Food you miss/crave/wish was in your goddamn town

[JediScum]

BREAKFAST TACOS (and not that McDonald's "burrito" pale imitation crap)

Pho soup

Tortilla soup that is STOCK based, not CREAM based

Osso Bucco

[Fathom Zero]

I crave Skyline, Krispy Kreme, and White Castle.

[Sethomas]

Chicago "stuffed" pizza, Licor de Crema Catalana. No, seriously, I wish that the latter were capable of being purchased in the Western Hemisphere without paying $35 shipping on a $14 bottle of AWESOME FUCKING DELICIOUS.

[Dr. Boogie]

There was this Italian restaurant in my hometown that made these great sub sandwiches that they called "gondolas". I wish they had those out here.

Also, Chicago-style pizza. Just about every pizza place in CA makes New York-style pizza. It's ok, but I like my pizza to be a little thicker sometimes.

[Fathom Zero]

I make my pizzas in a pot becuase the pans I have aren't tall enough for it. I made one that was almost like a pizza cake. It was delicious and it slid whole out of the pot and was able to stand on its own, five and some aught inches tall.

[Durin]

I make my pizzas in a pot becuase the pans I have aren't tall enough for it. I made one that was almost like a pizza cake. It was delicious and it slid whole out of the pot and was able to stand on its own, five and some aught inches tall.

That sounds delicious.

As for jme, ima have to go with white castle, and i wouldn't say no to0 a nearby cracker barrel either

[Sethomas]

See, that post is funny because it's followed by a signature that is ostensibly ironic about being unintelligible.

There's a White Castle a few miles from here, but I rarely go to that part of town so I never enjoy it.

[Fathom Zero]

I was going to ask you if that part of town was filled with minorities and that's what made you misirable about it. But I think, people of low income is a better term.

[Sethomas]

No, it's a commercial park area and nobody actually lives there except for the townie kids that never leave the Steak 'n Shake across the street from White Castle. I guess I should go there as that is where the local ALDI is located. But, truth be told, I haven't bought groceries in at least six weeks because I've been too lazy to cook. Hence, if I eat enough fast food, I eventually hate the experience of eating and I save money in the end.

[MLE]

I wish there were Sonics in Maryland.

[Rongi]

I wish we had Big City Burrito on LI. Their breakfast burritos are so thick and delicious I want ONE RIGHT NOW >:

Now that I'm a vegatarian I cant really think of anything else I miss having from other places :\

[Seven Force]

Edwardos deep dish pizza, and the occasional maxwell street polish dog, of course they're not here in florida >:

[Alive]

I would like one of those chick-fil-a's and a carls jr. maybe jack in the box again since we lost those a long time ago and hardees (if they still exist elsewhere) that also left. but im not really into fast food much these days since i realised that mcdonalds double cheese burgers are made by the devil himself and we pretty much have everything everybody else has in there town so it gets old after a while. but yeah a chick-fil-a please.

[ZAKO the GREAT]

we once have white castle in my country but not anymore. SAD.
i miss those time when i ate half dozen slyders in one shot.

[Fathom Zero]

Edwardos deep dish pizza, and the occasional maxwell street polish dog, of course they're not here in florida >:

Haha, 'cause they're in Chicago and you're not. :lol

[JediScum]

I made a shrimp stock a couple days and don't know what to do with it.

[executioneer]

put a criminal shrimp in it and then let the other shrimp throw rotten vegetables at it and jeer

[doopa]

Dunkin Donuts, Moe's, any good Italian

[Mockery]

Peanut Butter Boppers.

They were these snacks back in the 80's that I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED. They also made vanilla ones that ruled as well. I died a little the day they stopped making 'em. :(

[Guitar Woman]

In first grade I had these little Japanese rice cakes and they were FANTASTIC, but since then I've never been able to find them again :<

There might be an Uwajimaya around that sells them, but I never have the time to go check :(

[Dr. V]

I live in southern California. I can eat anything I want! MUHAHA!

I made a shrimp stock a couple days and don't know what to do with it.
Shrimp Soup With Cumin


1 to 1 1/4lbs shrimp, shells on
5 cups shrimp stock
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 clove garlic, peeled
4 thick slices french or italian bread
salt and fresh pepper to taste
minced fresh parsley for garnish

1. Peel shrimp and simmer shells in stock whilst preparing other ingredients
2. Place olive oil in large saucepan or casserole, turn heat to medium. Add garlic, cook until deep golden. Remove and set aside
3.turn heat to low, brown bread in oil. spread 1/2 clove of garlic on each. Mince remaining galric.
4. cut shrimp into 3-4 pieces each. strain stock into pan. Turn heat to medium, bring to gental boil. Add shrimp, cumin, salt, pepper, and cook over low for 3-4 mins.
5. Place a piece of bread in each of four bowls then ladel a portion of soup. Sprinkle with minced garlic and garnish, serve.

Enjoy, my good man!

