I have no clue how they picked the alleged tastiest dish in each state. In New York City alone you couldn't get three people to agree on where the best place to get pizza is within a five block area, let alone the best dish in the city.
Cactus is very edible. Paddles (Nopales) sautéed, cut up in salsas, and cooked other ways. The prickly pear cactus fruit (tuna) is also prepared in jams, fresh etc
I remember my grandparents once made a jam out it. It was SOOO sweet, I loved it. Oh it was a prickly pear cactus since there's a lot of them here in Texas.
When you come here to the US be sure to ask hotel desk staff or other locals for places that are locally owned and operated they usually have the best food and service. You'll want to visit a few chain restaurants just for the experience, but the local joints are where it is at. If there is one chain I can recommend it is Sonic's just for the drive-in experience.
As a Chicagoan, HIGHLY recommend trying the cake shake from Portillos! Also deep dish and Italian beef sandwiches while you’re in the city too :) and Harold’s fried chicken lol
I live in Texas and Brisket is a food option that I regularly choose. My mother is from Maine and told me that while she lived in Maine they would buy their lobsters right off the ship from the lobster fishermen (lobstermen). My grandfather (from Maine) was a master chief and it goes without saying that I've some of the best foods this land has to offer. Look me up if you get to Texas! I'm in Fort Worth and I promise you that there are plenty of respectable places to get brisket around here!
Not only is some species of cactus edible, but peyote is actually a psychoactive edible like marijuana is. Prickly pear cactus tastes kinda like biting into a bell pepper, mild taste.
I smoked peyote in my dumber days with a tribe of Cherokee dudes. Craziest experience of my life. They led me through the trip, where I met my spirit animal and "spoke" to my dead parents. I'd never do it again, but it was worth doing once. That said, I had no idea cacti were edible except as an emergency source of water and nutrients.
The fruit (tuna) from the prickly pear tastes kinda like a super-sweet watermelon. San Pellegrino makes a sparkling juice out of prickly pear fruit and orange, which is called Ficodindia E Arancia.
If you make it state side, try the Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. It's divided people on if it's a pizza or not, but most people agree that it is delicious. Truly something any guest to Illinois has to try at least once.
I just left CA after 20 years, and mochi had only come up in all but like 6 conversations. The state favorite food of CA is most likely it's Mexican fare - tacos, burritos, and tortas. Even the fusion Mexican variety comes up more often than mochi.
Born and raised in New Hampshire and can tell you, a perfectly cooked apple cider donut is like the warmest, most crispy bread you've ever had, with a slight hint of tartness from the apple, but then completely complemented by the melting cinnamon sugar on top. It's honestly better than apple pie...
Nopales (pronounced no-pal-es), cactus paddles, are tasty. Think of fresh green beans in texture. A slight tang. We prefer our made with red chili and eaten with fresh tortillas. Another favorite food here in So. Arizona is the Sonoran Hot dog. A bacon wrapped hot dog is grilled. Than served in a soft roll. Topped with guacamole sauce, mayo sauce, diced tomates, cilantro, fresh pinto beans. It sounds messy and odd but oh so good!
10:54 At my local Bagel store, they have a sandwich called “the rocket” (named after my high school mascot, the Raritan Rockets!). It’s got Pork Roll, Bacon, Egg, Hashbrowns, and Cheese, it’s PHENOMENAL.
Cronuts are in essence a Croissant Donut hybrid. Croissant dough is basically a Philo type dough where you proof then wait, roll it out paper thin, repeat proof, repeat roll, and a few more times until you layer the dough then bake. Cronuts are similar except they get fried. The rise cycle takes a while. I know because Disney is doing their own version and it takes forever to make.
They must not have gotten around much in Louisiana. SSOOO, so, so many better choices in New Orleans alone, much less the rest of the states. Cafe Du Monde is for tourists. It us an experience and the bengiets are solid, but the arent even the best begniets. And we have several indigenous dishes much, much better than bengiets. Theyre basically donuts. Lol Gumbo, Jambalaya, Ettouffe, Sauce Piquante, Boudin, Cracklins, Tasso, Smoked Sausage from the praries, Smoked Ponce, Hogs Head Cheese, Round steak and gravy, sticky chicken, turtle soup/stew/sauce piquante. Same for alligator. Boiled crawfisj, boiled shrimp, etc, etc, etc ... and they choose mediocre fried dough covered in powdered sugar at a tourist trap in the french quarter. 🤣
15:42 as a West Virginian, they’re not wrong. Pepperoni rolls are EVERYWHERE. In every grocery stores bakery there’s pepperoni rolls. Every cafe, every diner, a lot of local restaurants have them as appetizers. Even the larger gas stations have fresh pepperoni rolls served there
Cronuts are laminated dough. Takes a while. I'm from Michigan, and we have great Apple Orchards here too. Blake's has amazing hard cider and cider doughnuts. And, Coney's can be sided with a nice mini-Greek salad (although I love me some onion rings).
As much as I love Cider donuts, New Hampshire has a ton of wicked good food! I think we have the best poutine you can get outside of Canada, and of course the seafood in Portsmouth and Hampton is some of the best in the US! (Maine probably has the best seafood, though)
The Portillo’s cake shake is more chunky than bitty. One of the main ingredients in the cake is mayonnaise. I know it sounds gross. But it doesn’t even taste like it has mayonnaise in it and leave the cake very moist. It’s not impossible to suck through a straw, but it is difficult. The original Portillo’s started in the Chicago suburbs (Villa Park). They have expanded to other states. But you need to have it in Chicago. They best known for their Hot Dogs, but you need to try their Italian Beef.
Being from Alaska, the reindeer hotdogs (especially spicy ones) are a game changer vs regular beef hotdogs. I can't deny our wild caught salmon or Alaskan king crab are better food items any given day, but if you ever find yourself in downtown Anchorage during the summer, stop by any hotdog stand and they will have a reindeer selection waiting for you. It's a bit more difficult to get one during the winter for weather reasons, but I sometimes brave the cold just to get one myself! Edit: You can also get reindeer sausage on pizzas as well, mostly from local restaurants. Don't expect to see this topping at a chain like Pizza Hut or Dominos. I know you did a pizza video from all states, and Moose's Tooth will not fail to deliver on any topping choice you decide!
Cactus is super tasty! I’m not sure how to describe it because it is unique, but also not so different that you’d need an ~acquired taste~. Also, if you like lemonade, prickly pear juice is AMAZING!
