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If you're putting 50+ things in one meal, you're definitely already eating American
Anywhere in the US you go, if they have a “California-style” anything it has avocado.
Every US state has official state foods, sometimes getting as specific as state vegetable, state dessert, state grape, etc.
This list should give you a head start: list of official US state foods
Only 5 states with a non desert, prepared food, LA gumbo, CT pizza, OK has a whole meal, TX chilli, and NJ taylor swift sandwich
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Grind up one of every official state bird, and make it into a hot dog.
Besides Rhode Island not a lot of state birds looking tasty 😅
But maybe on to something for options looking at state game birds, water fowl, and duck!
You're not gonna get much off a goldfinch
So much cardinal in there.
You could have a month (or quarter year) featuring food from the different states. Louisiana is known for boiled crabs and crawfish, as well as Cajun and creole cooking. Maryland is known for crab cakes. Utah is known for gelatin salads. Nebraska (Omaha) is known for its steaks. North Carolina is known for two distinct types of barbecue sauce.
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Minnesota is home to the juicy lucy, a cheeseburger with the cheese being cooked inside the patty. Serve that with a tater tot hot dish
Not including Minnesota cheese would feel like a crime!
you forgot lutefisk and lefse!
Taylor brand Pork Roll.
No, stop. You're wrong.
Which state is that?
New Jersey
Jersey
The states can’t even agree on hot dogs and pizza. A meal representing everyone could feed a neighborhood. (And if you do make it, invite me!)
Brisket. Tx.
I think Pasties for Michigan.
Cherries in your coffee, cherries in your wine, cherries in your toothpaste, cherries all the time!
Colorado is known for its lamb, green chili, melons, and peaches.
And Chili Colorado- not because it has any relation to the state but because it shares a name.
Love all those myself! Great choices to pick from
I think Georgia comes to mind for peaches
Gotta be pizza for Connecticut.
Interesting what makes Connecticut pizza stand out to you?
There is a particular style called New Haven apizza which has thin, crispy crust. It's baked in a very hot, usually coal-fired oven. It's the best.
Virginia ham is quite tasty.
Ooh what kinda of flavor is Virginia ham normally?
Ham flavor
These snozz berries taste like snozz berries
Salty but also I've had some great spiral cut sugar cured ham.
Bourbon.
Kentucky I can only assume. Great choice could used in cooking, sauce or you know as a drink!
Kentucky also has the Hot Brown and Derby Pie.
Derby pie is delicious.
The wiki someone posted mentions blackberry as the state fruit, which I didn't know but could definitely see. I have fond memories of picking blackberries outside so grandma could make blackberry cobbler.
As far as drinks go, we also have the Mint Julip and the Oaks Lily, which are basically signature drinks of the Kentucky Derby.
I'm in Ohio, and my reluctant suggestions for your meal would be Buckeyes (the chocolate-coated peanut butter candy, not the actual nut), that weird "Cincinnati-style" chili served over spaghetti noodles, and a big buttery ear of sweet corn. "Reluctant" because the idea of eating all 3 in one sitting really grosses me out, let alone in combination with anything else from any other state.
Buttery sweet corn feels super versatile in my mind for meals! Buckeyes as a or part of a larger desert maybe!
I love your enthusiasm and positivity even more than I love your clever username. I hope you get your epic American meal someday!
For the Virgin Islands, maybe go with salt fish, callaloo, and fungi (cornmeal & okra dumplings, not mushrooms).
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