[sloth]

i remember going to america as a kid and having a wendy's, it seemed like the most exotic thing at the time. i mean, square burgers - thats some hubris right there. guessing its probably a really shitty place for you lot.

[Emu]

Wendy's is like any fast food restaurant in that it ranges from genuinely enjoyable to putrid shithole.

[Dr. Boogie]

We had a good one by my old job. Then I tried one in my home town. Pure shit.

[Cosmo Electrolux]

put a criminal shrimp in it and then let the other shrimp throw rotten vegetables at it and jeer

:lol

[Sethomas]

If you've never lived in one of the eleven or so states that have White Castle, then there are just certain things you'll never understand.

At around 2 AM this morning, I walked into one and chatted a bit with the only employee there. "You know," I told him, "I'm really not usually the type of person who would risk his life for White Castle. But tonight, I just kinda felt like it." I'm sure he probably gets that a lot.

[Dr. V]

So what's the deal with that place? I don't get the tiny hamburger concept.

[Geggy]

Dunkin Donuts

are you serious? there are like 10 dunkin donuts within the 5 mile radius of my house.

Popeye's, southwestern burritos and philly cheesesteak hoagies.

[Fathom Zero]

So what's the deal with that place? I don't get the tiny hamburger concept.

The fact they can be less than fifty cents apiece sometimes, so you can just lay into a bag of six or so. They're delicious. The pickles and onions meld with the bread and make it a little mushy on the inside, but that only enhances the flavor.

[Pihlak101]

Blue Pepsi. I haven't seen it in years but I remember it tasted so good.

[executioneer]

i wish there was still burgermasters around here

or shakeys, i guess :/

[Alive]

Another that comes to mind is chris & pitts, a southern california based bbq restaurant that i use to frequent when i lived in santa ana. pretty good stuff if your into bbq ribs.

[comhcinc]

If you've never lived in one of the eleven or so states that have White Castle, then there are just certain things you'll never understand.

At around 2 AM this morning, I walked into one and chatted a bit with the only employee there. "You know," I told him, "I'm really not usually the type of person who would risk his life for White Castle. But tonight, I just kinda felt like it." I'm sure he probably gets that a lot.

the closest white castle is about an hour away, but we have krystals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystal_(restaurant)) all over the place

[Dr. V]

Another that comes to mind is chris & pitts, a southern california based bbq restaurant that i use to frequent when i lived in santa ana. pretty good stuff if your into bbq ribs.
Ah, I haven't been there in years.

[Nick]

I would like one of those chick-fil-a's and a carls jr. maybe jack in the box again since we lost those a long time ago and hardees (if they still exist elsewhere) that also left. but im not really into fast food much these days since i realised that mcdonalds double cheese burgers are made by the devil himself and we pretty much have everything everybody else has in there town so it gets old after a while. but yeah a chick-fil-a please.

From my understanding of the matter Hardees was bought by Carls Jr. and most of the stores that are still around today are either rebranded Carls Jr. stores or carry Carls Jr. menus. So basically Hardees is the west coast Carls Kr.

[Fathom Zero]

They both have the same logo, but maintain different names. I know, because my hometown still has a Hardees. You can still get a good roast beef sandwich there.

[Nick]

They both have the same logo, but maintain different names. I know, because my hometown still has a Hardees. You can still get a good roast beef sandwich there.
That's what I said. :\ I used to like Hardees but I've grown to dislike fast food in recent years as they tend to make everyone giant fatties.


ps: MONSTA THICK BURGA!1

[WhiteRat]

JT McTweedy's Esquire!

ughhhhghhhhh

[Pentegarn]

Anything from Zantigo's (did I just show my age or what?)

I think they only exist in Nebraska now :(

[MarioRPG]

I want Dunkin Donuts too, I saw a commercial for one once, and I can't even remember the featured item, but I wanted it bad.

[KuddWeazel]

Sasparilla and a Sonic

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Pizza and bagels.

NY is the only place you should eat them, and DC is the last.

[Mullon]

Pizza Hut and Boston Market.

And I would like to know if those Sonic slushies are actually good.

[comhcinc]

they are.

[dirtyxblondexdame]

jersey city is pretty diverse with food -- we have White Castle, Checkers, all the usual fast food and chain places...............

..........but NO FUCKING SONIC!!! why do they insist on showing the commercials in my area is there isn't one around for 200 miles?!?!?! they are just taunting me with delicious foods now.

*pouts*

[Pentegarn]

Pizza Hut and Boston Market.

And I would like to know if those Sonic slushies are actually good.

I like the orange ones. If they have one flaw though it is that they aren't easy to drink like a Slurpee is. I think the fault lies with the straw they give you somehow.

[Nick]

Anyone remember Little Caesars pizza? Yeah them.