This list had some really interesting different choices. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one not recommend seafood in Massachusetts or Rhode Island. It had me wondering where that ramen place was though!
As a proud Southerner, we have so many incredible dishes it's impossible to list them here! Different parts of the South specialize in something different and it's so fun to explore! I recommend seafood from Florida (North Florida also known as the "Panhandle" especially)
Catfish... ::drools::. Where I live here in Texas, there's a little restaurant in the next town over that serves amazing catfish (a 'large' can be two meals!). Hobo Junction, Bertram, TX and the BBQ joints in Llano are all excellent. El Rancho Tex-Mex in Bertram is also very good. Well, now I'm hungry.
I have only ate raw cactus raw cactus taste kinda like a fruity watermelon and bumble gum watery flavor it’s delicious I have heard it taste totally different when cooked though
St. Louisan here. GB cake was actually an accident. In the early 20th century, a baker on The Hill, an Italian immigrant neighborhood, was making an actual cake. He was reaching overhead for ingredients while mixing. Butter and sugar fell into the cake batter. He decided to bake anyway and see what happened. Generations of my fellow citizens have been gratefully enjoying his mistake😁. A friend moved to TX. She baked a friend GB cake. Now people bug her to bake it or share her recipe. It IS THAT GOOD.😁 Toasted Ravioli is also a STL thing. STL eats are so good even when our chefs screw up it WORKS.😎🤣
Cactus (called nopales) tastes kind of like...a green beans and sweet peppers. I've been to the fish market at Pike Place and the fish tossing is very theatric. It's almost like coreographed since they know the tourists like watching it.
The kind of cactus in the Colorado segment is the pad (nopal) from the prickly pear cactus (opuntia ficus-indica), which is common in traditional Southwestern US, Tex-Mex, and Northern Mexican cuisines. It tastes like a milder, slimier green bell pepper. The fruit (tuna) tastes like a super sweet watermelon. If you'd like an idea of what prickly pear fruit tastes like, try to find Ficodindia E Arancia sparkling juice from San Pellegrino. It's prickly pear and orange, but the prickly pear really stands out IMO. Howdy from a new sub in the Centennial State!
cronut.. not quite a croissant not quite a donut but a beautiful combination of the two.. its a yeasted laminated dough which is why it takes so long to make.. it takes a lot of time to proof at a low enough temperature to keep the butter layers solid.. laminated dough is a long process by itself but add in a yeasted dough and woof.... so... much.. time..
Cactus or Nopales (the Prickly Pear is most popular for this.) is very hard to describe. It's like zucchini mixed with cucumber, mixed with bell pepper. it's a very mild taste and so doesn't overpower anything you put it in. But it does have a very interesting texture. like okra, it slimes up a little. the more you cook it, the less the slime, eat it raw and it's a weird crispy yet slippery texture. You can basically put them in anything that you would put vegetables in. I've had them in tacos, soups, breakfast burritos. The best is when you can get the whole cactus pad and throw it on the grill to give it some char for like fajitas. So good.
@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 Well, other than the hundreds of other ethnic foods available to us. Try the Vietnamese food too, or Ethiopian food. We have BBQ and fried chicken that rivals that of anything you'll find in the south. Try our sea food as well, or our burgers...California kind of has a bit of everything.
@@Adrian-wd4rn You're doing that thing Californians do when they think (justifiably, in this case) that someone is insulting California or Californians. We're not secretly jealous, and nobody cares how many things you can list.
I’m stunned that they went to Iggys in Warwick Rhode Island, but only talked about the doughboys and not what RI’s famous for. Rhode Island is famous for fish and chips and clam chowder.😎 These people seem to love their pastries, huh?😉
This isn't what they were talking about when they mentioned eating cactus in the video, but prickly pear cactus is used in many sweet dishes (syrups, jams, etc.) and it is a shocking natural pink color. I personally find it almost too sweet for my taste, but it is very popular and you'll see lots of Instagram pics of tourists trying it out since the color is so striking.
I’m from Cincinnati, Ohio and I was so happy to see our chili represented!!! Camp Washington Chili is good but we also have Skyline Chili and Gold Star Chili! My favorite is Skyline Chili, hands down!!
Cactus is delicious. The flavor is almost citrus-like, but it's really all about the texture. The texture of cooked cactus is very interesting because the outside is almost rubbery (I say that in a positive way), but then it's also crunchy. When biting into it, it's like biting into a plant that's still very much alive, even if it's cooked. It's almost like one can feel the nutrients bursting out of the plant. It's actually categorized as a "superfood". So, TL;DR... Cooked cactus (nopales) have a citrus-like flavor and a squidgy/rubbery/crunchy/bursty texture and they're CRAZY good for you. Abso-freaking-lutely amazing.
Velveeta and Ro-tel's are awesome, and cactus is very good. Not awfully sweet,and very juicy, given the water content. I remember having it during some program in elementary school.
Cactus/Nopales is very good. It's a fairly mild taste. I'm not sure what to compare it with. Sopapillas are also very good, but also try Indian Frybread. You can get various toppings from an Indian taco to powdered sugar to honey.
Growing up in West Virginia, we never realized that Pepperoni Rolls weren't well-known and available everywhere. It wasn't until later in life that I learned they were invented in WV. But this woman is right. In WV, you can get them, in some form, in pretty much any convenience store or in the deli section of any supermarket.
Kabir!!! I love your videos!!! All of them and some of the lighter hearted ones my 18 month old daughter watches with me and gets sooooo excited and dances when you come on. This is the first video I noticed you didn't edit the end. Anyhow I'm a huge fan in Maine and have another RUclips channel called Mothering Rayleigh which has me and my daughter.
I'm from Minnesota and have had many Juicy Lucy's and they are lava cheese inside your burger...but so good. I Love pickled cactus in salad, tacos and fajitas. Its firm fleshed like a portabella mushroom and has a slightly spicy flavor. The Cake Shake at Portillo's is smooth and delish. A slice of their chocolate cake is amazing. They also have good sausages.
Another Wisconsin favorite is bratwurst, but Sheboygan has perfected it with the Sheboygan hard roll. There's nothing like a bratwurst or 2 on a Sheboygan roll.
If you visit Massachusetts, go to Town Spa in Stoughton for a Bar-style pizza (very thin crust with toppings all the way to the edge), and Red Wing Diner in Walpole for fried seafood (portions are huge).
