, im pretty defensive about everything Chicago related.

Go too north, and you end up in fattyville, Wisconsin

Go too far south and its, as future put it, hicks on hicks on hicks. Can u believe south of Kankakee they support st. Luis sport teams?? Fucking backstabbers

And east and west contain retards on one side and potatoes on the other. I use those interchangeably, don't cha know

Man its hard being so patrician in these dark, dark times

>>3992630
I don't hate catsup users, I just hate those who slather it in hotdogs. Its inexcusable, and im Nott even sure why this tradition came to be.

Ps, don't be hating on mayo, shits fire yo

>>3992642
0/10

anyone here from Cascadia? What do you guys eat besides fish all day?

Long Beach reporting in.

>Delicious burritos the size of your forearm in every taco shop on every street corner for around 5 bucks.
>Mexicans walking around while ringing a bell with shopping carts filled with coolers of cooked corn on the cob. They dip the corn in butter, slap on some mayo, then sprinkle parmagian and chili powder on it for a buck. It's awesome
>Mediocre but cheap sushi everywhere.
>Corner store sells meh tamales for 1.25. On Fridays at the Farmers Market there's a booth that sells chicken, pork, shredded beef, chili, cheese and my favorite corn tamales. These are God Tier and worth the 3 bucks. I usually buy a dozen.
>Cheap but reheated from frozen chicken wings that's sauce is usually ketchup with cayenne powder.

>Be from Utah
>No food is indigenous to Utah
Feels bad man

Birmingham, Alabama

barbecue pork, fried chicken, fried catfish, steamed greens

if you're ever in town stop by one of Green Acres' many locations - they serve top notch nigger food and lots of it for cheap.

fucking fried catfish sandwich - it's literally just a fried catfish with the fucking skeleton in it between two pieces of whitebread - amazing

fucking porkchop sandwich - same deal, bone in it and all - when you're done you just end up with the pork chop bone coated in mushy bread.

Ohio here, all we've really got is Cincinnati style chili and buckeye candy.

Though supposedly the Menches brothers invented the waffle cone, american hamburger, and Cracker Jacks those aren't really Ohio things.

>>3994549
Masshole here. The chili thing kinda threw me at first, but i could dig it. Its that cheddar cheese that makes me squirm. Oh, and all these southfags. Keep your chicken. Ill take our seafood any day. But the catfish interests me.

>>3991012
if you're from Chicago really, you know god damn well we have thin crust pizza. Deep Dish is ok every now and then, but Italian Feista/Reggio's/Home Run Inn are all god tier.

>>3991784
you can fuck off and die.

Portland:
We have everything you could ever think of, and more, but it's usually served by people too cool for you in a shitty part of town for too much money. Welcome to willyburg on the west coast.

>>3994549
i have relatives in cinc, the only reason why i visiting is the chili.

San Antonio
taco shops everywhere
have one good local indian restaurant (indian oven)
generic sushi bars
miss ellies god tier pizza
other than that everything is shit

>>3994739
why i tolerate visiting**

>>3994590
Agreed, home run inn is the shit

Again, it's not really about what food is better

It's an appeal to tradition and a fuck you to everyone else really

>>3991607
>the Chuckbox

Ma nigga, that place is the best. All those restraint around ASU are god tier. In any case though

>be from Denver
> green chile in fucking everything
>I have no problems with that
>Every restraint has a boner for "Colorado proud food"
> luckily we're close enough to some legit cattle ranches
>fucking god-tier beef
>chipotle, noodles and company, and Tokyo joes also started here, so that's cool I guess.


Colorado cuisine is weird, it's like some cross between hipster local vegan new York shit, and then hole in the wall new Mexico stuff. It's good

>>3994764
Every time I see that green chile on everything on the food network or something it makes me hungry as hell. Thankfully the mexican restaurant on the corner by me has awesome green chile. I douse almost everything in it even though I understand it's meant mainly for chicken dishes. I wonder how it would compare to the food in Denver though.

what do canadianbros eat?

I'm thinking whale fat with a side of snow

>live South Texas
>be white
>Mexicans everywhere
>Mexican restaurants everywhere
>locate non-Mexican restaurant
>Mexican owner, host, waiters, chefs, busboys, customers
>gringo wants food? jajaja! we spit in gringo's food! jajaja!

>>3994807
LOL

In Chicago, we've got mexican everything except waiters and cashiers

We need whites/non mexicans for that because they cannot into english

But last weekend when I went to Urbana Champaign I, for the first time ever, saw the only non mexican run McDonalds ever

Didn't stop loling

Also they don't have the McDouble with bacon over there, it costs like an extra dollar

What the fuck sothernfags get your shit together

>>3994811
....I just thought about this, but I live in Texas and I don't know of a single lunch/dinner menu item from McD's that has bacon. Only breakfast...

>>3994829
mfw

Bump for the east coast lobster eaters

>>3994811
I've seen two McDonald's with white employees in my entire life. Hot, fresh food with good service.

The rest are niggers and they suck.

Go figure!

>>3995584
Until like 5 years ago all the McDonalds in western canada were staffed by white teenagers. Then they were replaced by Filipinos with bachelors degrees, and the service stayed quite decent.

>>3995685
>Then they were replaced by Filipinos with bachelors degrees
Really? I didn't know there were lots of FIlipinos in W. Canada.

I was in Edmonton a few years ago and saw a few stores, including high end jewelers, with signs saying their hours were reduced due to lack of employees.

Weren't they paying flunkies $15/hr at McDonald's too?

>>3991407
>>3991375

ITT: Butthurt southerners.

>>3995690
>Edmonton
You mean the place with Chin Kee Chinese restaurant (lulz)?

I guess I'll ask here.

I've lived in the bay area my whole life. what food are we known for? The only thing I've remotely even considered "ours" is mexican food...

>tfw no dish you can claim your city does best and everyone else's dishes are inferior because you grew up in the area

>>3995958
Sourdough, rice a roni and carne asada fries.

>>3995958
I spent some time in SanFrancisco awhile back. The main thing that I remember seeing that was unusual was clam chowder served in a big sourdough bowl.

>>3994785

New Mexico fag here.

Green chile.

Goes.

On.

Everything.

>>3995958
Sour dough bread, served with cheese made from the sweat and smegma of two hairy men making faggoty love to each other.

>>3996189

New orleans here, too much to count. Jambalaya, red beans n rice, fried catfish, po boys, iced tea, lemonade, boiled shrimp, crawfish boils, the list goes on and on

> mfw other places in the world think they got shit on new orleans food