I'm Georgian and we don't eat peach pie. Peach cobbler is what we have, hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. The real top comfort food of our state is fried chicken.
Man, I'm telling you, the taste of a well-prepared chicken fried steak with cream gravy will roll your eyes back in your head! So will hot fresh American biscuits with sausage gravy.
Yes. It's been DECADES since my last chicken fried steak, but I remember. Done right, that meat is so incredibly tender that it doesn't even seem possible.
As an Iowan, I was annoyed to see the pork tenderloin sandwich assigned to another state, but then when the very next entry was Iowa sweet corn, I was like "ok, fair."
Mate, tenderloins are our thing. You have other things, we gotta hold onto our single bit of glory. You come on by, I’ll treat you to a piece of meat larger than the plate it’s served on and with a flavor like fried angels’ wings.
At least you got an accurate answer. As a Georgian the blasphemy to dare say or even ASSUME we eat peach pie. And as a comfort food of all things! We do NOT eat peach….ugghh pies 🤮 we eat cobbler, but even then it’s not close lol. Like fried chicken, biscuits and gravy, Chicken and dumplings, sweet potato pie…literally any of those would been acceptable. Fried chicken would be the best fit lol.
Georgia isn’t about Peach Pie, but Peach COBBLER- which is a variation of pie where there is only a torn top crust as it bakes directly in the pan. It does change the texture and stuff. The idea of using whole fruit is for the texture and showing off the quality of the fresh fruit. There are some good brands of canned fruit for pies, but nothing beats peak season freshness
Louisiana native, here. Jambalaya is just one part of a whole cluster of Creole and Cajun dishes that are equally popular: gumbo and rice, red beans and rice, and various seafood dishes, such as shrimp- and crawfish-based dishes (especially boiled crawfish), fried catfish, grilled and fried oysters, etc... 🤤
I’m a total foodie and I’ve lived in several states and been to most of the states in the US. The best food I’ve ever had was some crawfish ettouffee and a crawfish broil with my friend from Lake Charles, Louisiana.
yeah I'm going with a big no on the jamba ... it's easily red beans and rice. Jamba wouldn't make the top ten anywhere except the deep south mid & western parts. North of Red Stick, it's about as common as chicken lips.
The comments about clam chowder crack me up! 😂 i just can’t help laughing imagining the face of the author when he tries a spoonful 😋 It’s ridiculously flavorful 😅 One of my favorite treats for winter weather here in Texas - hits the spot each time ❤
I’m from the ocean state (Rhode Island) and clam chowder is available at any restaurant with any fish. It’s amazing both red or white. Corn chowder is great too.
OMG. I know I live in NJ, not Maine, but Maine Lobster Rolls are like, one of the best things I've ever eaten. WAY better than even just lobster tails with drawn butter. They are very expensive (sometimes like $17-$20 per sandwich) but we can find them here in the summers on specialty food trucks and at certain seafood places and we ALWAYS get them when possible.
I'm not a Texan, but the greatest food to come out of Texas is the Texas brisket. It is seriously one of the best beef dishes in the world. Right up there with Korean bulgogi.
@@Texasnoname the chili looked more like a taco soup or something but pretty good. And while we definitely eat chicken fried steak a lot, I feel like Oklahoma would have nothing for their state to brag about without it.
I’m from Washington State and I’d like to go on the record to say that the Cherry Pie is NOT our favorite comfort food. It’s actually the black berry pie. Cherries are not often found west of the mountains (meaning half the state) and blackberries are so abundant that they’re actually a problem most of the time.
Yeah, this one confused me a bit. I grew up in Washington, and apple or blackberry was the generally the pie of choice. My mom would actually make a combo of the two sometimes.
all of my friends and family in Washington would keel over for Salmon in its various forms (they prefer smoked) over the pies but maybe my family is just not much of a sweets family. I know this because i fight with them over Maryland blue crabs being better than their Salmon every meet up lol.
I know clam chowder looks disgusting, but it's actually delicious!! Very savory too. We have a common snack where salty pretzels are dipped in white chocolate!!
As an Oregonian I don't even like fish or crab, ironically there's a seafood resturaunt out in town that serves the best chickens trips and waffle fries with chilled ranch, there's an "outside" patio area and on a cool day the chicken will literally steam since it's served straight from the deep fryer.
Facts. Chiles are like air and water to y'all NMers. As an Arizonan living in Texas, I've been fortunate enough to share in y'alls near fanatical devotion to chiles. Hell, I make the 2 hr drive to Hatch every season just to get my hands on "the good stuff" lol.
"Funeral potatoes" got their name from the tradition of people bringing a large dish of food to the church where a funeral is being held. After the service everyone gathers to eat and talk, often family members coming for the funeral haven't seen each other in a while. It's also a tradition to make meals for the family in mourning so they don't have to cook for themselves for a few days after the funeral.
To be honest, (I was born & raised in Utah) I hadn’t heard of Funeral Potatoes until I was in my 30’s! They are delicious! One joke is because they are a comfort food (potatoes, butter, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, cheese and the corn flake topping) they are very high in calories. The “joke” is that if you eat too much of the funeral potatoes, it will soon be your funeral. They are _so_ good! I have to admit though, I was expecting to see Rainbow Trout or a Jello Salad. (Utah is also referred to as “the Jello Belt”.