My kids always loved when I made pizza burgers. They were burgers stuffed with whatever you'd want on your pizza, including sauce, cheese, and toppings. Sonics can be found most places now.
3:50 I had prickly pear cactus one time. A survival expert said they were edible & had lots of water. Being young & stupid I tried it raw. It was slimy and bitter. It didn't taste bad & it was very wet. Prepared cactus is probably much better. The fruit of prickly pear is known to make wonderful eating. Go to the US side of Amazon & search 'prickly pear'. You can't get any of it on the UK side but it will give you some idea. 9:15 When you come to the US get some of your viewers to help 'roll' you out of the restaurant. LOL!! 14:15 Yep . . . Probably my fave. I do love good brisket with a dry rub. And almost anything is a good dry rub. Even just salt & pepper. DERN!! You made me hungry again. You should make a Amazon Wish List & let your viewers pick things to send to you. I claim Cheez-its White Cheddar & Extra Toasty.
Working on a video now of foraging in your yard or neighborhood and one plant on it is the prickly pear cactus. Prince's chicken in Nashville (we just call it the Chicken Shack) is amazing, if you ordered 1 chicken breast you got it, a half a loaf of white bread and about 6 dill pickle slices. It usually took all the bread to get a piece of their hot chicken down.
I actually got to help "throw" fish down the line from one of the boats to the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle when I was a little girl. Granted I was too little to actually throw it so it was the person on one side of me helping me walk the fish to the next person but I still remember it lol. Fish in the diners nearby can serve you fish on your plate that was swimming in the Sound just that morning, it's so fresh.
The cactus they showed for Colorado is called "nopales" in Mexico. It comes from the leaves (actually modified stems) of a type of beavertail cactus (usually Opuntia ficus-indica). The flavor is sort of tart, like a sour apple, although not as strong. The fruits from the same type of cactus are also edible, and are called "prickly pears" in English and "tunas" in Spanish. To me, they taste a little like watermelon. Some alternatives for a few states: California - Mission burritos (from San Francisco), Dungeness crab, cioppino (a tomato-based seafood stew popular in San Francisco), chicken and waffles from Roscoe's in Los Angeles Florida - stone crab Hawaii - poke, shave ice Illinois - Chicago hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, deep dish pizza Maryland - steamed crabs (they mentioned crabs, but not steamed crabs, which are about the most iconic Maryland dish) Missouri - toasted ravioli (popular in St. Louis), St. Louis style ribs, Gates BBQ in Kansas City, Arthur Bryant's BBQ (also in Kansas City) New York - cheesecake, Buffalo wings (named for Buffalo, NY, where they were invented), pastrami sandwiches Wisconsin - frozen custard
Cake Shake is so good, it’s smooth but you can still taste the cake pieces. Also Saint Elmos in Indianapolis- those cocktails are incredible, super spicy.
I love cactus in my tacos, but I've only ever had it pickled. No idea what it tastes like fresh, but pickled cactus adds a nicely tangy, vinegary touch to things like enchiladas, tacos, burritos, etc.
Florida has two ok three major dishes you need to try Conch ( pronounced KONK and don't forget that ever), Stone crab Claws, and Gespaci salad which is one of the oldest dishes still served (its a tossed salad with a certain ingredient which you can't find much of anymore and That is Hardtack which is hard to make and even harder to track down.
Cactus... hmmm... sauteed like that, I would say that it tastes something like a sauteed sweet pepper... a colorful filler, but not a pronounced flavor.
Kabir in 5 years 2 stone heavier and applying for American citizenship. I live in Arizona, it is not uncommon for people here to eat nopales, the leaves from the prickly pear cactus. People also use the bulbs as you would fruit. The leaves are kinda bland and fibery, the bulbs are sweet and have a unique flavor.
Once I drove from Florida to New York and stopped halfway for barbecue in North Carolina. The mustard based barbecue sauce there is something I had never heard of before. It's so good I recently had to order bottles of the stuff because many places may have "Carolina style" sauce but you've got to have the real thing. Apple cider donuts are really good, especially when fresh. They are cinnamon-y, apple-y and melt in your mouth.
The pie shakes are so good. I grew up in the City where Hamburg inn No 2 is. It is a famous place for president hopefuls to go on the campaign trail. I love the pumpkin pie one in the fall. It is best when you get chunks of pie crust and filling. They also have a red velvet cake shake that is really good as well.
Shari's Cafe & Pies, which is a family dining chain here in the American West, will take a whole slice of pie and blend it into a shake. Someone would have to either be deaf or really stupid to get hit in the face during the fish tossing. It's a really festive atmosphere when they throw the fish, and it is loud (like, not rock concert loud, but Unplugged loud). (I can't believe I'm a local and I haven't experienced the fish throwing.... I've even been to Pike Place Market.)
I live in St. Louis and we have favorites that you can't find anywhere else in America. The first is toasted beef ravioli. The second is a bar-b-cued pork steak which is a sliced pork butt and cooked for a long time over charcoal briquettes. We also have a local restaurant that serves a B.L.T. with a full pound of bacon on 'Texas Toast'..
Since you like seafood, I hope you make it to Maine when you come to the US next year. Be sure to try the lobster roll with butter rather than mayo, the clam chowder, steamed clams, fried clams, blueberry donuts (from a local place, not a chain {The Holy Donut}), whoopie pies, and if you're brave, a Moxie soda, Bon apetit!
I love . Love the Ben and Jerry’s factory. Idk if they are still doing it or not but as kids we would go and get tours of the factory. Def a try when here. Worth the drive
@@shortybarnesyanik I feel bad for you that the weren’t but there is so much to do in the area. There’s also the Vermont teddy bear factory. I still have mine that was made when I was 11. And if you want some great breweries and amazing food the Burlington area and Essex. Also if your up that way and you want a good classic style burger and frys als French frys is bomb. I make it a point to go there every time I’m in vt. Hell sometimes I take the 4 hr drive just to go to als lol.
You should do a show on the food dish called, "The horseshoe". Started in Springfield, Illinois. Also the corn dog, originally named the Cozy dog was also started in Springfield.
If you’ve seen the South Park episode where the boys go to Casa Bonita in Denver, sopaipillas are a featured desert served there. All you can eat. You want more? Run the little flag up on your table and they bring more. Casa Bonita is a real place and it was accurately depicted in the episode.
