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Title: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 19, 2013, 06:41:24 AM
when the wind blows hard on a cold winter's day:

(http://travel.chosun.com/img/mz_img/0905_3_img1.jpg)

that's budae jjigae that solemn looking grandma, who is said to be the original originator of said jjigae, is making.


what about you? what are your favorite hometown winter foods?



Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: onawhim on November 19, 2013, 08:30:06 AM
Beavertails  :D
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 19, 2013, 11:28:13 AM
Beavertails  :D
the animal kind or the pastry kind?

never had (or heard of) either one, but both look intriguing:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p2KBOvslAdE/USKKoGM4pwI/AAAAAAAARmo/odYqdymOau8/s400/3b+beaver+tail.JPG)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1-RL5laVxJ8/TKkz71NmQII/AAAAAAAAEFE/W_cjpVc_qT0/s640/Stacked+Beaver+Tails.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: onawhim on November 19, 2013, 11:52:14 AM
Pastry.  I grew up in Ottawa. 

(http://www.w2d.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20110320-ottawa-rideau-canal-winterlude-beaver-tails.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: monster2 on November 19, 2013, 11:54:41 AM
Garbage plates...

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Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: wherestheportojohn on November 19, 2013, 12:02:44 PM
I live in my hometown, so have all access all the time.

Cheese curds, deep fried.
Brats, grilled.
Friday fishfry, fried walleye.

I enjoy the local walleye on a regular basis.
The other two I will allow myself only once per football season....that's it. 
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: monster2 on November 19, 2013, 01:09:49 PM
Deep fried cheese curds are not a hometown food, in fact I have not seen them anywhere aside from a renaissance festival but I will fight you for them!!!

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Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: nadra24 on November 19, 2013, 01:31:41 PM
I'd kill for an It's-It right about now.

(http://www.itsiticecream.com/images/logo.gif)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: Run Amok on November 19, 2013, 01:48:16 PM
I'm trying to think. Seattle is an area that doesn't have a lot of deep history of its own. But, I think I'm going with the ubiquitous bowl of pho:

(http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pho.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: caribougrrl on November 19, 2013, 02:00:48 PM
what I miss about southern Ontario is the length of the corn on the cob season... and wild black raspberries

sometimes I crave the idea of my grandmother's hamburger soup, but it's not as good as I like to remember it

as far as Newfoundland food goes, I get inexplicable cravings for chips, dressing & gravy... also fish cakes, but that's not inexplicable and I might just make some soon now that I think about it.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: Clementine on November 19, 2013, 02:34:55 PM
what I miss about southern Ontario is the length of the corn on the cob season... and wild black raspberries

Oh man, this. We used to have black raspberries in our backyard in Massachusetts and they were so good. I don't understand why you can't get them in the store. Red raspberries and blackberries, sure. Black raspberries, never seen 'em. Can they not grow/harvest black raspberries just like other berries? It's so weird.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: onawhim on November 19, 2013, 02:49:40 PM
Yes on black raspberries.  My mom still has them on her farm.  Also really good Macintosh apples fresh from the tree.   
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: Natasha on November 19, 2013, 03:05:54 PM
Interesting question. My hometown didn't have anything really distinctive, and we hardly ever went out to eat anyway. But I remember going to the store for a Dr. Pepper. The old lady across the street made the best pinto beans and cornbread ever. And my favorite meal at home was chicken and rice casserole, with a bunch of melted cheese on top.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: radial on November 19, 2013, 03:48:38 PM
Chili half smoke from this place.

(http://ronemymajicdc.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/bens-chili-bowl.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 19, 2013, 04:10:11 PM
to me, hometown foods = foods that remind you of home, wherever that may be, even without a long and storied history or distinctiveness.

which is to say: excellent examples, Natasha and Run Amok.


(http://www.w2d.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20110320-ottawa-rideau-canal-winterlude-beaver-tails.jpg)
nice.

a question: is it not unusual for Ottawanians to wander about the city wearing skates, as shown in this picture, during the winter months?


eta: I also did not know about wild black raspberries that are different from blackberries in that the first are hollow inside, whereas the second aren't.

nature, thou art wondrous indeed.













Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: onawhim on November 19, 2013, 05:04:41 PM
mango, the canal that runs through the city freezes and is the world's longest skating rink.  So it is common to skate around and get beavertails or maple syrup taffy or whatever.  Some of my friends who work downtown can skate to work  :)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5138/5421480608_7bdf95c436_z.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: wherestheportojohn on November 19, 2013, 05:13:54 PM
mango, the canal that runs through the city freezes and is the world's longest skating rink.  So it is common to skate around and get beavertails or maple syrup taffy or whatever.  Some of my friends who work downtown can skate to work  :)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5138/5421480608_7bdf95c436_z.jpg)


Swoon!
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: witchypoo on November 19, 2013, 05:57:29 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Poutine.JPG)

(http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/12/21/mailhots_cretons_pork_turkey-9de75c1d31795609827c3434200f00614c46dac2-s6-c30.jpg)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aE9aXAuLdI8/TqCq80grRXI/AAAAAAAAD8o/Tl1GKUyexro/s1600/OTH+041.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: witchypoo on November 19, 2013, 06:12:08 PM
oh, and

(http://beanpieandbaking.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/fluffernutter1.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 19, 2013, 09:51:58 PM
onawhim, that's so cool!  I had no idea.

For me it would be raspberries as well (the backyard was filled with them): we'd gather tons and take them to our next door neighbor who would make 2 pies, one for us.   :heartbeat:
my grandmother's potato kugel, eaten with sour cream with my beloved grandfather.  same with matzo brie but I make it all the time.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: Ice Cream on November 20, 2013, 04:45:24 AM
mussels
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: ihop on November 20, 2013, 10:08:15 AM
I love the frozen canal!  So very cool.

I don't have much to add - except I do crave pizza sometimes.  Big slices with blistered crust that you fold to eat.  Yum! 
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: ihop on November 20, 2013, 10:42:29 AM
I am going to add bagels.  And lox.  And fabulous cheeses.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 20, 2013, 11:10:59 AM
yes, bagels are a big one.  There are no decent bagels in Ashevegas so I learned to make them.  Happily I found a NY Bagel-style shop 20 minutes away in another town recently (Hendersonville), so I'm happy!
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: merigayle on November 20, 2013, 11:35:14 AM
We have TONS of black raspberries on our property, but this year, they were far outnumbered by raspberries (aka wine berries) which were just divine. We probably picked 20+ lbs of them just around our yard! We do have some blackberries, but we did not get as many this year, they ripened oddly this year.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: leggova on November 20, 2013, 10:22:20 PM
Hong Kong Roasted Chestnuts. See these guys around the streets in winter.

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTBeKNGkiBuroTdQezvm_AAEtoteSyeYjkYdzLuDp5ElG_wCqocA)

Sui Mai

(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDtxkq0-zFo030hUJusxXXS8KXxL6IxofuZN0q2MjipKmHg_o-Aw)

The best dish to be found in Hong Kong and maybe the world - Beef Rendang with roti channai

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5sq-Olgxq4U/Tx2OHOmKbNI/AAAAAAAAAnM/MjROdcQKVlM/s640/IMG_1523.JPG)

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgdiW8Y9khjzBu1vwfv03qfeS82b8VfjrCSsrwzfvVJ5c4_IN9)



Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: CheryG on November 20, 2013, 10:26:41 PM
Stewed tomatoes and canned yellow beans.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: caribougrrl on November 21, 2013, 07:03:01 AM
the greek yogurt thread just gave me a craving for a peanut butter and old cheddar cheese sandwich.
Title: hometown foods you crave
Post by: OldBaldHippie on November 22, 2013, 01:03:14 AM
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Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 22, 2013, 04:45:52 AM
Hong Kong Roasted Chestnuts.
we have those too, along with these:

(http://www.junefilm.com.ne.kr/winter4.jpg)

(http://www.gnccweb.org/files/attach/images/53/322/667/b24e2911f91f225035ea0d64617a7d5b.jpg)



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1. what kind of fish are they?

2. how do you eat them -- not as they are, I presume?



Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: caribougrrl on November 22, 2013, 06:38:41 AM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/22/e3urebeg.jpg)

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/22/usy3a8y8.jpg)

I grew up across the border.  We were rarely allowed a can of pop, but when we were, it was Vernor's.  I don't know if you can find it anywhere in Canada other than in the Windsor area.


And perch!!  I live near the ocean and can get all sorts of fresh fish and shellfish, but I do sometimes crave a good feed of pan-fried perch.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: OldBaldHippie on November 22, 2013, 08:51:01 AM
Perch and walleye are my favorites...