From Northern Michigan love Cornish Pasties, steak, potatoes, onions and carrots baked in a pie crust and hand held. Favorite in U.P. Of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Favorite of old Cornish Miners.
Your videos crack me up with your comments over American cuisine and cultures. Especially our food lol. I currently live in Texoma, which is on the border of Oklahoma and Texas, and because I was born in Texas i know a lot about the attractions and accommodations from all over. So if you ever come over to America, I would be happy to be your guide or at least help you, learn about some of these areas to visit. Our family has host many guests and we all have our favorite dishes from where our extended families live (ie: Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico etc) and it’d be so much fun to one day open a B&B to host people from all over that want to experience these foods from all over America. Now idk your name but if you do ever want to reach out, I’d be happy to give my email and help be your guide if you so happen to want to come to the south. I’ll give you a tip too- if you Al want to visit Texas for a while, choose somewhere close to the border of Oklahoma. The rent and travel costs are far cheaper, and you still have close access to both Texas and Oklahoma’s culture and cuisine. 😊
I'm over 50 years old and have lived in Connecticut my whole life... I've NEVER had a steamed burger... we grill them. But i grew up with one pan (literally 1 pan with everything in it )roasts (a variety of different meats ) with vegetables and homemade chicken soup with drop noodles or New England clam chowder. Those are family comfort foods... some of the newer generations would include mac n cheese too. Burgers and hot dogs are family bbq summertime easy foods with cold watermelon after.
Scrapple is made out of ground beef, beef liver, pork sausage. All cooked in water. Then, ground up & put back in the same water. Then you add corn meal & boil again. The corn meal cooks & all the water soaks into the corn meal. You then put it into bread pan. Let it sit. Once cool, you take it out of the pan. Cut it & fry it. Some like gravy on it, but others put maple syrup on it. That is the basic recipe.
@@laurasexton7450 "Scrapple is a dish made from scraps of pork meat, usually trimming, combined with cornmeal and spices." That's from Food Network, but all of the recipes I've seen are basically the same
@@cinfinator yes.. we have a very similar one in NC Liver Pudding aka “livermush”, but the best brand depends on where you live in the state.. I’m in the western part and I’m a Neese’s livermush girl for life!
If you’re from PA, you know April 26th is a special day and that scrapple is not the PA state comfort food. Is it interesting? Yes. Acquired taste? Yes. Comfort food? Yes. But it’s not the state’s best comfort food, or the most popular. Now I was born in NY but I’ve been living in PA since ‘04. That was the year after the establishment of “National Pretzel Day”. You wake up at 3AM during shark week in pain and in need of a salty snack, “hey babe, can you run to WaWa and grab me a soft pretzel”. That’s partial exaggeration, but still. You won’t find scrapple at a WaWa Corporate parties? No scrapple there, but plenty of Pretzel Factory. Scrapple? Fuhgeddaboudit! I can’t even believe I just said that, but just roll with it. No, I’d even say PA cream cheese is above that. They even have a brand named after one of the cities! Oh, and another thing. Buffalo wings are NOT NY’s comfort food. That’s the entire country’s comfort food. It depends on where you go, but if you’ve never had a NY bagel from a kosher deli in the city or a real NY slice from a local establishment, then you’re missing out. Shoutout to Ben’s in Manhattan, btw. Best latkes money can buy. Also, cheesecake. These are all more city specialties, btw. The birthplace of the spiedie happens to be upstate. Also, apparently the birthplace of the potato chip, but I’m actually pretty sure that one’s an urban legend that isn’t actually true, but people can believe what they want about that. Also, Ice cream sundaes. Although they weren’t the first ones, they certainly were some of the first. They probably originated in Wisconsin, but they were definitely popular in the beginning in NY, too. That was in central NY, but anything north of 14th is upstate, so there’s that. If there’s anyone who understands what I just said, don’t be fooled I’m from the island. And before you get your knickers in a twist, it’s Nassau, not Suffolk.
Remember how biscuits and sausage gravy look disgusting, but TASTES AMAZING? New England clam chowder is another of those foods. It's my favorite comfort soup, and I don't even live in Massachusetts! If you like seafood, you'll love how this tastes! My grandmother used to make New England clam chowder from scratch. 🤤 But if cream soups really aren't your thing, there's also a Manhattan clam chowder that's tomato based. It's a different flavor but also incredible! 😊
I was just going to say this also. I hate seafood now, but when I was a kid, my parents used to give me clam chowder (in Brooklyn NY so it was the Manhattan style) and I loved it back then. Now I just gag thinking about it lol
Been eaten New England chowder since I was a boy and they vary from kitchen to kitchen. The soup for me must be velvety, it can't be too thin and it can't be wall paper paste. It must taste distinctly of clams and have a good amount of them in the soup, along with good potatoes and little bits of bacon. I like a bit of black pepper on mine but any chowder that has to have hot sauce put on it (for me) is not standing on it own enough. A spot that has a top notch chowder on the menu might be the only thing I will know that place for.
@@LordLOCTo be fair so many places use crappy pre-mde Clam Cowder despite their claims of it being freshly made... It's freshly re-heated most of the time and they just mask the poor quality with a ton of strong spices. A biggive away is it tends to smell and taste "fishy"
I'm not from Wisconsin, but my husband of 42 years is from Chippewa Falls. I've never had the deep fried curds, he prefers the squeaky ones. We've been bringing them home (to Alaska) every time we visit. Yum!
cheese curds yum born in green bay,love them fried and love them squeaky,all flavors garlic especially,but have had taco ones as most ununusal,cant have a packer game without cheese curds!!!
