Tell me about your local foods......

[bluehende]

Soft shell crabs.


Or are they a thing everywhere?

 

[DrQ]

What is your opinion on the Giordanos franchises outside of Chicago? We have tried a few times at different locations, but it just hasn’t seemed the same as what we remember.

We don't have one down here, but we have Rosati's which is is pretty good when you have been jonesing for true Chicago Deep Dish for 10 years. I remember Giordano's crust being lighter, but I could just be romanticizing it.

We have not been to one outside of Chicagoland.

 

[DrQ]

Soft shell crabs.


Or are they a thing everywhere?

I've had them in Galveston and NOLA.

 

[DrQ]

When I was a kid in Chicagoland ... Smelt frys.

 

[MrockStar]

We are in Puerto Vallarta this week, able to partake in one of my personal indulgences. Ceviche. It's raw fish, or shrimp, 'cooked' in lime juice. With onion, tomato, cilantro, jalapeno, cumin, salt. The seafood turns opaque when 'done'. Spoon (or scoop) on crisp tostadas with spicy salsa. Delicioso!

Yum, we had some when we where there a few years ago. i would return in a minute just for that if i could.

 

[MrockStar]

Sour cherry pie, and cherry turnovers. fresh perch dinner, Northern MI lakes in summer.

 

[Glenn2]

Black bean soup with fresh Cuban bread.