From Wisconsin: Butter Burgers are cool, but if you get the chance to go to a sporting event where people are tailgating, that's real. Food that's good in Wisconsin: Bratwurst from Sheboygan Cheese Curds (both fresh and deep fried) Frozen Custard (It's creamy and has big flavor, and the mouth-feel is extra smooth, try butter pecan flavor) Door County Cherries and a bunch of stuff made from them Long aged cheddar (10 year/12 year), Brick Cheese, Longhorn Colby, and if you're into it we also have good blue cheese and Limburger Around Christmas you can get Racine Danish Kringle (a kind of flat sweet pastry with filling).
I know I am super late, but grilled cactus is a great Mexican food staple (called Nopalés), and it tastes very similar to a grilled bell pepper, or Aloe Vera sprig. Its really good.
Nacho cheese Doritos smeared with cream cheese. Try it, you will LOVE IT. A family tradition. Also if you go to Sconic, get a cream slush. My kids all love the cherry cream slush but I love the strawberry mango cream slush. 😋
In New Jersey the “Pork roll egg and cheese” is also known as “Taylor ham egg and cheese”. In north Jersey it’s called Taylor ham, in south it’s pork roll. Odd
Come on Bob, you know how it is for the north and the south. And if anyone knows someone from Jersey, this is a dead giveaway on where they are from in the state. But a Pork Roll, Egg & Cheese on a Butter-Toasted Kaiser Roll sounds mighty mighty good right now!! You can't get it over her in Hawaii, they don't know what they missin'!!
If you ever do find yourself in Minneapolis MN, Matt's Bar and the 5-8 Club are fairly close to each other (both claim as the originator of the Ju(i)cy Lucy). If you somehow still have room to eat more, check out Degidio's (also not too far from them). The Hot Dago is my go to there.
Top burgers in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, Kopp's Jumbo burgers (& frozen custard, it's a type of ice cream but better), pretty much any burger at Sobelman's, or of course, a Solly's butter burger. Regardless, you need an order of cheese curds to go with that!!! There's definitely more to Wisconsin, like beer cheese soup, beer brats, cream puffs, Kringles, pasties, & Sprecher Root Beer.
Lol you’re facial expressions are great on this one. I make those same facial expressions when I visit my home state of Maryland and have a soft shell crab sandwich with some thrasher fries.
@@shortybarnesyanik my MIL said she used Velveeta and picante sauce, I was like no. Have to use use Rotel. Also another good dip is get a bar of cream cheese and poor picante sauce on top is also good with tortilla chips.
Shot out to Matt's bar in South Minneapolis home of the juicy Lucy. Just a little tiny neighborhood bar with maybe a 3 ft griddle and lines out the door still going strong to this day. Use caution with a freshly cooked juicy Lucy the cheese center is like molten lava 🔥
There is more to the 2 styles of NC BBQ. EASTERN is whole hog with a vinegar and red pepper sauce. LEXINGTON is pork shoulder with a vinegar and tomato based sauce with some spice. Lexington is more sweet. There is some sweetener in the Eastern style but it only enough to enhance the flavor. You should never taste sweet in Eastern BBq
I love that restaurants are claiming they made up the cheese inside a burger thing. I have a vintage children’s cookbook from the ‘50’s that had kids making burgers that way.
I have no clue how they picked the alleged tastiest dish in each state. In New York City alone you couldn't get three people to agree on where the best place to get pizza is within a five block area, let alone the best dish in the city.
Cactus is very edible. Paddles (Nopales) sautéed, cut up in salsas, and cooked other ways. The prickly pear cactus fruit (tuna) is also prepared in jams, fresh etc
Catcus Juice is so fucking good
Too many seeds in tuna.
My neighbors make some sort of salad with it that is DELICIOUS!
@@phoneemail9979 Nothing’s quenchier - it’s the quenchiest!
I remember my grandparents once made a jam out it. It was SOOO sweet, I loved it. Oh it was a prickly pear cactus since there's a lot of them here in Texas.
When you come here to the US be sure to ask hotel desk staff or other locals for places that are locally owned and operated they usually have the best food and service. You'll want to visit a few chain restaurants just for the experience, but the local joints are where it is at. If there is one chain I can recommend it is Sonic's just for the drive-in experience.
Absolutely mate, places where the locals eat are always better than the tourist traps!
For the drive in experience?
@@chanelmone4721 Sonic technically is a drive-in
Yes! I always do that when I travel outside the U.S. Ask the concierge their favorite restaurants. Yum. You get the real deal.
@@bobbyanderson1054 makes no sense
As a Chicagoan, HIGHLY recommend trying the cake shake from Portillos! Also deep dish and Italian beef sandwiches while you’re in the city too :) and Harold’s fried chicken lol
I remember the show where Fluffy mentions the "Chocolate Cake Shake."
I live in Texas and Brisket is a food option that I regularly choose. My mother is from Maine and told me that while she lived in Maine they would buy their lobsters right off the ship from the lobster fishermen (lobstermen). My grandfather (from Maine) was a master chief and it goes without saying that I've some of the best foods this land has to offer. Look me up if you get to Texas! I'm in Fort Worth and I promise you that there are plenty of respectable places to get brisket around here!
When I get to Texas I’ll definitely hit you up mate! I need to visit some of the non-tourist places, get a real taste for the place 🤤
Not only is some species of cactus edible, but peyote is actually a psychoactive edible like marijuana is. Prickly pear cactus tastes kinda like biting into a bell pepper, mild taste.
An edible on steroids lmfao
I smoked peyote in my dumber days with a tribe of Cherokee dudes. Craziest experience of my life. They led me through the trip, where I met my spirit animal and "spoke" to my dead parents. I'd never do it again, but it was worth doing once.
That said, I had no idea cacti were edible except as an emergency source of water and nutrients.
The fruit (tuna) from the prickly pear tastes kinda like a super-sweet watermelon. San Pellegrino makes a sparkling juice out of prickly pear fruit and orange, which is called Ficodindia E Arancia.
Well I mean, you can drink its juice so yeah it's edible! I don't know why I never thought about that until seeing this video though.😂
Dragonfruit also comes from a cactus, i forgot about that one
If you make it state side, try the Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. It's divided people on if it's a pizza or not, but most people agree that it is delicious. Truly something any guest to Illinois has to try at least once.
I haven’t tried the green part of the cactus but the red small pods on the cactus makes cactus jelly which tastes just like regular jelly
I just left CA after 20 years, and mochi had only come up in all but like 6 conversations. The state favorite food of CA is most likely it's Mexican fare - tacos, burritos, and tortas. Even the fusion Mexican variety comes up more often than mochi.