In the Latter Day Saint community, formerly called Mormon, it is a tradition to serve a pot luck lunch to the family members of the deceased right after the funeral. This lunch always includes funeral potatoes. The burial is then held at the gravesite right after the lunch.
In the Midwest, we have sweet corn broils. We take ears of corn, with the husks still on, and put them on the grill. We have communal shakers of salt and pepper and dishes of butter. Usually, we'll grill chicken and burgers to go with it, with watermelon for dessert. Nom nom nom!
While the appearance of clam chowder is nothng that will grab you, once you put a spoonful of this in your mouth, as the flavors fill every place, oh Sweetheart! Fineness!
Clam chowder always looked gross to me too. Plus I’m not a fan of clams. Then I had a chance to try it during a trip up north and I’m always willing to try something at least once. I was not prepared for how good it was.
Best Clam Chowder I've ever had was at a place called Dukes up in Washington. Granted, I still haven't been to East Coast long enough to have tried the real deal of that version... Because I was too busy getting fat off Lobster Rolls, Ben and Jerry's, Green Mountain coffee, and delicious brewskies during my short time there lol.
Colorado here, the proper way to serve that green chili is thrown into a casserole dish with enchiladas before baking them. Top with monterrey jack and a dollop of sour cream when they're done when at home or skip the sour cream and wrap in foil to bring with you on a hike
Born and raised in Buffalo, NY. The story is that Buffalo wings were started in a small restaurant owned by John Young and that The Anchor Bar stole the story and claimed the fame. He owned soul food restaurants in Buffalo, Illinois and Oklahoma. My parents used to frequent his restaurant. If you want good Buffalo wings, don't go to The Anchor Bar. Overcooked and dry wings. Go to Duff's for sure. There are also some small independent places that are way better as well. Anchor is just famous. It's a tourist trap. Duff's has been featured on Food Network shows and won taste tests multiple times over.
My guy, New England Clam Chowder hits so good. Just imagine, its winter and the streets are covered in snow. You are at a window seat of a restaurant, big window so you can watch the bare trees get covered in a layer of snow and people walking by. Jazz music playing in the background, you're feeling a little cold and then a warm bowl of thick and hearty clam chowder is placed in front of you. With each creamy chunky bite, you start to feel warmer and more relaxed. you finish it feeling satisfied but you don't want to leave yet so you order a coffee, and just ease away the time taking gentle sips as you stare out the window. Its like meditation.
I agree!!! Clam chowder isn’t appealing to the eye but the flavor is absolutely amazing!!!! It warms the soul like being wrapped up in a cozy blanket by a fire. Don’t miss out on this one!!!!
I love love the clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl in San Francisco or Seattle. Okay, anywhere really, since I live in Oregon now. Must have butter for the bread after the clam chowder is gone!😊
I don't eat it, now I'm Vegan, but when I ate animal products, that was my favourite soup. I have no idea why anyone would think it looks nasty, as it just looks like any "cream of whatever" soup, or like white gravy, for biscuits. Or like a white cheese sauce. "Whatever, dude," to the video guy. I miss dairy, and this dude is all precious about how a soup looks....
I grew up in New Mexico and never heard of Mexican meatball soup. Our comfort foods are tamales, fry bread, green chile cheeseburgers (they have to be Hatch chiles). And in the southwest we have the fry bread tacos too but they are usually named for the closest tribe or pueblo (Tewa, Navajo, Hopi, etc.). You have to try one!
I've lived in NM for over 20 years and my wife is from here and we would vote for green chile cheeseburgers as NM's unique comfort food. I've never been served Mexican meatball soup that I recall.
Was looking to see if any New Mexicans had heard of the Mexican meatball stew, cause I certainly hadn't! I would have gone with tamales or smothered burritos.
Bangers and Mash Colorado Style is served at a pub in Denver. The mashed potatoes are topped with green chilli. Btw, it's usually tomatillos instead of tomatoes.
Your questions about "whole fruit" pies just cracked me up. No, biting into whole fruit in fruit pie doesn't creep us out. No, we don't mince it up first or put it in a blender! 😂😂😂
The best part of the USA is that all of these foods are served in every single state! Fish tacos are amazing, crab legs really look like that, dumplings are amazing green chili is really good it’s all really good! Out of all my favorite foods, thanks giving meals are my favorite!
No, not all of these foods are served everywhere... I haven't had 3/4 of them and I live here. Hell, I live in WA now and have been thru Idaho several times and have never heard of finger steaks. I'll have to keep my eye out for them
NC native here. They're right on the money about the barbecue. My favorite city to eat in was Asheville because of the farm-to-table food combined with the southern cooking. Also, clam chowder is much better than it looks.
Texas talkin'. When it's cold and wet outside my favorite is chili bean stew. I eat more red than green chili stew but I can't go too long without either. Add cornbread or rolled corn tortillas to shine the bottom of the bowl.
Fruit pies: You don't have to mash the fruit. Once it's cooked, it is so soft it's mashed in your mouth, retaining just a bit of texture. Even the pecans in pecan pie get soft when cooked (not as soft as fruit though).
There's one other thing. When the fruits mashed or minced, you get a generally uniform flavor with a creamed texture. But when you bake the pie with integral pieces, you get bursts of flavor with each piece you bite into, plus the texture's more varied & interesting.