Did you ever have a Vernor's float?


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Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: caribougrrl on November 22, 2013, 09:08:18 AM
Did you ever have a Vernor's float?

one in Detroit at a pizza parlour... can't remember the name of the place but it had a player piano in the lobby
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 22, 2013, 07:53:39 PM
Vernor's, how I love you  :heartbeat:
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 23, 2013, 07:59:39 AM
Perch and walleye are my favorites...

and again, I ask (cause I'm not gonna be IGNORED): how do you eat them perch and walleye in your hometown?

 
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: OldBaldHippie on November 23, 2013, 06:25:34 PM

and again, I ask (cause I'm not gonna be IGNORED): how do you eat them perch and walleye in your hometown?

Oh...how do I eat them...filleted and fried...


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Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: GreenMan on November 23, 2013, 06:50:50 PM
My Kansas hometown didn't have a distinctive food, but I really miss the pizza at a little place that went out of business in the '80s. Biscuit-style crust; can't get that most places anymore.

And on my and my sister's birthdays we'd always get a cake from a neighborhood bakery. It had a distinctive taste. Later in life I lived two doors down from the place and could have that cake anytime I wanted. It eventually closed too.  :(
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: merigayle on November 23, 2013, 07:17:48 PM
I have none, is that weird?
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: CheryG on November 24, 2013, 02:08:22 AM
Aren't those yellow perch?  We never ate the yellow perch, only white perch.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 24, 2013, 06:57:09 AM
...filleted and fried...
ah yes, fried, of course: as water meets fire, fish become art.

(which, trust me, sounds way better when said in Korean)

speaking of… back in my hometown, fish are more commonly grilled, like this:

(http://monthly.chosun.com/upload/0512/0512_330_1.jpg)

which are then served like this:

(http://monthly.chosun.com/upload/0512/0512_330.jpg)

sigh...
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 24, 2013, 08:14:09 AM
We went to a Korean restaurant last night.  So delicious!
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: OldBaldHippie on November 24, 2013, 12:15:07 PM

Aren't those yellow perch?  We never ate the yellow perch, only white perch.

Yellow perch...I had to google white perch, which isn't a true perch...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_perch




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Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 24, 2013, 03:11:45 PM
We went to a Korean restaurant last night.  So delicious!

and what did you have?

you can no more say So delicious! and not say what you ate than OBH can post a picture of slaughtered fish and not say how he eats 'em.

I shan't allow that in my thread.


… white perch, which isn't a true perch...

[the more you know]

and Moronidae is a cool name for a fish -- much cooler, IMO, than Perch.


Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: CheryG on November 24, 2013, 03:13:50 PM
Yellow perch...I had to google white perch, which isn't a true perch...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_perch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_perch)

I did some googling too and found that in Maine the yellow perch tend to be wormy and off-tasting in the summer, which is why they're not eaten. 

I miss fishing in ME.  We always caught tons of fish.  Here in VT, no.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 24, 2013, 10:49:44 PM
:)

I ate a tofu stonebowl.  I don't know the Korean name for this, sorry.  I like spicy food so in addition to the sauce I mixed in, they brought me a small bit of sauce with habañeros.  It hurt.  The little dishes of veggies were delicious, with the kimchee and picked daikon radish being my favorite.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 25, 2013, 05:10:56 AM
I ate a tofu stonebowl.
ah, that.

(I don't know the name for it either, because I still can't tell what it was that you ate  :D)

no matter, another tofu in a stone bowl I like:

(http://food.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2013/08/26/2013082602601_3.jpg)

Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 25, 2013, 10:16:10 PM
I was afraid of that!  :)  There are many items on the menu translated from Korea but this isn't one of them:
http://www.urbanspoon.com/cities/82-asheville/restaurants/1644824-stone-bowl-korean-restaurant/menu (http://www.urbanspoon.com/cities/82-asheville/restaurants/1644824-stone-bowl-korean-restaurant/menu)

(see thumbnails below)

It's a sizzling stone bowl with rice, tons of thinly sliced vegetables and tofu and it continues to cook on the hot pot while you're eating.  They have red sauce at the table to be mixed in, it's just a bit spicy but very flavorful.  And they bring out many little bowls of picked and sweet vegetables (e.g., pickled kimchee, pickled daikon).  I like to mix them in to make the food more flavorful and the textures more interesting, no idea if that's supposed to be done.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 26, 2013, 05:27:10 AM
It's a sizzling stone bowl with rice, tons of thinly sliced vegetables and tofu and it continues to cook on the hot pot while you're eating.
 