Born and raised in New Hampshire and can tell you, a perfectly cooked apple cider donut is like the warmest, most crispy bread you've ever had, with a slight hint of tartness from the apple, but then completely complemented by the melting cinnamon sugar on top. It's honestly better than apple pie...
Kabir started sounding like Barry White when he saw that Texas BBQ brisket. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Brisket done right is the food of the gods...
Yeah, we got it together, didn't we, baby? 😀😀😀
Nopales (pronounced no-pal-es), cactus paddles, are tasty. Think of fresh green beans in texture. A slight tang. We prefer our made with red chili and eaten with fresh tortillas. Another favorite food here in So. Arizona is the Sonoran Hot dog. A bacon wrapped hot dog is grilled. Than served in a soft roll. Topped with guacamole sauce, mayo sauce, diced tomates, cilantro, fresh pinto beans. It sounds messy and odd but oh so good!
10:54 At my local Bagel store, they have a sandwich called “the rocket” (named after my high school mascot, the Raritan Rockets!). It’s got Pork Roll, Bacon, Egg, Hashbrowns, and Cheese, it’s PHENOMENAL.
Where in Raritan?
Cronuts are in essence a Croissant Donut hybrid. Croissant dough is basically a Philo type dough where you proof then wait, roll it out paper thin, repeat proof, repeat roll, and a few more times until you layer the dough then bake. Cronuts are similar except they get fried. The rise cycle takes a while. I know because Disney is doing their own version and it takes forever to make.
They must not have gotten around much in Louisiana. SSOOO, so, so many better choices in New Orleans alone, much less the rest of the states. Cafe Du Monde is for tourists. It us an experience and the bengiets are solid, but the arent even the best begniets. And we have several indigenous dishes much, much better than bengiets. Theyre basically donuts. Lol
Gumbo, Jambalaya, Ettouffe, Sauce Piquante, Boudin, Cracklins, Tasso, Smoked Sausage from the praries, Smoked Ponce, Hogs Head Cheese, Round steak and gravy, sticky chicken, turtle soup/stew/sauce piquante. Same for alligator. Boiled crawfisj, boiled shrimp, etc, etc, etc ... and they choose mediocre fried dough covered in powdered sugar at a tourist trap in the french quarter. 🤣
“Every other delight depends on a satiated stomach, if food and drink are excluded from life, living becomes tasteless.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu
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15:42 as a West Virginian, they’re not wrong. Pepperoni rolls are EVERYWHERE. In every grocery stores bakery there’s pepperoni rolls. Every cafe, every diner, a lot of local restaurants have them as appetizers. Even the larger gas stations have fresh pepperoni rolls served there
Cactus scrambled with eggs is great!!!
Cronuts are laminated dough. Takes a while. I'm from Michigan, and we have great Apple Orchards here too. Blake's has amazing hard cider and cider doughnuts. And, Coney's can be sided with a nice mini-Greek salad (although I love me some onion rings).
As much as I love Cider donuts, New Hampshire has a ton of wicked good food! I think we have the best poutine you can get outside of Canada, and of course the seafood in Portsmouth and Hampton is some of the best in the US! (Maine probably has the best seafood, though)
Alaska has the best seafood
Any coastal city has amazing seafood, I always loved eating at diners right on the harbor in Seattle cause it's so fresh.
The Portillo’s cake shake is more chunky than bitty. One of the main ingredients in the cake is mayonnaise. I know it sounds gross. But it doesn’t even taste like it has mayonnaise in it and leave the cake very moist. It’s not impossible to suck through a straw, but it is difficult.
The original Portillo’s started in the Chicago suburbs (Villa Park). They have expanded to other states. But you need to have it in Chicago. They best known for their Hot Dogs, but you need to try their Italian Beef.
Italian beef with sausage makes me sooooo happy!
Good mayo is eggs, oil, and vinegar anyway and these are good in cakes like chocolate or sour cream cakes.
Being from Alaska, the reindeer hotdogs (especially spicy ones) are a game changer vs regular beef hotdogs. I can't deny our wild caught salmon or Alaskan king crab are better food items any given day, but if you ever find yourself in downtown Anchorage during the summer, stop by any hotdog stand and they will have a reindeer selection waiting for you. It's a bit more difficult to get one during the winter for weather reasons, but I sometimes brave the cold just to get one myself!
Edit: You can also get reindeer sausage on pizzas as well, mostly from local restaurants. Don't expect to see this topping at a chain like Pizza Hut or Dominos. I know you did a pizza video from all states, and Moose's Tooth will not fail to deliver on any topping choice you decide!
Cactus is super tasty! I’m not sure how to describe it because it is unique, but also not so different that you’d need an ~acquired taste~.
Also, if you like lemonade, prickly pear juice is AMAZING!
This list had some really interesting different choices. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one not recommend seafood in Massachusetts or Rhode Island. It had me wondering where that ramen place was though!
As a proud Southerner, we have so many incredible dishes it's impossible to list them here! Different parts of the South specialize in something different and it's so fun to explore! I recommend seafood from Florida (North Florida also known as the "Panhandle" especially)
Funny how the further north you get in Florida, the more southern you are culturally.
@@BigStank Exactly!! 😂
Catfish... ::drools::. Where I live here in Texas, there's a little restaurant in the next town over that serves amazing catfish (a 'large' can be two meals!). Hobo Junction, Bertram, TX and the BBQ joints in Llano are all excellent. El Rancho Tex-Mex in Bertram is also very good. Well, now I'm hungry.
I have only ate raw cactus raw cactus taste kinda like a fruity watermelon and bumble gum watery flavor it’s delicious I have heard it taste totally different when cooked though
Gooey butter cake was invented in St. Louis, but is also available in Kansas City.
Love me some gooey butter cake.
St. Louisan here. GB cake was actually an accident. In the early 20th century, a baker on The Hill, an Italian immigrant neighborhood, was making an actual cake. He was reaching overhead for ingredients while mixing. Butter and sugar fell into the cake batter. He decided to bake anyway and see what happened. Generations of my fellow citizens have been gratefully enjoying his mistake😁.
A friend moved to TX. She baked a friend GB cake. Now people bug her to bake it or share her recipe. It IS THAT GOOD.😁 Toasted Ravioli is also a STL thing.
STL eats are so good even when our chefs screw up it WORKS.😎🤣
Cactus (called nopales) tastes kind of like...a green beans and sweet peppers.
