American Food

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Not tried Berger cookies. Sounds like they were good?

My favourite cookie experience over here was in a small town called Hyannis in Massachussets. Wife and I randomly did a food tour there and it was one of the best we've ever done. Last stop was at Kayak Cookies and they were just terrific! I was a bit skeptical to their salty oatmeal raisin cookie because I grew up hating raisins in baked goods (Norwegians tend to put raisins into everything for some effin reason), but these were just delicious. In fact, all their cookies were awesome.

Do you live on the Cape?

 

[Sphinn]

Do you live on the Cape?

No sir, central Arkansas. Far away from anything cape like these days!

Kind of a fluke that we ended up in Hyannis really. Wife and I went on a roadtrip through NH, Maine, Mass and Rhode Island. Stayed at an AirBnB on the Cape, run by an older couple. If I remember right he was British.

 

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No sir, central Arkansas. Far away from anything cape like these days!

Kind of a fluke that we ended up in Hyannis really. Wife and I went on a roadtrip through NH, Maine, Mass and Rhode Island. Stayed at an AirBnB on the Cape, run by an older couple. If I remember right he was British.

Nice one. Sounds like a great trip!
Wife and I are considering retiring to the Cape…albeit in 20 years?

 

[carolinablue232]

I'm actually not a huge gumbo fan. Flavor is nice, but I'm not an okra fan unless it is fried well beyond even a hint of slime.

Pickled okra is pretty good as well if you haven’t tried it. Most people I know wouldn’t touch the stuff if I didn’t tell them it as worth a go, but they usually like it when they give it a chance.

 

[Sphinn]

Nice one. Sounds like a great trip!
Wife and I are considering retiring to the Cape…albeit in 20 years?

It was great! I really liked Maine, especially the countryside. Very pretty. The Cape and Martha's Vinyard was nice, but the downside of the US for me is that costs a bloody fortune to buy properties by the ocean. In Norway they can be surprisingly cheap, so we're probably jumping back across the pond when the time comes. I'm not sure I can handle living landlocked for too much longer.

Where are you located now, if you don't mind me asking?

 

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It was great! I really liked Maine, especially the countryside. Very pretty. The Cape and Martha's Vinyard was nice, but the downside of the US for me is that costs a bloody fortune to buy properties by the ocean. In Norway they can be surprisingly cheap, so we're probably jumping back across the pond when the time comes. I'm not sure I can handle living landlocked for too much longer.

Where are you located now, if you don't mind me asking?

Depends where you’re looking regarding oceanfront property. Boston area is typically very expensive.
I grew up on Long Island, New York but now am living in the mid-Atlantic swampland (just outside of DC)

 

[davmaher]

Pretty forceful in his love of puddings. lol

He's certainly got the look of a man who's had his share of spotted dick.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

What fresh Hell is this ?

The mess… the impracticality…

 

[Sphinn]

Pretty forceful in his love of puddings. lol

That just became my favourite advertisement ever. And apparently there are more ads in the same vein. Surreal.

I want to be a puddingtender!

 

[SerenityNigh]

Uh, Arkansas and white gravy? When the hell did gravy become a side?

My family is a mix of hogs, coon asses and one viking, and sides are usually baked beans with bacon (like sugary as all getout baked beans), potato salad and deviled eggs. Salad is available because someone is always dieting. Turkey with dressing (!) and/or ham is usualy the main course though we've had non-traditonal stuff like Mexican food and fried catfish. I tried to imprint on these heathens that Thanksgiving and Christmas food should be special food that's not eaten every dang day of the year, but it's a lost cause. Fried catfish? It's good, but hell, you can eat that anywhere every day. Don't even get me started on the Mexican food.

aint nothing wrong with any of that. As long as it is today, it’s a good day for fried catfish. Although good Cajuns prefer it in fridays.

 

[Sphinn]

aint nothing wrong with any of that. As long as it is today, it’s a good day for fried catfish. Although good Cajuns prefer it in fridays.

I don't mind catfish fridays now, but for TG or Christmas? Nah, I'll stick to my Norwegian once in a year dishes so I have something special to get excited about

Back to American Food again, if anyone is driving up or down I-75 through Georgia you need to make sure you plan your food stop in Adel, GA. For such a small place there is a number of excellent mom & pop restaurants there. The Parrish House (also called The White House, for obvious reasons), Sweet T's Smokehouse, Impire, The Crab Shack, B&T Soul Food... southern food and desserts made the way your grandma (or someone's grandma anyways) makes it. I was lucky enough to work at a site nearby on and off for several years and totally fell in love with both the food and the people there. And I brought back about 25 pounds of it too! lol

 

[verreauxi]

Nice one. Sounds like a great trip!
Wife and I are considering retiring to the Cape…albeit in 20 years?

I lived in Falmouth for about 7 years while I worked at WHOI and also while I commuted BU (and had an apartment in Boston). Absolutely a wonderful place but the flux in population from 30K to 90K each summer (in Falmouth alone) was pretty daunting. As a local, you get to know the backroads to get around town, which places to avoid in the summer, ferry schedules, the fabled "bridge traffic", etc. But a seriously lovely place!

 

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I lived in Falmouth for about 7 years while I worked at WHOI and also while I commuted BU (and had an apartment in Boston). Absolutely a wonderful place but the flux in population from 30K to 90K each summer (in Falmouth alone) was pretty daunting. As a local, you get to know the backroads to get around town, which places to avoid in the summer, ferry schedules, the fabled "bridge traffic", etc. But a seriously lovely place!

One of the things I really liked about the Cape where we stayed (Dennis) was the nighttime sky. Very little pollution so the stars were endless

 

[navidson]

Having a bit of a New York evening on Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary - It's a place i've always been incredibly fond of (visited for the first time in 1999) and was there 5 years ago for my partners 40th

Looking for suggestions as to what food best represents the city as going to put a together a little platter of things - Thought about making some Reuben's (visited the now gone Carnegie Deli when were last there) but struggling to think of what else

 

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Having a bit of a New York evening on Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary - It's a place i've always been incredibly fond of (visited for the first time in 1999) and was there 5 years ago for my partners 40th

Looking for suggestions as to what food best represents the city as going to put a together a little platter of things - Thought about making some Reuben's (visited the now gone Carnegie Deli when were last there) but struggling to think of what else

That’s a great idea!
Maybe some of the classic New York pretzels and some Manhattan clam chowder.
Cheesecake and black and white cookies for dessert.
When I go back to NY to visit my parents, my first two stops for food are the bagel place and my favorite pizza place for Grandma slices and Sicilian slices.
Can’t find anything like it down here