Something I learned, apparently, pecans are actually a type of fruit called a drupe. I just want to share that, I don't think I've ever seen someone make a pie by Mushing it all up.
@@Zurenza Along with walnuts, cashews, and almonds. (also drupes) Oh, and custard pies (pumpkin, sweet potato) are the only pies I know of where you mash/blend the filling.
Brits have a weird relation with plant matter, I've heard of people going to friends houses for a few hours and then using the fact that they have vegetables boiling to leave, luke what the fuck it's called texture and its a good thing
Pennsylvania is a tough one to pick because you'll start a war between Eastern and Western PA over quite a few different foods. We'll both agree it isn't Scrapple, though. Maybe for people that grew up in the Depression, or when the steel mills were closing down all over, but it definitely hasn't been a thing since at least the 70's. In Philly, you're likely to hear cheese steak because it's pretty much what they're best known for, in Pittsburgh, you'll here a bit more diversity with Polish Sausage w/ peppers and onions, Italian Meatballs, fries and meat on a salad, Primanti Brothers Sandwiches, Chopped Ham & BBQ sauce, but I think if you had to pick one thing the entire state could agree on you're likely looking at Pierogi's. They're delicious, and while there's probably some regional preferences on fillings, you can pretty much get them anywhere in the state.
Looking through this comment section for someone from Pennsylvania who was as disturbed by putting scrapple on this list as I was. Like who made this list? Nobody eats scrapple. If you didn't put pierogis on your list for Pennsylvania, then you've never been here. And I'm from Pittsburgh, I'd have been less upset if they said cheesesteaks instead, just because more people live out towards Philly than the rest of the state. But it's definitely not scrapple. Omg, it's so not scrapple.
I was born & raised in Massachusetts and my favorite food list is right out of the New England regional favorites. Lobster (Maine), Stuffed Clams (Rhode Island) and New England Clam Chowder (Massachusetts) would be up there on 1st pick at a restaurant dinner. But I still eat Pancakes (New Hampshire) and Apple Cider Donuts (Vermont) any time of day. Love them both. Those Steamed Cheeseburgers (Connecticut) are only sold in one store in the entire state, it takes special equipment that isnt made anymore. But i do eat regular Cheeseburgers almost every day.
Hi from Meriden, Connecticut! There are three restaurants in Meriden that make steamed cheeseburgers: Ted’s, where they originated Kenny LeMays, The Lunchbox. Come visit us!
@JaimeMesChiens Oh I thought it was only the one, thanks for the heads up (nice plug 😂) I'll definitely stop in again if I'm in the area or an easy going Sunday.
Yes! Still hot from the smoker, home canned, or packaged. A treat all winter. As far as potatoes go, Yukon gold. That creamy and buttery taste before you've added anything to them.😉
Growing up in southeast AK the smoked salmon and King crab were awesome but the deer sausage and Bear sausage were my family's favorites. The best place to grow up on the face of this earth!
I’m surprised they didn’t mention the Pasty for Michigan which is a pastry filled with ground beef or pork and also vegetables like potatoes carrots onions and rutabaga and the pastry wrapped around the filling and baked to perfection.
Idaho is a state divided in many ways, north and south. South is potatoes and finger steaks. North is silver mines and hot beef sandwiches. That's a sandwich of beef slices covered with rich brown gravy with mashed potatoes.
From Iowa Sweet corn is amazing here. But if you want some comfort food you will want tater tot casserole. Fry up one to two pounds of ground hamburger, drain it then put it in a cake pan. Out two cans of cream of mushroom or cream of celery soup over it. Cover it in shredded cheddar cheese and cover it all with frozen tater tots. Then bake it with using the instructions on the tater tot package. Some people add canned green beans or canned corn before the tots.
As someone who's lived in Mississippi and Louisiana I can tell you that the poboy is from Louisiana. They started giving it away during the strikes that happened in the French quarter and opened up the first restaurant in the French quarter. They may have opened up a subsequent restaurant in Mississippi but it started in Louisiana mostly because the French bread is from New Orleans. They could have easily done crawfish or Mississippi mud pies or something else 😅
for real, Poboys are much more of a Louisiana thing. From my house I can get to a place selling poboys in a couple minutes and there are probably a dozen such places within a few miles of anywhere! We love our fried catfish, which confounds some people from other states who never eat it but it is a staple of our poboys, along with crawfish, shrimp, and oyster. If you really want something amazing, try catfish atchafalaya, which tops a fillet of catfish with a buttery crawfish etouffee!
Po boys are from Louisiana...end of sentence and crawfish, too, for that matter. Mississippi is just borrowing these things from southern Louisiana. Much like north Louisiana, their food culture is not as strong
@@annschex That last statement is pure crap. Food culture in La. is amazing, but just because you are unfamiliar with MS. food culture does NOT mean it does not exist. BOTH of our food cultures have been heavily influenced by Black cuisine in any event.
If you can find Hormel Chili with no beans on your side of the pond, that's a decent topping for a chili dog. Add chopped raw onions and shredded cheese, maybe some yellow mustard if you like.
Agree. NO BEANs...only topped w/ onions and cheese. Best canned authentic TX chili is Wolf Brand since 1895. Original from Corsicanna TX with NO BEANS. They only started a bean chili due to public demand.