I've been to the fish market at Pike Place and the fish tossing is very theatric. It's almost like coreographed since they know the tourists like watching it.
The kind of cactus in the Colorado segment is the pad (nopal) from the prickly pear cactus (opuntia ficus-indica), which is common in traditional Southwestern US, Tex-Mex, and Northern Mexican cuisines. It tastes like a milder, slimier green bell pepper. The fruit (tuna) tastes like a super sweet watermelon. If you'd like an idea of what prickly pear fruit tastes like, try to find Ficodindia E Arancia sparkling juice from San Pellegrino. It's prickly pear and orange, but the prickly pear really stands out IMO.
Howdy from a new sub in the Centennial State!
Texas BBQ is the best! You need to get down here and enjoy!
Yes! He needs to come to Austin and do a BBQ crawl starting with Franklin's.
Humbug...KC...BBQ!
@@archersfriend5900 Arthur Bryant was born in Texas, so...
@@Habitt5253 Or Riskys in Fort Worth and Sonny Bryants in Dallas.... Can't beat Texas BBQ...
I do beef ribs all the time. My favorite.
Prime rib on a stick!
cronut.. not quite a croissant not quite a donut but a beautiful combination of the two.. its a yeasted laminated dough which is why it takes so long to make.. it takes a lot of time to proof at a low enough temperature to keep the butter layers solid.. laminated dough is a long process by itself but add in a yeasted dough and woof.... so... much.. time..
Cactus or Nopales (the Prickly Pear is most popular for this.) is very hard to describe. It's like zucchini mixed with cucumber, mixed with bell pepper. it's a very mild taste and so doesn't overpower anything you put it in. But it does have a very interesting texture. like okra, it slimes up a little. the more you cook it, the less the slime, eat it raw and it's a weird crispy yet slippery texture.
You can basically put them in anything that you would put vegetables in. I've had them in tacos, soups, breakfast burritos. The best is when you can get the whole cactus pad and throw it on the grill to give it some char for like fajitas. So good.
If you go to California hit a taco truck, the best tacos you will ever have. California has amazing Mexican food.
It's just about the only thing the entire US can agree is a good thing about California.
@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 As a Californian I love my state, but yes that's definitely the one thing we have that everyone agrees with.
I heartily second that. (and I also love NorCal more than any other place I've ever been; SoCal, meh)
@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 Well, other than the hundreds of other ethnic foods available to us. Try the Vietnamese food too, or Ethiopian food. We have BBQ and fried chicken that rivals that of anything you'll find in the south. Try our sea food as well, or our burgers...California kind of has a bit of everything.
@@Adrian-wd4rn You're doing that thing Californians do when they think (justifiably, in this case) that someone is insulting California or Californians. We're not secretly jealous, and nobody cares how many things you can list.
I’m stunned that they went to Iggys in Warwick Rhode Island, but only talked about the doughboys and not what RI’s famous for.
Rhode Island is famous for fish and chips and clam chowder.😎
These people seem to love their pastries, huh?😉
And dynamites. I can't believe they didn't mention them.
Clam cakes :(
This isn't what they were talking about when they mentioned eating cactus in the video, but prickly pear cactus is used in many sweet dishes (syrups, jams, etc.) and it is a shocking natural pink color. I personally find it almost too sweet for my taste, but it is very popular and you'll see lots of Instagram pics of tourists trying it out since the color is so striking.
I need to get my hands on some
I’m from Cincinnati, Ohio and I was so happy to see our chili represented!!!
Camp Washington Chili is good but we also have Skyline Chili and Gold Star Chili!
My favorite is Skyline Chili, hands down!!
Cactus is delicious. The flavor is almost citrus-like, but it's really all about the texture. The texture of cooked cactus is very interesting because the outside is almost rubbery (I say that in a positive way), but then it's also crunchy. When biting into it, it's like biting into a plant that's still very much alive, even if it's cooked. It's almost like one can feel the nutrients bursting out of the plant. It's actually categorized as a "superfood".
So, TL;DR... Cooked cactus (nopales) have a citrus-like flavor and a squidgy/rubbery/crunchy/bursty texture and they're CRAZY good for you. Abso-freaking-lutely amazing.
Velveeta and Ro-tel's are awesome, and cactus is very good. Not awfully sweet,and very juicy, given the water content. I remember having it during some program in elementary school.
Well my favorite way to eat cactus is diced in eggs. When you cook it long enough the sliminess goes away and it reminds me of a sautéed bell pepper
Cactus/Nopales is very good. It's a fairly mild taste. I'm not sure what to compare it with. Sopapillas are also very good, but also try Indian Frybread. You can get various toppings from an Indian taco to powdered sugar to honey.
8:52 yep! Saw that coming!
Growing up in West Virginia, we never realized that Pepperoni Rolls weren't well-known and available everywhere. It wasn't until later in life that I learned they were invented in WV. But this woman is right. In WV, you can get them, in some form, in pretty much any convenience store or in the deli section of any supermarket.
11:21
I've never heard of a cronut. Our signature dessert is cheesecake.
cactus is mild flavored but quite good. There are several good cactus salad recipes on line.
Kabir!!! I love your videos!!! All of them and some of the lighter hearted ones my 18 month old daughter watches with me and gets sooooo excited and dances when you come on. This is the first video I noticed you didn't edit the end. Anyhow I'm a huge fan in Maine and have another RUclips channel called Mothering Rayleigh which has me and my daughter.
Thanks so much Melissa :) tell Rayleigh I said hi!
I'm from Minnesota and have had many Juicy Lucy's and they are lava cheese inside your burger...but so good.
I Love pickled cactus in salad, tacos and fajitas. Its firm fleshed like a portabella mushroom and has a slightly spicy flavor.
The Cake Shake at Portillo's is smooth and delish. A slice of their chocolate cake is amazing. They also have good sausages.
“I’m a massive pepperoni dude” i’m reminded i haven’t fully matured yet every time i hear things like this😂
Yeah it sounds funny when i read it back 😂
A pepperoni dude sounds cheesy and crusty lol jk
Kabir just gotta let you know man your channel is such a delight. absolutely love watching the videos man keep it up
Thanks so much bro :)
Another Wisconsin favorite is bratwurst, but Sheboygan has perfected it with the Sheboygan hard roll. There's nothing like a bratwurst or 2 on a Sheboygan roll.
4:44 I heard that as "I'm a massive pepperoni, dude" and I chuckled. Love your content.
