zztop11
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Post by zztop11 on Feb 25, 2022 14:52:25 GMT
Was reading the thread on how people make their tuna fish and one person mentioned putting Dukes mayo is theirs. I can't get Dukes mayo in Minneapolis. (Moved here 2-1/2 yr. ago) from the east coast. I miss it  It's the best mayonnaise. I've been back to Balto. and could bring some back in my suitcase but. . . What do you miss where you live? |
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smartypants71
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Post by smartypants71 on Feb 25, 2022 14:58:19 GMT
Beignets and king cake. We can get these things here, but it's just not the same.
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lesley
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Post by lesley on Feb 25, 2022 15:00:04 GMT
Lindt white chocolate with coconut. As far as I know, it has never been available in the UK. I used to buy it decades ago in Europe, where it was known as Copaya. I buy a few bars every time I visit the US, and DS’s GF brings me some every time she comes to visit. In fact, she is this week's favourite child, because she arrived yesterday with four bars, as well as a large bag of coconut clusters from Costco, that are a bit like crack cocaine to me! 😄
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Post by peano on Feb 25, 2022 15:36:25 GMT
These are not foods I would eat on the regular, but once in a while, I get a craving for them:
hush puppies
chicken fried steak
pecan divinity
good Southern biscuits--they sure can fuck up a biscuit here in New England
what I call cafeteria green beans--canned green beans with bacon cooked to mush--salty goodness and a comfort food
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Post by quinlove on Feb 25, 2022 15:41:16 GMT
Fried lake perch and walleye fish. Growing up in Michigan, these were a Friday night standard. So good and fresh. Whenever I go back home, I eat it as much as possible.
eta ~ it’s been a couple of years (COVID) since I’ve been back to Michigan. We actually called it peckerel ! If they knew that I had catfish here ~ they would flip their lid. Never would we eat catfish in Michigan growing up. Never.
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Post by ~summer~ on Feb 25, 2022 16:05:34 GMT
It’s not necessary a “favorite” food but I had fried cheese curds in Madison, Wisconsin and in Chicago and they were so good. I’m not aware of any place that serves them around here. Yummy.
All my normal favorite food (good tacos, sushi, Ethiopian etc) is in plenty supply near me.
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Post by PLurker on Feb 25, 2022 16:19:00 GMT
These are not foods I would eat on the regular, but once in a while, I get a craving for them: hush puppies chicken fried steak pecan divinity good Southern biscuits--they sure can fuck up a biscuit here in New England what I call cafeteria green beans--canned green beans with bacon cooked to mush--salty goodness and a comfort food Your cafeteria beans are what we call "Grandma" beans. When we'd visit my grandma in Missouri she would start these in the thermowell of her Chambers stove after making breakfast biscuits. They were her canned green beans with added bacon and onion, simmered hours in that thermowell until we ate dinner. Sooooo good. And I would wake up already smelling them so a lot of anticipation was involved. We still make them at holidays but it's not the same without Grandma's canned beans and Grandma. I remember saving and savoring the last of her green bean quarts she gave me before her passing. Yum. |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 25, 2022 16:24:05 GMT
Beignets and king cake. We can get these things here, but it's just not the same.  There used to be a place on Westheimer near the high school that had really good ones. Had some Moeller's king cake last night. Good but not the same IMO. May need to go to Brennan's soon. Surely they can make them right? For us it is fried catfish done the MS/LA way, with the filets cut really thing and a crunchy cornmeal batter. So good! Here it's all thicker cuts with a heavier batter. |
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Feb 25, 2022 16:25:05 GMT
Schar Delishios - it’s a gluten free malted milk ball. I have not been able to find these in the US or any place I can order them from. I miss malt balls!
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Post by ntsf on Feb 25, 2022 17:43:40 GMT
farman's pickles. I bring some back from seattle when I come home
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Post by GamGam on Feb 25, 2022 18:01:44 GMT
These are not foods I would eat on the regular, but once in a while, I get a craving for them: pecan divinity YES!! I haven’t had this since childhood (ages ago). My Mom and Aunt used to get together once a year and make candy, and this was my favorite. Good stuff, indeed. |
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naby64
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Post by naby64 on Feb 25, 2022 18:05:02 GMT
Boliche, Cuban bread, the perfect fried plantains...
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Post by jcm28 on Feb 25, 2022 18:05:41 GMT
Jimmy Dean Turkey crumbles. Premium saltine crackers. Biscuits in the can.
Janet
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Post by ~Tracy~ on Feb 25, 2022 18:32:46 GMT
Was reading the thread on how people make their tuna fish and one person mentioned putting Dukes mayo is theirs. I can't get Dukes mayo in Minneapolis. (Moved here 2-1/2 yr. ago) from the east coast. I miss it  It's the best mayonnaise. I've been back to Balto. and could bring some back in my suitcase but. . . What do you miss where you live? If you place an order at Walmart, you can have it shipped to you for free (with total purchase of $35)...light, sugar free and/or regular! |
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Post by littlemama on Feb 25, 2022 18:34:55 GMT
Was reading the thread on how people make their tuna fish and one person mentioned putting Dukes mayo is theirs. I can't get Dukes mayo in Minneapolis. (Moved here 2-1/2 yr. ago) from the east coast. I miss it It's the best mayonnaise. I've been back to Balto. and could bring some back in my suitcase but. . . What do you miss where you live? I have just started seeing Duke's in Michigan recently, so dont give uo hope! |
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Post by voltagain on Feb 25, 2022 18:43:26 GMT
manapua, mochi, malasadas, poi, saloon pilot crackers. sigh... I miss Hawaii.
