We don't have all that much. I suppose the best resturant around is a small sushi place on our Main Street. They're pretty good. Other than that, its all chains.
I LOVED Alaskan Gold beer, that I drank in Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway. Do they send it to the lower 48 at all?
(Of course, the Europeans would think it was pond water, like all American beer. )
Don't know. I live in South Central Alaska (Kenai Peninsula)--BIG state.
But if we get on beer, my favorite comes from the Homer Brewery, which does NOT ship Outside (ie, the lower 48 ). And ain't no one gonna call it water.
Are there any delicacies or "just plain tasty" foods peculiar to the place you live?
Take poutine, the (debatably) Québecois artery-clogger of French fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds. Delicious and disgusting all at once.
Beaver tails are great, too... sweet, crispy, paddle-shaped slabs of fried batter that make a great outdoor snack.
We have Indian Fry Bread.....so delicious. It's NOT bread. It's a puffy, flat, round of flour, that when fried does not become crisp, but has a somewhat bread-like, chewy texture.
You can put frijoles (refried beans) and stuff on it, and eat it as a meal.
Or you can put powdered sugar or honey on it, and eat it as a dessert.
I give the recipe to my students and they can make fry bread at home for bonus points. They have the best time cooking this with their friends. Often, their entire family gets addicted to home-made Indian Fry Bread. I get lots of cool notes from parents about how much they all enjoyed this extra-credit assignment.
We have chicken marinated in citrus juices (mostly orange, I think), then flame-grilled. Extremely yummy, and healthful (unlike the fry bread, which I'm afraid might be cooked (on the reservations) in - eek! - lard )
Then we have a crispy thing called a 'bunuelo' - a round of flour dough rolled thin, fried golden and crispy, sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar. Very sinful. I loved these when I was a kid. Yummmmmm!
My mother was born in Tübingen and grew up in Stuttgart. I lived there for a couple of years when I was a baby, but I no longer speak a lot of German and I don't write it at all. I did grow up with my mothers Schwabische cooking though. Yum!
As for treats during my visits in Stuttgart, I believe that the large warm pretzels that they sell from on-street vendors downtown are the best. I know that these are not purely local - some other cities sell such pretzels (New York, e.g.), but they are just not the same as the ones in Stuttgart.
I just poured myself a beer into my 'Plochinger Waldhornbräu' mug (smuggled out from a tent in the Bad Cannstatt Folksfest - sorry) and am remembering....
My mother was born in Tübingen and grew up in Stuttgart. I lived there for a couple of years when I was a baby, but I no longer speak a lot of German and I don't write it at all. I did grow up with my mothers Schwabische cooking though. Yum!
As for treats during my visits in Stuttgart, I believe that the large warm pretzels that they sell from on-street vendors downtown are the best. I know that these are not purely local - some other cities sell such pretzels (New York, e.g.), but they are just not the same as the ones in Stuttgart.
I just poured myself a beer into my 'Plochinger Waldhornbräu' mug (smuggled out from a tent in the Bad Cannstatt Folksfest - sorry) and am remembering....
this isnt necessarily local specific, but there is this BBQ place where I was born that has what are best described as onion rings in a doughnut. So delicious.
In philly there is the cheese steak, which isnt really a treat.
Yes, but a lot more too. My grandmother. My grandfather. (Both now dead - God rest them.) An October walk through the vineyards that reach up the hills around Stuttgart. Being a little boy living in Canada and in the U.S. who wore lederhosen and whose mother served food that none of the other kids ate.... Attending the Bad Canstatt Folksfest just a few days after my Grandmother died because my Uncle said that was her favourite thing: he pointed to women dancing on the tables - I am not talking nude table dancing here, just drunken, high-kicking, arm in arm dancing with friends - and him saying "That was your Grandmother when she was young...."
Yes, but a lot more too. My grandmother. My grandfather. (Both now dead - God rest them.) An October walk through the vineyards that reach up the hills around Stuttgart. Being a little boy living in Canada and in the U.S. who wore lederhosen and whose mother served food that none of the other kids ate.... Attending the Bad Canstatt Folksfest just a few days after my Grandmother died because my Uncle said that was her favourite thing: he pointed to women dancing on the tables - I am not talking nude table dancing here, just drunken, high-kicking, arm in arm dancing with friends - and him saying "That was your Grandmother when she was young...."
Whoopie pies are probably the best thing that people from not around here seem to like a lot.
Good's chips are also a favorite around here, which I don't think you can get other places unless you order them. Everyone seems to love http://www.goodschips.com/ so maybe you will.
Last, I know it isn't a local thing really but wilbur chocolate and Hershey chocolate foods or whatever their businessy name are within an hour of here, so it's never hard to get free chocolate just go on the hershey tour a couple of times and get free chocolate bar at the end of each.
When i visit Guadalajara i gourge myself at a place called "Lonches del Gema". Its this simple sub sandwhich with bacon, tomato, and a thick slab of cheese. That itself is easy to duplicate. BUT. It comes with this rich tomato sauce, and i swear i would kill for the recipe to that sauce.
Double thumbs up for my adopted home's ice cream treat!
For where I grew up, Alabama pork barbeque, slow cooked and served with a vinegar based sauce, white hamburger buns, vinegary cole slaw, and hush puppies... mmmmmmmmmm....wash it down with a co'cola, ya'll!
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Originally posted by drewprops
Hey!
Waffle House hash browns scattered & smothered
Smothered with what????
Originally posted by Carol A
I LOVED Alaskan Gold beer, that I drank in Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway. Do they send it to the lower 48 at all?
(Of course, the Europeans would think it was pond water, like all American beer.
Don't know. I live in South Central Alaska (Kenai Peninsula)--BIG state.
