hometown foods you crave

[mango]

when the wind blows hard on a cold winter's day:



that's budae jjigae that solemn looking grandma, who is said to be the original originator of said jjigae, is making.


what about you? what are your favorite hometown winter foods?

[onawhim]

Beavertails 

[mango]

Beavertails 

the animal kind or the pastry kind?

never had (or heard of) either one, but both look intriguing:

[onawhim]

Pastry.  I grew up in Ottawa. 

[monster2]

Garbage plates...

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[wherestheportojohn]

I live in my hometown, so have all access all the time.

Cheese curds, deep fried.
Brats, grilled.
Friday fishfry, fried walleye.

I enjoy the local walleye on a regular basis.
The other two I will allow myself only once per football season....that's it. 

[monster2]

Deep fried cheese curds are not a hometown food, in fact I have not seen them anywhere aside from a renaissance festival but I will fight you for them!!!

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[nadra24]

I'd kill for an It's-It right about now.

[Run Amok]

I'm trying to think. Seattle is an area that doesn't have a lot of deep history of its own. But, I think I'm going with the ubiquitous bowl of pho:

[caribougrrl]

what I miss about southern Ontario is the length of the corn on the cob season... and wild black raspberries

sometimes I crave the idea of my grandmother's hamburger soup, but it's not as good as I like to remember it

as far as Newfoundland food goes, I get inexplicable cravings for chips, dressing & gravy... also fish cakes, but that's not inexplicable and I might just make some soon now that I think about it.

[Clementine]

what I miss about southern Ontario is the length of the corn on the cob season... and wild black raspberries

Oh man, this. We used to have black raspberries in our backyard in Massachusetts and they were so good. I don't understand why you can't get them in the store. Red raspberries and blackberries, sure. Black raspberries, never seen 'em. Can they not grow/harvest black raspberries just like other berries? It's so weird.

[onawhim]

Yes on black raspberries.  My mom still has them on her farm.  Also really good Macintosh apples fresh from the tree.   

[Natasha]

Interesting question. My hometown didn't have anything really distinctive, and we hardly ever went out to eat anyway. But I remember going to the store for a Dr. Pepper. The old lady across the street made the best pinto beans and cornbread ever. And my favorite meal at home was chicken and rice casserole, with a bunch of melted cheese on top.

[radial]

Chili half smoke from this place.

[mango]

to me, hometown foods = foods that remind you of home, wherever that may be, even without a long and storied history or distinctiveness.

which is to say: excellent examples, Natasha and Run Amok.

nice.

a question: is it not unusual for Ottawanians to wander about the city wearing skates, as shown in this picture, during the winter months?


eta: I also did not know about wild black raspberries that are different from blackberries in that the first are hollow inside, whereas the second aren't.

nature, thou art wondrous indeed.

[onawhim]

mango, the canal that runs through the city freezes and is the world's longest skating rink.  So it is common to skate around and get beavertails or maple syrup taffy or whatever.  Some of my friends who work downtown can skate to work 

[wherestheportojohn]

mango, the canal that runs through the city freezes and is the world's longest skating rink.  So it is common to skate around and get beavertails or maple syrup taffy or whatever.  Some of my friends who work downtown can skate to work 

Swoon!

[witchypoo]

[witchypoo]

oh, and

[diablita]

onawhim, that's so cool!  I had no idea.

For me it would be raspberries as well (the backyard was filled with them): we'd gather tons and take them to our next door neighbor who would make 2 pies, one for us.   
my grandmother's potato kugel, eaten with sour cream with my beloved grandfather.  same with matzo brie but I make it all the time.