LOCAL DELICACIES

[Eivind August]

Yes and yes.

I do love how often you Weegie dudes invoke your Norse powers. Am I wrong in thinking that it's kinda like how many Americans apply street cred to situations? We don't have to power of Odin to lean on, so we just try and adopt swagger when we want to appear large, or make a point. You can call me a heathen, tell me to bow down, and I'm like 'yeah, ok, that seems reasonable.' I assume you are a seven foot Nordic specimen, so maybe that helps a bit.

Also, maybe your love of oscillating fuzzes is an expression of a God-Gift.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_8Xhzt5YQI[/youtube]

You know, I think it has to do with having English as a second language as well - it gets easier to slide into stereotypes, and the self-agrandizing eloquence of the (imagined) middle ages is one of my favourites. I read a lot of fairly old texts in English, so that combined with being a three meter tall Norse warrior basically equals WHY DOST THOU QUESTION MY POWER, FOREIGNER? I SHALL LOOK FOR THY FRAGILE BODY ON THE BATTLEGROUND.

So yeah, brown cheese is pretty amazing.

[oarfish]

It's your new God.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunost

I've eaten bread with honey and brunost almost every morning since the dawn of time. It's the source of all my oscillating powers. Bow down, heathen, and tremble before the one true way.

Love it. I'm more of a messmör/prim guy though.

Otherwise I'm all 'bout that pickled herring. Also Västerbotten cheese, the parmesan-killer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4sterbotten_cheese

[infamousalien]

I'm pretty sure Superman ice cream is a Michigan thing too. Juggalos be damnded! Rock & Rye is a great pop!

Dude, I forgot about Rock & Rye! I haven't had any in years...one thing I love about Faygo (besides the laughable prices) is that they do not give two shits about accurately naming their flavors. What the fuck is 'Rock & Rye?' Or, my personal favorite: 'RedPop,' which basically just tastes red. I think there may be a strawberry on the wrap, but...the flavor is just a color. Sort of like how banana-shaped Runts just taste yellow--nothing like a banana. Jean Baudrillard calls this the 'hyperreal'--where the false thing that is made in the image of a real thing actually becomes a real thing itself. Sign and simulacra.

Man, I came into the office waaaay too early today.

Yeah red pop is kind of like purple drink in that regard. Rock & Rye actually was them trying to imitate an alcohol cocktail during prohibition. The cocktail was rye whiskey mixed with rock candy and some citrus. I hadn't drank Rock & Rye the pop for a decade or so and then I saw a "throw back" version with real sugar and tried it.

[resincum]

...i love el paso.

[odontophobia]

...i love el paso.

this image has a striking resemblance to something JWAR sent me.....

[infamousalien]

The best thing about Vernors is drinking it with Jameson. The Vern Ehlers, as we call it over here in Grand Rapids.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Ehlers

Never heard of that. I have drank Vernors with Maker's Mark though. You guys have a lot of great breweries there too. I need to make it back sometime.

[odontophobia]

The best thing about Vernors is drinking it with Jameson. The Vern Ehlers, as we call it over here in Grand Rapids.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Ehlers

Never heard of that. I have drank Vernors with Maker's Mark though. You guys have a lot of great breweries there too. I need to make it back sometime.

Yeah -- new breweries seem to pop up every minute.

[Invisible Man]

You know, I think it has to do with having English as a second language as well - it gets easier to slide into stereotypes, and the self-agrandizing eloquence of the (imagined) middle ages is one of my favourites. I read a lot of fairly old texts in English, so that combined with being a three meter tall Norse warrior basically equals WHY DOST THOU QUESTION MY POWER, FOREIGNER? I SHALL LOOK FOR THY FRAGILE BODY ON THE BATTLEGROUND.

So, maybe it's a little self-deprecating. Which would be very funny--"I will play to your image of me by going full Beowulf" (I know, it's Anglo-Saxon, but I think it's set in Scandinavia).

I know of a guy (not personally) who writes exclusively on marginalia inscribed in ancient heraldic Icelandic texts. It's stuff like "I am cold," "went fishing today," "I am really cold," &c. I shit you not. That is his field. I can only assume he has lots of self-aware ammunition to bring to the table.

I should also note that I am approximately six and a half feet tall. I am a giant, and the world is not made for people like me. Seriously. It is difficult to clothe myself, and finding suitable furniture and cars is a laughable proposition. But I am of Italian and Native American descent, so I am far too swarthy to pass as a virile Viking conqueror.

Fjords.

Yeah red pop is kind of like purple drink in that regard. Rock & Rye actually was them trying to imitate an alcohol cocktail during prohibition. The cocktail was rye whiskey mixed with rock candy and some citrus. I hadn't drank Rock & Rye the pop for a decade or so and then I saw a "throw back" version with real sugar and tried it.

I was thinking of purple 'drank,' too. Didn't know that about R&R, though I'm sure you're right. More proof that Faygo is on top of their soda game. My wife always talks about some pineapple/mango hybrid they did back when we were kids, though I have no memory of that. Maybe pineapple peach.

[casecandy]

The only drink invented in NB is the Dave Matthews.



http://allrecipes.com/recipe/201058/dave-matthews/

He shouts it out on one of his live albums, "Now Canada's given us THE Dave MAtthews!"

Fredericton represent.

[infamousalien]

Towne Club soda is also from Michigan. I totally forgot about that. They had a big come back in the 90's.

[lordgalvar]

Oh, yea..LA has the Moscow mule.

My wife is Peruvian...so I get to watch people eat all that wherever we go...but mostly mentioning it for the Pisco Sour. People like mine, but it was a hot thing at bars down here. Anyway, Inca cafe had good chicha...everybody else seemed to like the meats.

[popvulture]

Mothafuckin' Foxon Park WHITE BIRCH.

Also, Vernors is the best ginger ale.

We have this local stuff here called Maine Root, and their ginger ale is insanely good, too... not classic at all though, more "fumigate the nasal passages" style.

[Jakezor]

Minnesota seems to have laid claim that a couple restaurants invented the cheese-inside-the-burger sandwich. Juicy Lucy is what it is called.
The 5-8 Club and Matt's Bar fight over who made it first.

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[snipelfritz]

Our state cocktail is the brandy old-fashioned.

[oarfish]

Oh, yea..LA has the Moscow mule.

Best. Cocktail. Ever. The only one I ever order, though it's a bit hit and miss if the bartender knows what you're on about here in Stockholm.