If you visit Massachusetts, go to Town Spa in Stoughton for a Bar-style pizza (very thin crust with toppings all the way to the edge), and Red Wing Diner in Walpole for fried seafood (portions are huge).
Pork roll, egg and cheese from Slater's Deli in NJ...THE BEST!!
Ever who put this together had a sweet tooth 😋
We just call it country/soul food!
My kids always loved when I made pizza burgers. They were burgers stuffed with whatever you'd want on your pizza, including sauce, cheese, and toppings. Sonics can be found most places now.
Portillo's Cake shake is amazing...
3:50 I had prickly pear cactus one time. A survival expert said they were edible & had lots of water. Being young & stupid I tried it raw. It was slimy and bitter. It didn't taste bad & it was very wet. Prepared cactus is probably much better. The fruit of prickly pear is known to make wonderful eating. Go to the US side of Amazon & search 'prickly pear'. You can't get any of it on the UK side but it will give you some idea. 9:15 When you come to the US get some of your viewers to help 'roll' you out of the restaurant. LOL!! 14:15 Yep . . . Probably my fave. I do love good brisket with a dry rub. And almost anything is a good dry rub. Even just salt & pepper. DERN!! You made me hungry again. You should make a Amazon Wish List & let your viewers pick things to send to you. I claim Cheez-its White Cheddar & Extra Toasty.
Bruv, your food reactions are priceless!!!
Thanks mate :)
@@kabirconsiders if you find yourself in San Diego, u gotta check out Crazee Burger. It was featured on Diners Drive ins and Dives.
Working on a video now of foraging in your yard or neighborhood and one plant on it is the prickly pear cactus. Prince's chicken in Nashville (we just call it the Chicken Shack) is amazing, if you ordered 1 chicken breast you got it, a half a loaf of white bread and about 6 dill pickle slices. It usually took all the bread to get a piece of their hot chicken down.
I actually got to help "throw" fish down the line from one of the boats to the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle when I was a little girl. Granted I was too little to actually throw it so it was the person on one side of me helping me walk the fish to the next person but I still remember it lol. Fish in the diners nearby can serve you fish on your plate that was swimming in the Sound just that morning, it's so fresh.
The cactus they showed for Colorado is called "nopales" in Mexico. It comes from the leaves (actually modified stems) of a type of beavertail cactus (usually Opuntia ficus-indica). The flavor is sort of tart, like a sour apple, although not as strong. The fruits from the same type of cactus are also edible, and are called "prickly pears" in English and "tunas" in Spanish. To me, they taste a little like watermelon.
Some alternatives for a few states:
California - Mission burritos (from San Francisco), Dungeness crab, cioppino (a tomato-based seafood stew popular in San Francisco), chicken and waffles from Roscoe's in Los Angeles
Florida - stone crab
Hawaii - poke, shave ice
Illinois - Chicago hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, deep dish pizza
Maryland - steamed crabs (they mentioned crabs, but not steamed crabs, which are about the most iconic Maryland dish)
Missouri - toasted ravioli (popular in St. Louis), St. Louis style ribs, Gates BBQ in Kansas City, Arthur Bryant's BBQ (also in Kansas City)
New York - cheesecake, Buffalo wings (named for Buffalo, NY, where they were invented), pastrami sandwiches
Wisconsin - frozen custard
The Cider doughnuts in New Hampshire are the best doughnuts ever!!! I’ve been converted from the Boston cream to Cider doughnuts.🤤🥰🤟
We got some cider doughnuts this past June as we drove from Ohio to Maine!
Cake Shake is so good, it’s smooth but you can still taste the cake pieces. Also Saint Elmos in Indianapolis- those cocktails are incredible, super spicy.
I love cactus in my tacos, but I've only ever had it pickled. No idea what it tastes like fresh, but pickled cactus adds a nicely tangy, vinegary touch to things like enchiladas, tacos, burritos, etc.
The cactus I had was for breakfast. It was covered with sauces so I can't place the taste but it was good.
Florida has two ok three major dishes you need to try Conch ( pronounced KONK and don't forget that ever), Stone crab Claws, and Gespaci salad which is one of the oldest dishes still served (its a tossed salad with a certain ingredient which you can't find much of anymore and That is Hardtack which is hard to make and even harder to track down.
Stone Crab is amazing. I was fortunate enough to visit family in Florida during season.
Cactus... hmmm... sauteed like that, I would say that it tastes something like a sauteed sweet pepper... a colorful filler, but not a pronounced flavor.
Kabir in 5 years 2 stone heavier and applying for American citizenship. I live in Arizona, it is not uncommon for people here to eat nopales, the leaves from the prickly pear cactus. People also use the bulbs as you would fruit. The leaves are kinda bland and fibery, the bulbs are sweet and have a unique flavor.
Once I drove from Florida to New York and stopped halfway for barbecue in North Carolina. The mustard based barbecue sauce there is something I had never heard of before. It's so good I recently had to order bottles of the stuff because many places may have "Carolina style" sauce but you've got to have the real thing. Apple cider donuts are really good, especially when fresh. They are cinnamon-y, apple-y and melt in your mouth.
That sauce must be delicious!
It's like a water chestnut mixed with celery and a green pepper
The pie shakes are so good. I grew up in the City where Hamburg inn No 2 is. It is a famous place for president hopefuls to go on the campaign trail. I love the pumpkin pie one in the fall. It is best when you get chunks of pie crust and filling. They also have a red velvet cake shake that is really good as well.
Shari's Cafe & Pies, which is a family dining chain here in the American West, will take a whole slice of pie and blend it into a shake.
Someone would have to either be deaf or really stupid to get hit in the face during the fish tossing. It's a really festive atmosphere when they throw the fish, and it is loud (like, not rock concert loud, but Unplugged loud). (I can't believe I'm a local and I haven't experienced the fish throwing.... I've even been to Pike Place Market.)
I live in St. Louis and we have favorites that you can't find anywhere else in America. The first is toasted beef ravioli. The second is a bar-b-cued pork steak which is a sliced pork butt and cooked for a long time over charcoal briquettes. We also have a local restaurant that serves a B.L.T. with a full pound of bacon on 'Texas Toast'..
Since you like seafood, I hope you make it to Maine when you come to the US next year. Be sure to try the lobster roll with butter rather than mayo, the clam chowder, steamed clams, fried clams, blueberry donuts (from a local place, not a chain {The Holy Donut}), whoopie pies, and if you're brave, a Moxie soda, Bon apetit!
