The cannibal sandwich (Wisconsin)—raw beef with onions on rye. Every year the health department begs people not to eat these
Regional American Food
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Regional American Food
@RegionalUSFood
Shining a light on regional dishes from around the US since 2021 — featured in @Salon, @SFExaminer, @AtlasObscura, and more. Curated by @bromf3. Submit via DM
Joined January 2021
- Fluffernutter (Massachusetts) –– peanut butter and marshmallow creme on white bread
- had some folks say the pork tenderloin sandwich (Indiana) in the last post was too small so let’s get freaky with it
- Blue moon (left) is an ice cream flavor found in the Upper Midwest, often used in the creation of another regional specialty, Superman ice cream (right)
- The runza, a bread pocket popular in Nebraska and sold by the fast food chain of the same name
- Ice cream potato (Idaho) — cocoa powder gives the vanilla ice cream the appearance of a potato skin
- Funeral potatoes (Intermountain West/Midwest, particularly Utah) –– a hotdish with potatoes, cheese, onions, cream of chicken or mushroom soup, sour cream, butter, and a layer of corn flakes or crushed potato chips. Widely associated with the Church of Latter-Day Saints.
- Slopper — a burger covered in chili sauce and typically eaten with a knife and fork (Pueblo/Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- Buckeyes (Ohio) –– balls of peanut butter fudge dipped partially in chocolate to leave a small circle of peanut butter visible
