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8 Regional Foods You're Embarrassed To Love

By Queuebot in Food & Drinks on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:59 pm


First lesson learned: Eskimo Ice Cream does not include cream. Fish, whipped fat, berries, sugar, but no cream.  And don’t you worry, Hawaiians, SPAM is included in this list.

We took a culinary tour of the country to unearth some of America’s most bizarre—but beloved—regional delicacies. From salmon-based Eskimo Ice Cream to Hawaii’s popular Spam musubi, the dishes below are sure to both satisfy your curiosity and test your gag reflex.

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  1. Miss Cellania
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Funny that the only one that sounded good to me is the one closest to my area!

  2. Gauldar
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    I cringe to think that Spam Musubi is probably the healthest meal on that list. Even though the Akutaq is made of all natural ingredeints, I don't think I am lacking whipped fat in my diet.

  3. LisaL
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    Freakin LOVE Spam! I love in South Carolina. Grew up eating spam. Love it w/ scrambled eggs, but my fav is when you cut it up in to little cubes, boil it w/ water, soy sauce, sesame seed oil, red pepper. Let that simmer for a while. Serve w/ white rice and dried seaweed if ya have any. YUM!

  4. ahammel
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    LisaL - I just really want to send you the SPAM episode of Monty Python :)

  5. Gail Pink
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    I lived in California for 27 years but never heard of Avocado pie until this post.

  6. Chandrielle
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    Gail, I was about to say the same thing, but at 29 years!

    I had some sort of dark-colored scrapple once in Amish country. We were on a school trip and we all saw it at the breakfast table and were like "Oooh, breakfast brownies!" Those were not breakfast brownies, and no amount of apple butter made them taste good.

  7. Evilbeagle
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    I would eat everything on this list, even though as much as I love avocado, putting it in a pie seems a little weird.

  8. su.wei
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    yummy! Eskimo ice cream is sooo delicious! (maybe because i'm from alaska)
    alot of people just use crisco instead of animal fat :)

  9. Kevin
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    Gail and Chandrielle, I have you both beat!
    I lived in California for my first 39 years (44 now) and still had never heard of avocado pie, and living in San Francisco, I didn't exactly lead a culinarily sheltered life. Learn something new every day here....

  10. Dan0
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    No garbage plate?

  11. Frau
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    I would try the Eskimo Ice Cream - simply because I like spam and I like scrapple.

    Speaking of scrapple - I think that will overtake bacon madness in maybe a year.

  12. SenorMysterioso
    Mar 30th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    spam n rice thing looks tasty, as does the pepperoni roll

  13. Terry
    Mar 31st, 2009 at 1:38 am

    Pie Floater. South Australian. Meat Pie in a bowl of thick mushy pea soup, served with tomato sauce.

  14. ted
    Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    Eskimo ice cream does contain eskimos, though, right?

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