[MattJack]

my Gran's dirty rice and her fried gar fish(sp?) patties :love

On a side note, I think gar fish are pretty cool creatures.

http://www.iobis.org/images_new/ILAlligatorGar.jpg
http://dialog.ua.edu/dialog20061030/images/DanWithGar.jpg

Dikipedia sez:
Gar bodies are elongated, heavily armored with ganoid scales, and fronted by similarly elongated jaws (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaw) filled with long sharp teeth. Tails are heterocercal (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heterocercal&action=edit), and the dorsal fins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_fin) are close to the tail. They have vascularised swim bladders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_bladder) that can function as lungs, and most gar surface periodically to take a gulp of air, doing so more frequently in stagnant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagnant_%28water%29) or warm water when the concentration of oxygen in the water is low. As a result, they are extremely hardy and able to tolerate conditions that would kill most other fish.

[Spruce Moose]

Foods we miss? Oh yeah, I've got one of them.

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE MY VANILLA BEAN SNAPPLE GRAHHHHH!!!!????>>>><<<<""""::::::}}{{{{}}{}

[comhcinc]

Anyone remember Little Caesars pizza? Yeah them.

that chain went out of business around here about ten years ago, but in the last year new store have started to pop up again.

[Spruce Moose]

I'm pretty sure there's still a Little Caesar's in the local K-Mart. But that's the only one I've knwon for ages.

[Zomboid]

In my hometown there's a really good lebanese owned restaurant that has amazing pizza and donairs. Pretty much everything there is really good actually. In the city, there's a ton of similar restaurants but none are as good :(.

[KuddWeazel]

jersey city is pretty diverse with food -- we have White Castle, Checkers, all the usual fast food and chain places...............

..........but NO FUCKING SONIC!!! why do they insist on showing the commercials in my area is there isn't one around for 200 miles?!?!?! they are just taunting me with delicious foods now.

*pouts*

I whole heartedly agree. I have seen sonic commercials here in ohio since i was 4 or so. but didnt have it until i was 14 and in colorado. and then again a couple years ago in tennessee. If I want sonic. I have to go at least t states over. Rip-off. And yeah, their slushes are like crack laced with herion.

[KuddWeazel]

Anyone remember Little Caesars pizza? Yeah them.

Yes we still have Little Caesars here too. Definitely not the best but still good when you're drunk as piss before closing time and all you have is $5.

[saltshakermaniac]

Yes we still have Little Caesars here too. Definitely not the best but still good when you're drunk as piss before closing time and all you have is $5. :lol

I couldent agree more. Also I see commercials for Jack in the Box all the time, yet here in the economic shithole know as Michigan Ive never, NEVER seen one.

[Kenster102.5]

More Denny's in Ontario, yes we have one in Niagara Falls, but that is only to make people coming from the US feel more at home.

Vanilla Coke or Vanilla Pepsi, I had one of the last cases.

[MarioRPG]

I swear I saw some Vanilla Coke in the past 4 months...

[Spruce Moose]

Straight up Vanilla Coke is hard to find. Vanilla Pepsi is dead. Diet Vanilla Coke Zero and Black Cherry Vanilla Coke are easier to find, but not as good.

[dirtyxblondexdame]

Straight up Vanilla Coke is hard to find. Vanilla Pepsi is dead. Diet Vanilla Coke Zero and Black Cherry Vanilla Coke are easier to find, but not as good.

i actually really like the "zero" sodas. vanilla or otherwise, they aren't too sweet for me. regular soda is like drinking a cup of sugar water to me.

love me some Diet Coke, though *sips*

[Dr. V]

If you have a Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill near by , you can get vanilla coke. And while we're on the subject, if tortilla has to be pronounced tor-tee-a, then vanilla should be pronounced va-nee-a. *my 2 cents*

[dirtyxblondexdame]

If you have a Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill near by , you can get vanilla coke. And while we're on the subject, if tortilla has to be pronounced tor-tee-a, then vanilla should be pronounced va-nee-a. *my 2 cents*

i think at Denny's you can still get vanilla or cherry coke made with syrup. deelicious.

[Schimid]

Being somewhat of a sweet tea connoisseur, I frequently get frustrated that Maryland isn't furnished with my drink of choice. A lot of places have raspberry tea or something with flavoring, and I absolutely hate it. Along the same lines, every single store has Arizona sweet tea, which is terrible, and only few places have Tradewinds or Gold Coast.

Other than that, the day I realized one of my dreams to see the Pacific Ocean (it looks higher!), I ate at an In-N-Out Burger. I didn't really think much of it then, but Goddamn if I don't miss it.

[Spruce Moose]

i actually really like the "zero" sodas. vanilla or otherwise, they aren't too sweet for me. regular soda is like drinking a cup of sugar water to me.

love me some Diet Coke, though *sips*

I quite agree, actually. The Zero sodas are very close to original, close enough that I'll take a vanilla coke zero over a plain regular coke.

Diet just doesn't work for me, though.

[Kilgore Cod]

Ice Cream Sundae flavored Pop Tarts. I miss those :(

[Sethomas]

Hey sharkboy, I think a better Vonnegut-allusion user name would be "Rambo Karabekian".

[Kilgore Cod]

Dammit, you're right. That covers two of the awesomest things ever.