Wisconsinite here. Cheese curds are just as amazing as they sound. We're picky about our cheese, too. It's not fresh unless it squeaks. If you ever visit, make sure you visit our state fair. The food you'll find there is beyond amazing. While you're in town, visit Leon's and grab some frozen custard. We line up outside in the dead of winter for that stuff.
Lmao the cheese there is unflavored crap. My ex wife was raised there and she couldn’t even come close to making me agree the cheese was good in any way. Fresh cheese is the dumbest thing to want. Let it age first and you might have a chance at an argument. Other than that your state like the cheese is boring and unflavored
@@MukLander Guess we know why you're divorced. Wisconsin cheese is king over any other cheese made in the USA. Sit down, say goodnight, and enjoy your new freedom from a smart ex-wife.
@trimc8907 that's like declaring war against us wisconsinites. Noone knows cheese on the levels that we do. Cheese curds aren't meant to age, they're taken off the top of a vat and intentionally sold fresh. If you want aged cheese go buy a cheese wheel... and there's a reason every other state says "made with real Wisconsin cheese" cuz its like we know what we are doing or something as the dairy state. Sincerely someone who lives 5 minutes from one of the top cheese producers in the state by both quantity and quality.
I’m from Indiana and when I went to Wisconsin and tried the fresh fried cheese curds, it was life changing. You must have really bad taste if you don’t like it.
My family is from Nebraska. Runza’s are a whole food group there! But that is the name of the restaurant. They call their sandwich a Runza but the actual food if you’re looking for a recipe is bierock.
Crab cakes are like fish cakes. Yup chili on a hot dog. Lobster is similar to crab. Prime Rib is a standing rib roast sliced into thick slabs of beef about 3/4” - 1” thick. When they put corn in chili it’s usually fresh corn the cut off the cob, it’s not from a can. I make an awesome peach pie. When the fruit is baked in a pie or cobbler it gets soft.
Clam chowder is delicious 🤤 Oregon might not be well known for clam chowder because it’s not from here, but if you head to the coast there are so many restaurants with it as a dish. Fresh clams in a thick creamy soup is amazingly good. Marion berry pie, although many say is overrated is also very good.
Washington has a lot of lovely comfort foods. I don’t know why cherry pie was chosen. Lots of seafood like salmon or crab. Or for a sweet apple and blackberry cobbler, say home to me. I remember going to the soccer park every year and picking buckets and buckets of blackberries for jam and filling the freezer to eat all year. BlackBerry jam on ice cream in the summer (because no one had air conditioning when I was a kid) is so comforting.
As a Texan I could literally smell that chili through the screen and yes, we host MANY local chili cook-offs. In fact, both my small city and my church host annual chili cook-offs where you sample everyone’s unique chili and vote on which you like best. There are often multiple awards, one being most liked, and one being most unique. Other awards vary depending on the size of the cook-off and the group hosting it. Also, sometimes there are paid food critics (or local judges) that decide the winners. And you can do ANYTHING with chili, it’s almost like a brisket in that sense. 😋
The "extra thick stick" on the end of that corn cob for the Iowa segment was actually the corn stalk it grew on. If you're ever in America in October there's plenty of places that have Corn Field Mazes, sometimes with a Horror element added for the Halloween season.
Did you really ask if we had corn on the cobb in America? The Native Americans called it maize but corn originated from the Americas. Here's a list of other foods that originated from the Americas: Tomatoes Bell peppers Chile peppers Squash Avocado Beans Sweet potatoes Squash Pumpkins Cassava Turkey ... and my favorite ... Cacao (chocolate)🤤 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Fun fact: Potatoes also originated from the Americas! They were actually imported to Ireland from South America. I think this is why you crave American food. It's all about the flavor.🤤❤
Chocolate Mexico Chile peppers Brazil N most of those things are from South America the video is about the United States😭😭saying americas really grew that list by at least 50%.most is brought here.
@@ZeallustImmortal Tomatoes were not invented in italy lmfao italian food didn't even include tomatoes in it until the 15th or 16th century when they were brought to Italy from Central/South America. Italians just ran wild with them and incorporated them into their dishes. Most traditional italian dishes are actually heavily seafood based since that was what was most readily available in the region.
Finally, these videos got one right for my home state, Utah. Funeral potatoes are indeed the top comfort food. The name derives from a local tradition. After someone dies, the neighbors and church members of the family prepare a post-funeral luncheon for the deceased persons family. Over the years, that potato dish was seen over and over at these events, eventually earning the "funeral potatoes" nickname. And they are fantastic. In fact, years ago i asked my mom to write down her recipe for it so I'll always have it. And no... they're not only eaten at funeral lunches... that's just how they became famous.
I’ve had them at several funerals here in Az … but we definitely have a large lds population so I’m not shocked where it came from. They are a delight and I’m glad they made it across state lines.
Funeral potatoes seem similar to what some Midwest states call a hot dish. Is it a casserole? I'd love your recipe if you're willing to share. I live in Illinois, and I've never heard of this dish. I would LOVE to try it! 🤤
I'm a lifelong resident of Oregon, and as a child my family used to catch our own crab, cook it, shell it, and eat it with melted butter. Oh I miss those days. It's really expensive and a chore to eat so I don't get it that often anymore, but I do crave it. I wouldn't call it our comfort food though because it's not commonly eaten all that often.