I made orange rolls except without that sugary white frosting. I use melted orange marmalade.
I love . Love the Ben and Jerry’s factory. Idk if they are still doing it or not but as kids we would go and get tours of the factory. Def a try when here. Worth the drive
We just went there this past June.
They were not doing tours at the time because of Covid but I think they still do them otherwise.
@@shortybarnesyanik I feel bad for you that the weren’t but there is so much to do in the area. There’s also the Vermont teddy bear factory. I still have mine that was made when I was 11. And if you want some great breweries and amazing food the Burlington area and Essex. Also if your up that way and you want a good classic style burger and frys als French frys is bomb. I make it a point to go there every time I’m in vt. Hell sometimes I take the 4 hr drive just to go to als lol.
You should do a show on the food dish called, "The horseshoe". Started in Springfield, Illinois. Also the corn dog, originally named the Cozy dog was also started in Springfield.
Corn dog in Springfield...lol. A bit late to the game... But sure, Cozy Dog, opened in 1946, invented the Pronto Pup started in 1942.
If you’ve seen the South Park episode where the boys go to Casa Bonita in Denver, sopaipillas are a featured desert served there. All you can eat. You want more? Run the little flag up on your table and they bring more.
Casa Bonita is a real place and it was accurately depicted in the episode.
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Cactus is called napolitos , comes from a unique plant. It takes like green beans if handled properly. Or it can be slimy
From Wisconsin: Butter Burgers are cool, but if you get the chance to go to a sporting event where people are tailgating, that's real.
Food that's good in Wisconsin:
Bratwurst from Sheboygan
Cheese Curds (both fresh and deep fried)
Frozen Custard (It's creamy and has big flavor, and the mouth-feel is extra smooth, try butter pecan flavor)
Door County Cherries and a bunch of stuff made from them
Long aged cheddar (10 year/12 year), Brick Cheese, Longhorn Colby, and if you're into it we also have good blue cheese and Limburger
Around Christmas you can get Racine Danish Kringle (a kind of flat sweet pastry with filling).
Wow their favorite meal in Oklahoma was fast food...
Yeah, Sonic isn't considered all that great by locals.
And it wasn't even Braum's.
I was looking for our fried onion burger or chicken fried steak.
I know I am super late, but grilled cactus is a great Mexican food staple (called Nopalés), and it tastes very similar to a grilled bell pepper, or Aloe Vera sprig. Its really good.
Nacho cheese Doritos smeared with cream cheese. Try it, you will LOVE IT. A family tradition.
Also if you go to Sconic, get a cream slush. My kids all love the cherry cream slush but I love the strawberry mango cream slush. 😋
I thought he was going to jump through the screen to get that Texas brisket. It's the best brisket I've ever had and that's a fact.
It looked so good!
You are right the cake shake is a bit gritty from the cake and super sweet with the frosting. I wouldn’t call it lumpy though.
Just love watching your reactions to food.
Thanks mate :)
If you come to America. Ask the local people where the best place s to eat. Local neighborhood places to eat.
In New Jersey the “Pork roll egg and cheese” is also known as “Taylor ham egg and cheese”. In north Jersey it’s called Taylor ham, in south it’s pork roll. Odd
Come on Bob, you know how it is for the north and the south. And if anyone knows someone from Jersey, this is a dead giveaway on where they are from in the state. But a Pork Roll, Egg & Cheese on a Butter-Toasted Kaiser Roll sounds mighty mighty good right now!! You can't get it over her in Hawaii, they don't know what they missin'!!
People from North Jersey are just behind the times
Prickly Pear ...there is so much to do. A well as jelly, candy etc. Very good!
As a Southener you have to have jambalaya
If you ever do find yourself in Minneapolis MN, Matt's Bar and the 5-8 Club are fairly close to each other (both claim as the originator of the Ju(i)cy Lucy). If you somehow still have room to eat more, check out Degidio's (also not too far from them). The Hot Dago is my go to there.
I grew up in Maryland and the soft shell crab is absolutely delicious. I usually have it as a sandwich with some ramulaud (?) sauce. Delish!!!
Georgian here: if you ever get the chance, you've got to try Georgia fried chicken, it's so good.
Is it special in Georgia or is it just some good ole southern fried chicken?
@@johnwjr7 It’s not just a georgia thing go to any deep south state (SC, Georgia, Alabama) and you’ll get some amazing fried chicken
No one does fried chicken like Southerners. No one. I’m from Missouri. Not technically the South. But very Southern.
Yeah, Cactus can be edible. I tried Pickled Cactus once. It was similar to regular pickles.
Top burgers in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, Kopp's Jumbo burgers (& frozen custard, it's a type of ice cream but better), pretty much any burger at Sobelman's, or of course, a Solly's butter burger. Regardless, you need an order of cheese curds to go with that!!! There's definitely more to Wisconsin, like beer cheese soup, beer brats, cream puffs, Kringles, pasties, & Sprecher Root Beer.
Lol you’re facial expressions are great on this one. I make those same facial expressions when I visit my home state of Maryland and have a soft shell crab sandwich with some thrasher fries.
Cactus has a very very mild vegetable taste. Prickly pear cactus flowers are good for sweets.
Velveeta, rotel, and breakfast sausage cooked in a slow cooker makes the best dip with tortilla chips
YES YES YES!!!! This!!!! Yummy!
You can also use ground beef or ground turkey but sausage is the best!
@@shortybarnesyanik my MIL said she used Velveeta and picante sauce, I was like no. Have to use use Rotel. Also another good dip is get a bar of cream cheese and poor picante sauce on top is also good with tortilla chips.
Shot out to Matt's bar in South Minneapolis home of the juicy Lucy. Just a little tiny neighborhood bar with maybe a 3 ft griddle and lines out the door still going strong to this day. Use caution with a freshly cooked juicy Lucy the cheese center is like molten lava 🔥
Grew up in Cullman and those orange rolls are life changing. They are like a cinnamon roll, but orange with tons of sugar.
There is more to the 2 styles of NC BBQ. EASTERN is whole hog with a vinegar and red pepper sauce. LEXINGTON is pork shoulder with a vinegar and tomato based sauce with some spice. Lexington is more sweet. There is some sweetener in the Eastern style but it only enough to enhance the flavor. You should never taste sweet in Eastern BBq
I love that restaurants are claiming they made up the cheese inside a burger thing. I have a vintage children’s cookbook from the ‘50’s that had kids making burgers that way.