But if we get on beer, my favorite comes from the Homer Brewery, which does NOT ship Outside (ie, the lower 48 ). And ain't no one gonna call it water.
Now that I'm in Michigan I'll say some good local brews.
Originally posted by Daver
Are there any delicacies or "just plain tasty" foods peculiar to the place you live?
Take poutine, the (debatably) Québecois artery-clogger of French fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds. Delicious and disgusting all at once.
Beaver tails are great, too... sweet, crispy, paddle-shaped slabs of fried batter that make a great outdoor snack.
We have Indian Fry Bread.....so delicious. It's NOT bread. It's a puffy, flat, round of flour, that when fried does not become crisp, but has a somewhat bread-like, chewy texture.
You can put frijoles (refried beans) and stuff on it, and eat it as a meal.
Or you can put powdered sugar or honey on it, and eat it as a dessert.
I give the recipe to my students and they can make fry bread at home for bonus points. They have the best time cooking this with their friends. Often, their entire family gets addicted to home-made Indian Fry Bread. I get lots of cool notes from parents about how much they all enjoyed this extra-credit assignment.
We have chicken marinated in citrus juices (mostly orange, I think), then flame-grilled. Extremely yummy, and healthful (unlike the fry bread, which I'm afraid might be cooked (on the reservations) in - eek! - lard
Then we have a crispy thing called a 'bunuelo' - a round of flour dough rolled thin, fried golden and crispy, sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar. Very sinful. I loved these when I was a kid. Yummmmmm!
Originally posted by Scott
If I still lived in Chicago I could say Chicago Style Dogs and Deep Dish Pizza.
And what do they cook in Mt. Carmel..?
Originally posted by GSpotter
Maultaschen (Swabian Pockets)
My mother was born in Tübingen and grew up in Stuttgart. I lived there for a couple of years when I was a baby, but I no longer speak a lot of German and I don't write it at all. I did grow up with my mothers Schwabische cooking though. Yum!
As for treats during my visits in Stuttgart, I believe that the large warm pretzels that they sell from on-street vendors downtown are the best. I know that these are not purely local - some other cities sell such pretzels (New York, e.g.), but they are just not the same as the ones in Stuttgart.
I just poured myself a beer into my 'Plochinger Waldhornbräu' mug (smuggled out from a tent in the Bad Cannstatt Folksfest - sorry) and am remembering....
Originally posted by Chinney
My mother was born in Tübingen and grew up in Stuttgart. I lived there for a couple of years when I was a baby, but I no longer speak a lot of German and I don't write it at all. I did grow up with my mothers Schwabische cooking though. Yum!
As for treats during my visits in Stuttgart, I believe that the large warm pretzels that they sell from on-street vendors downtown are the best. I know that these are not purely local - some other cities sell such pretzels (New York, e.g.), but they are just not the same as the ones in Stuttgart.
I just poured myself a beer into my 'Plochinger Waldhornbräu' mug (smuggled out from a tent in the Bad Cannstatt Folksfest - sorry) and am remembering....
WHAT are you remembering? The pretzels?
Originally posted by Giaguara
And what do they cook in Mt. Carmel..?
I don't know I've never been there.
In philly there is the cheese steak, which isnt really a treat.
Originally posted by Carol A
WHAT are you remembering? The pretzels?
Yes, but a lot more too. My grandmother. My grandfather. (Both now dead - God rest them.) An October walk through the vineyards that reach up the hills around Stuttgart. Being a little boy living in Canada and in the U.S. who wore lederhosen and whose mother served food that none of the other kids ate.... Attending the Bad Canstatt Folksfest just a few days after my Grandmother died because my Uncle said that was her favourite thing: he pointed to women dancing on the tables - I am not talking nude table dancing here, just drunken, high-kicking, arm in arm dancing with friends - and him saying "That was your Grandmother when she was young...."
And much more besides.
I love your story
Fellows
Originally posted by FellowshipChurch iBook
Hugs Chinney!
I love your story
Fellows
Originally posted by Chinney
Yes, but a lot more too. My grandmother. My grandfather. (Both now dead - God rest them.) An October walk through the vineyards that reach up the hills around Stuttgart. Being a little boy living in Canada and in the U.S. who wore lederhosen and whose mother served food that none of the other kids ate.... Attending the Bad Canstatt Folksfest just a few days after my Grandmother died because my Uncle said that was her favourite thing: he pointed to women dancing on the tables - I am not talking nude table dancing here, just drunken, high-kicking, arm in arm dancing with friends - and him saying "That was your Grandmother when she was young...."
And much more besides.
Your story is very touching, Chinney.
Whoopie pies are probably the best thing that people from not around here seem to like a lot.
Good's chips are also a favorite around here, which I don't think you can get other places unless you order them. Everyone seems to love http://www.goodschips.com/ so maybe you will.
Last, I know it isn't a local thing really but wilbur chocolate and Hershey chocolate foods or whatever their businessy name are within an hour of here, so it's never hard to get free chocolate just go on the hershey tour a couple of times and get free chocolate bar at the end of each.
Originally posted by Eugene
It's Its!
Double thumbs up for my adopted home's ice cream treat!
For where I grew up, Alabama pork barbeque, slow cooked and served with a vinegar based sauce, white hamburger buns, vinegary cole slaw, and hush puppies... mmmmmmmmmm....wash it down with a co'cola, ya'll!
Originally posted by Carol A
WHAT are you remembering? The pretzels?
They are another local treat. In Germany Pretzels are called Brezel. A good swabian Laugenbrezel looks like this:
A friend who moved recently to northern germany already mentioned that he misses the Laugenbrezeln.
Originally posted by Chinney
I did grow up with my mothers Schwabische cooking though. Yum!
You mean things like Zwiebelrostbraten, Spätzle, Bubenspitzle (Schupfnudeln) etc. ?