I’m a drop dumpling fan, they are gooey on the outside, crumbly on the inside. About the consistency of a buttermilk biscuit!! Key lime pie is great, as long as it isn’t over sugared!! Thin crust pizza is the best!! I like the toppings, if I want bread I’ll eat a hogie!! Toasted ravioli are fabulous!! My younger brother tried them in a Carson city cafe we had and nobody would try them. We couldn’t just put a plate full out because that’s unsanitary. We maybe should have put two on each dinner entree and see what happens. But that’s a hassle when preparing an entree any sides have to be precooked. The raviolis would have gotten soggy, and they are best crisp!! Breakfast for dinner is a coast to coast favorite!! Look at a breakfast menu, everything is good for dinner!! In the U.S. we have “Spam”, it’s the everything scrap canned meat. It can me out of WWII, it was prepared for the troops at the front. However, it was such a staple on the Hawaiian islands, it is still on restaurant menus!!
I'm from Kentucky and my mom used to can green tomatoes in saltwater so she could cook us fried green tomatoes anytime of the year and they were delicious..I miss my mom a lot and her great cooking ♥️
I remember anytime mom was making fried green tomatoes she would ban me from the kitchen because I would eat them as fast as she would fry them. They are so good.
Pennsylvanian here! They always choose scrapple for us, but PA's got an interesting culture, where the center of the state (Pennsyltucky) and the Pittsburgh/Philadelphia areas have almost entirely separate cultures. I'm from the Philly area, myself, so I've never been a big fan of scrapple! The official dish from Philly culture is the far more appealing cheesesteak!
Same here. I’m down in southern PA about 40 mins from Lancaster and yeah scrapple was pretty popular around here back then (my grandparents ate it all the time). But I’d say now even in southern PA, a good bit away from Philly, the cheesesteak and definitely the California cheesesteak is something everyone enjoys and will eat any time.
@@CT-5736-Bladez my family is also from Gettysburg and they worshiped scrapple. I ate it as a kid but not so much anymore. Now I prefer fried mush instead. However, I think the biggest comfort food from Gettysburg is an Ernie's hotdog.
Nearly all fruit pies in the US use chunks. Apple and cherry are my favorite pies, but peach cobbler is something else. Exceptions are mostly ones where that doesn't make any sense, like key lime.
🦩🌞 Florida native here! While delicious, I've never, ever heard of anyone saying their favorite comfort food is key lime pie. It is soooo good, but very rich. Floridians don't typically refer to desserts as their favorite comfort "foods." I think this girl just googled unique popular dishes for each state.
same! i'm from Florida too and also have never heard someone claim it as a fav. If I was gonna pick I'd say a Publix sub, in particular the chicken tender one. People always talking about those lol
I would argue that the best comfort food (not counting Pub subs) in Florida is Mahi Mahi. You can literally find it at every restaurant. Especially as a sandwich 😋
Missouri is so regionalized when it comes to food. I’m from Kansas City, so I lean toward either bbq or plaza steak soup as a regional comfort food. My favorite St. Louis comfort food is gooey butter cake. Springfield or really anywhere in the Ozarks - cashew chicken or black walnut ice cream. Route 66 - diner food, particularly patty melts. Northeast MO - ronzas. Suffice it to say I don’t think a list like this could have been representative by only choosing one food.
I’m from Georgia but I was raised by parents from Missouri and Pennsylvania. Mom always used to make the noodle type chicken dumplings and I can hardly find them anywhere online when looking for recipes. Most people I see do the drop dumplings. I like the noodle dumplings. Chicken and dumplings looks verrrry boring and tasteless but it is delicious and full of flavor. Those chewy fat noodle dumplings are wonderful to me😊
Key lime pie is a custard with cream and key lime juice and sugar all mixed together. I make mine with sweetened condensed milk, key lime juice, and eggs
I'm from the South and I can confirm that fried green tomatoes are definitely a thing. They're absolutely delicious! However, I live in Georgia and I can say that I have never heard anyone referring to peach pie as comfort food. Georgia comfort foods are soul food, fried chicken, and southern homemade mac & cheese. I also lived out west for several years and fry bread was a true treat, very much a comfort food for my family.
Still, Peach Cobbler is an incredible vibe! I don't often eat such things because diabeetus, but I will make an exception for that one dish. Southern mac & cheese, especially if it has pimientos, is so, SO good!
I'm from Ga, and figured pecan pie ,mac and cheese or even biscuits and gravy as comfort food. Don't get me wrong peach pie is ok,cobbler better, just not the number 1 comfort food.
We like more texture in our fruit pies normally, though I have had apple pie made with cooked down to mush apples (not a fan)! I prefer to use sliced peaches or apples for my pies as well as whole berry pies are nice too!
As someone from Maine I don't know a lot of people that would consider lobster rolls a comfort food, but plenty of people love poutine, it's technically a Canadian thing but it's become really popular here too.
American funerals often include family and friends bringing food to the immediate family for the days & weeks after the death. This often includes food for the family at the funeral home and a funeral dinner for everyone that is after the graveyard ceremonies. The "funeral potatoes" is the classic to bring.
If you asked 100 Oregonians what their comfort food is I would be surprised if a single person answered "Dungeness crab". Really weird thing to highlight lol
I'm pretty shocked that was what was chosen. I might be more shocked that it wasn't just 'Marionberry Pie' though, because that's what seems to pop up in every other list. I'm not sure we have much 'comfort food' that's unique here. When I think of comfort food, I think of food that's mostly known for other parts of the country. We've pretty much got marionberries, Tillamook and microbrews. I guess some people claim that corndogs were invented here though.