From Italy I miss fresh mozzarella and true parmesan
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ddly
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Post by ddly on Feb 25, 2022 19:09:05 GMT
We’ll, not me, but my cat can’t find any Fancy Feast gravy lovers! 😹
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Feb 25, 2022 19:09:42 GMT
Beignets and king cake. We can get these things here, but it's just not the same.  There used to be a place on Westheimer near the high school that had really good ones. Had some Moeller's king cake last night. Good but not the same IMO. May need to go to Brennan's soon. Surely they can make them right? For us it is fried catfish done the MS/LA way, with the filets cut really thing and a crunchy cornmeal batter. So good! Here it's all thicker cuts with a heavier batter. I just have to say that if you are going to Brennan's the only acceptable dessert, in my opinion, is banana's foster, and I will declare that my hard to get food. There is a restaurant we go to occasionally that serves it, but they seem to run out. We have a local restaurant that can compete with the best of the New Orleans king cakes, so even though you can go to the grocery store - or local drug stores - and get a "real" New Orleans King Cake, I like the fresher local choice better. |
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Post by ntsf on Feb 25, 2022 19:21:09 GMT
when I go into a grocery on whidbey island, washington.. I see pilot crackers. we used to take these backpacking in the good old days.. (1970's)
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Feb 25, 2022 19:39:30 GMT
lesley When my great-grandmother died, my mom's cousin came in from Switzerland for the funeral. She thought she was being nice, and brought all sorts of Lindt chocolate for everyone. Then she went to CVS for something she forgot and saw so much of it and felt very foolish. 
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Post by Basket1lady on Feb 25, 2022 19:41:50 GMT
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 25, 2022 20:38:42 GMT
Chipped chopped ham. It's a Pittsburgh thing.  |
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 25, 2022 20:44:21 GMT
Cottage cheese with pineapple, mince pie, olive loaf to name 3 I can get in Pennsylvania and not in Virginia.
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Post by cropduster on Feb 25, 2022 20:48:26 GMT
Got Duke’s from Walmart a few times, then they stopped selling it all of a sudden at my local Walmart. Luckily I can still get it at a locally owned grocery store. So good!
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 25, 2022 23:09:53 GMT
It’s not necessary a “favorite” food but I had fried cheese curds in Madison, Wisconsin and in Chicago and they were so good. I’m not aware of any place that serves them around here. Yummy. Surprisingly, some A&W's restaurants sell fried cheese curds. I'm pretty sure they did use local places. |
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Post by waffles on Feb 25, 2022 23:31:49 GMT
We just got back from Freddy’s and they have cheese curds.
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Post by lucyg on Feb 26, 2022 0:16:11 GMT
CHEESE CURDS. Fresh ones.
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janeinbama
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Post by janeinbama on Feb 26, 2022 0:27:01 GMT
These are not foods I would eat on the regular, but once in a while, I get a craving for them: pecan divinity YES!! I haven’t had this since childhood (ages ago). My Mom and Aunt used to get together once a year and make candy, and this was my favorite. Good stuff, indeed. I learned to make Divinity with my late MIL and I still make it every year. I share with neighbors and friends. Every year we gift to someone new and they comment on how they haven't had Divinity since their Mother, Grandmother etc made it. It makes their holiday and mine too. |
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Post by leannec on Feb 26, 2022 1:18:54 GMT
You will think mine is dumb but I can't get unsweetened iced tea at places like McDonald's here in Canada ... it sucks! That is the first place I would hit when I crossed the border because I love it so much!  The only place I can find it here is at Starbucks and I have to state "No water, no sweetener" ... and it costs A LOT more than a McDonald's iced tea  Here in Canada, iced tea is always sweet  |
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Post by peano on Feb 26, 2022 1:26:06 GMT
YES!! I haven’t had this since childhood (ages ago). My Mom and Aunt used to get together once a year and make candy, and this was my favorite. Good stuff, indeed. I learned to make Divinity with my late MIL and I still make it every year. I share with neighbors and friends. Every year we gift to someone new and they comment on how they haven't had Divinity since their Mother, Grandmother etc made it. It makes their holiday and mine too. I must be candy-impaired because I've tried to make it a couple of times at the holidays and both times it was a total fail. Weather conditions were perfect, new candy thermometer. Definitely operator error. |
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It's the best mayonnaise. I've been back to Balto. and could bring some back in my suitcase but. . . What do you miss where you live?
There used to be a place on Westheimer near the high school that had really good ones. Had some Moeller's king cake last night. Good but not the same IMO. May need to go to Brennan's soon. Surely they can make them right?
It's the best mayonnaise. I've been back to Balto. and could bring some back in my suitcase but. . . What do you miss where you live?
There used to be a place on Westheimer near the high school that had really good ones. Had some Moeller's king cake last night. Good but not the same IMO. May need to go to Brennan's soon. Surely they can make them right?
It's the best mayonnaise. I've been back to Balto. and could bring some back in my suitcase but. . . What do you miss where you live?