(http://www.gardenkoreancuisine.com/images/bibimbap.jpg)

Quote from: diablita
They have red sauce at the table to be mixed in, it's just a bit spicy but very flavorful.
aka gochujang sauce

Quote from: diablita
And they bring out many little bowls of picked and sweet vegetables (e.g., pickled kimchee, pickled daikon).
aka banchan

Quote from: diablita
I like to mix them in to make the food more flavorful and the textures more interesting, no idea if that's supposed to be done.
of course it is; that is the very definition of bibimbop (which is what you had in a stone bowl) -- you put everything in a bowl, and mix it all up.

indeed, bibim= mixing, and bop=rice.

anyway, thank you for elaborating further; with that piece of my curiosity satisfied, I now feel more at peace.

Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 26, 2013, 10:01:30 PM
:)

It's delicious.  I've heard of bim bim bop but had no idea I was eating it.  The problem is that I always reach the crisp rice at the bottom when I'm full, but how can you not eat the best part???

They also serve vegetable pancakes that are very delicious.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 27, 2013, 04:14:32 AM
I've heard of bim bim bop but had no idea I was eating it.

hee.

dolsot (dol=stone; sot=pot) bibimbop is what you must have had.

Quote from: diablita
They also serve vegetable pancakes that are very delicious.

lest I abuse your kindness, I shall not inquire about this any further.

(but please feel free to tell me more if and when the spirit moves you)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: witchypoo on November 27, 2013, 09:02:14 AM
bibimbap is one of my most favoritest foods in the whole world. 
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: onawhim on November 27, 2013, 10:03:27 AM
bibimbap is one of my most favoritest foods in the whole world. 

1.  I live in a Korean part of town.  Such great food  :drooling-5:
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 27, 2013, 10:14:04 PM
I don't know what to tell you about the pancakes other than that they have chunks of delicious vegetables (the green onion stands out) and they're served with a soy-based sauce.  SO good.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 28, 2013, 05:47:41 AM
(http://food.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2013/07/03/2013070301717_0.jpg)

green onions do stand out, don't they.

 :)


Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: caribougrrl on November 28, 2013, 06:17:17 AM
(http://food.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2013/07/03/2013070301717_0.jpg)

green onions do stand out, don't they.

 :)




you must describe this in more detail
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: diablita on November 28, 2013, 07:24:43 AM
yes!  and your picture looks identical to the pancakes (cut in rectangular shapes).
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: MikoftheWat on November 28, 2013, 08:01:36 AM
I've been known to whore myself out for a proper pretzel.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: Suesquatch on November 28, 2013, 08:58:07 AM
I miss all food. They're good at Southern and barbecue here, but anything else meh.
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on November 28, 2013, 02:33:08 PM
you must describe this in more detail
that is pa (=green onion) jeon (=kind of pancake).

some recipes with pictures you might find interesting:

pajeon (http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/05/korean-pancakes-1/)

haemul (=seafood) pajeon 1 (http://crazykoreancooking.com/recipe/seafood-pancake-hae-mul-pa-jun)

haemul pajeon 2 (http://www.koreanbapsang.com/2009/10/blog-post.html#.UpeZuaWTPlI)



Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: gebuh on December 01, 2013, 12:31:51 PM
Italian hotdogs
(http://rap361.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/thedouble.jpg)s

Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: triciaflower on December 03, 2013, 05:11:27 PM
Puffy Tacos.

http://www.gourmet.com/food/2008/04/puffytaco (http://www.gourmet.com/food/2008/04/puffytaco)

Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on December 08, 2013, 09:34:24 AM
on a snow day like today:

(http://blog.chosun.com/web_file/blog/74/95574/1/20131205_164631_46d73dfb83206849b4c801bb19c47a2d.jpg)
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: Ice Cream on December 09, 2013, 08:00:57 AM
on a snow day like today:

(http://blog.chosun.com/web_file/blog/74/95574/1/20131205_164631_46d73dfb83206849b4c801bb19c47a2d.jpg)

what is that?
Title: Re: hometown foods you crave
Post by: mango on December 09, 2013, 10:06:53 AM
what is that?

eomuk aka Korean fishcake