@@Ichthyodactylyeah I'm from Washington and I feel the same about here, if I had a vote I'd probs say chicken fried steak or fish n chips maybe, but neither of those are really unique to or from Washington
I agree that there isn't a single, unifying "comfort food" for Oregon, because there's so much diversity throughout the state and what we produce. Being of Russian descent and raised in an area known more for sheep ranches than crab boats, what South Dakotans call "chislik" my family calls "shashlik" and is more at home on my table than crab. Every spring means lamb to barbecue.
They call them "Funeral potatoes" because it's a good dish to make and take to a friend's house for the meal after the funeral. I've had them and they are delicious!
I grew up on the Delaware/Maryland border. I've never heard of slippery dumplings but I do love crab cakes. Nothing is better than eating Maryland blue crabs steamed and covered in old bay. 🦀❤️
In certain areas of the US, when someone dies, everyone brings food to the mourning family’s house when they arrive to show their respects. This is to relieve the mourning family of any shopping and food preparation tasks required to offer refreshments to arriving guests. All kinds of food can be offered, but casseroles are popular and practical because they can be placed in the Frige and warmed up as needed….I’m not from Utah, and I was not aware it was a traditional there……..I’m from the South and it’s huge here. Those “funeral potatoes” would be typical offering. I actually have an old Southern cookbook called, “Funeral Food” and is a collection of basically all kinds of deeply comforting dishes…the perfect things to tempt a mourner to eat, which they might not do if not for the help of friends. I had an aunt who couldn’t cook a lick, but always brought her five gallon coffee urn, for to bring nothing would a horrible faux pas. It a very sweet tradition.
I'm from Northern California and we always try to fill up the family's freezer with trays of enchiladas, lasagna, casseroles and the like whenever someone in the family dies or whenever a baby is born, just to alleviate the families need to shop, cook or wash pots and pans. I suspect it's a nation-wide tradition.
@@TheLuv4tankian After thinking about it a little more, I'm not. Most tomato plants give up in the Florida heat, and that heat arrives sooner than it does in Georgia or Alabama. So we're more likely to have green tomatoes on a plant when the heat beats it. I'm sure the poor farmers who invented the dish thought that it would be to much of a shame to let them go to waste.
When I think of Florida comfort food I think black eyed peas and smoked pork fat. My sisters mother-in-law always had a pot on the stove. Literally always. It would hurt her feelings if she learned company could have left hungry. Loved that lady. Edit: I think it was 'fat back'?
Most of the us eats crab legs like that for the most part. It’s usually normal to crack them open if you’re just having crab legs alone unless say for example you’re having Mac and cheese with crab the crab meat will be mixed in already.
Funeral Potatoes called that, because it was often brought for after funeral dinners, or given ready to bake or heat up to a grieving family after a loss.
As a Vegas boy, you simply cannot beat Prime Rib. Its like having the most tender and juicy T-bone without the bone. Plus the ajus sauce that goes on top is just immaculate
I think you would like fried green tomatoes. I used to fry some up and feed to the younger people in my neighborhood. I couldn't hardly keep up, lol. They all loved them. Hung around till they came out of the oil. Dipped them in Ranch dressing and eyes rolled back in their heads, lol. Poor folks food to not waste any of the tomato harvest.
Fried green tomatoes are the only tomatoes that I eat. I love them!!! Don't get me wrong I'll eat a tomato sauce, chunky tomato and chili or tomato soup with a grilled cheese but I don't eat tomatoes on their own really or on tacos or hamburgers
I’m with you. My grandparents are from Southern Alabama so they remind me of my childhood. They’re surprisingly tricky to make. If they are slightly over ripe they turn to mush, not ripe enough and they have no taste. Also the ranch is important and needs to be fresh made. No store bought stuff.
They are amazing. I went to this amazing place in KC, Missouri and they put fried green tomatoes on the turkey club I got. It was the best turkey club I've ever had in my life.
Grew up in the south but never really liked Fried green tomatoes but never liked them peroid.. My grandfather on the other hand would eat them raw when ripe with just salt
From Illinois here. Chicago Deep Dish is for the northern part of the state. Come down to the central part of the state, and you will find the Horseshoe sandwich. Thick bread, a big beefy hamburger, top with fries and lots of cheese sauce. Feel free to replace the hamburger with any meat of your choice.
Hearing how bland the food is in the UK, makes me feel downright sad for you. Never realized just how fortunate I've been my entire life with so much wonderful food no matter where I travel here.
The food in the UK isn’t as bland as many Brits like to claim, and plus there are many ethnic culinary traditions from the Caribbean, India, etc that have spiced up UK cuisine as well
There are some good dishes that come out of Britain. Including a lot of the other cultures that have moved to Britain. However, they’re still far behind the US in mixing the cultural dishes.
At least they have Ploughman's Lunch/Sandwiches -- which are definitely not bland! Bread, cheese, meat (often ham, I think), and a savoury sweet pickled garnish that is to die for. It can be simple pickled onions, but Branston Pickle is one of the most delicious condiments around, and what I always choose instead when making one of these sandwiches for myself.
@@HayTatsuko sounds something similar to a muffuletta sandwich, worth looking into if you like a pickled taste paired with the smokey and savoury of a good deli meat and cheese
Po boys, gumbo, jumbalaya, and various seafood boils are also staple comfort foods in Louisiana. Blue crabs, shrimp, crawfish are the most common boils I’ve seen. Fried alligator and gar fish is also pretty good. Edit: my personal favorite is fried catfish which my mom made a lot growing up; it’s not my favorite comfort food overall, which is pot roast, but it’s a favorite of mine.
Also a Louisiana man, specifically New Orleans you’re 100% right about gumbo and seafood, fried catfish is also my favorite fish, but my personal comfort food is red beans and rice.
When I was growing up in Louisiana (I'm 67 now) my favorites were crawfish Étouffée, boiled or fried shrimp, fried catfish, hush puppies (seasoned and fried cornbread balls), red beans and rice, jambalaya, gumbo, po-boys, rice pudding, bread pudding, beignets (French Market donuts), pecan pralines...oh, who can pick favorites? Louisiana cuisine is delish.
Oklahoman here and yes chicken fried steak and eggs is also great with hashbrowns / shredded fried potatoes and gravy , hot dogs are pretty much like scrapple but just in a tube , try Popeyes chicken chain when you come a nice mix of hot and chicken , most beef in us is finished feeding with corn feed while buffalo is all grass feed imparting a different taste have fun
If you mashed the fruit before you put it in a pie shell, it would turn the whole thing to mush. During the pie baking process, whatever fruit you used will have cooked in the pie. Blackberry and raspberries are my favorite pies. Put on a scoop of good vanilla ice cream, on the warm/hot pie. Also, Washington ships three times as many tons of apples as they do cherries. They also ship more raspberries than any other state.
Besides, part of the point of making a pie with whole or sliced fruit is that you're using real fruit; leaving it recognizable as what it is proves you didn't just pour the filling out of a can. I've known a few younger expert pie bakers in California, and a lot of old lady expert pie bakers in Maine; all of them would be shocked and outraged at the idea that they would use something other than whole seasonal fresh fruit. Traditionally, you got certain types of pie at certain times of year, because that's when the fruit was ripe. Berry pies are for summer, peach pies are for early fall, apple pies are for late fall/early winter. Custard pies, pumpkin pies, sweet potato pies, walnut or pecan pies for winter, when the fruit was gone. Pumpkin in the north/sweet potato in the south is the Thanksgiving classic because by late November, the fruit season is over almost everywhere outside California. OTOH, most homemade pumpkin pie fillings come out of cans, to be honest. It's labor-intensive and time-consuming to turn raw pumpkins into pie filling, so most people use canned fillings which are usually pretty good.
Florida girl, born & raised and while Key Lime pie is a state favorite, I double the filing amount and skip the whipped cream topping. I married a Georgia boy and for all family gatherings I make one sweeter key lime pie and one sour key lime pie because the family is evenly divided on which is better! Lol
I will also say that the Chili Hot Dogs attributed to Michigan are very common in NJ, where they are called Texas Wieners. Pizza is HUGE in NJ with lots of Italians.
There is a restaurant outside of Amarillo Texas called Green Chili Willy's. They serve chicken fried chicken and chicken fried steak with either Jalapeno gravy or green chili gravy. My wife and I love the jalapeno gravy on the chicken fried chicken the best. I moved to southeast Oklahoma, but we will be going back soon and getting some for sure. Oh I can't wait.
As a Kentuckian, I would like to launch a formal protest against the hot brown. 1. The majority of KY has never had it. 2. It’s more a bougie sandwich from a bougie hotel. 3. We have other amazing foods from here!!! Bourbon balls. Bread pudding with a bourbon sauce. Derby pie. Burgoo. Stack cake.
@thesimplesaguaro Burgoo is a dish you can find In a handful of cities across KY. It’s the in between of Funeral Stew, Roadkill Stew, and Leftovers Stew. It’s a dish that nowadays is mainly used for clearing out your pantry or in the few restaurants that serve it a way to get use out of last night’s leftovers (think Wendy’s Chili.) You put what you need to cook in a crockpot with some spices, water, broth, sauces, and a bit of alcohol and let it slow cook before you go to bed and it will last you for most of the next day.
@@thesimplesaguaro Burgoo is historically/traditionally a (spicy, savory) communal stew from Western KY (everybody bring something to the barbecue/cookout and throw it in the pot); it contains regional meats (game/domestic) and vegetables (tomatoes, okra, beans, corn, peppers, chiles, potatoes, carrots, almost anything). It can be a main dish, but I've usually had it as a side dish with bbq. It's been compared to other regional stews: (Brunswick Stew, Booya, Mulligan Stew, and even Gumbo).
As a native vermonter, I can confirm that Apple Cider Donuts are in fact addicting and delicious when done tight. The best way to get them is either fresh right out of the fryer, or if you buy them, then put them in the air fryer for 2 minutes. Just Awesome!!
We have them here in NY as well. And yes, they are superb warm and tossed in cinnamon sugar. The hot rich dough with a tangy and subtle apple flavor with a first strong blast of sweetness. It is in my top 3 sweet foods, alongside pumpkin pie and carrot cake.
One other thing I can tell you is popular in Utah, is the "fry sauce." Tomato ketchup mixed with mayo and a few spices. 😋 Dip your fries (chips) and your good. 👍
