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Gumbo comes in at #4 on the "Best food from every state" competition
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:36 pm
by Josh Weissman
1. OK: onion burger
2. IL: Italian beef
3. GA: wet lemon pepper wings
4. LA: gumbo
5. MD: crab cakes
6. CA: California burrito
7. CO: Colorado verde chille
8. MA: Clam chowda
*ETA: to clarify. People form each state voted to nominate their state's champion. All 50 got ratings from S-F and then all the S-tiers squared off in a point-based vote by the 3 judges.
1. OK: onion burger
2. IL: Italian beef
3. GA: wet lemon pepper wings
4. LA: gumbo
5. MD: crab cakes
6. CA: California burrito
7. CO: Colorado verde chille
8. MA: Clam chowda
*ETA: to clarify. People form each state voted to nominate their state's champion. All 50 got ratings from S-F and then all the S-tiers squared off in a point-based vote by the 3 judges.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 1:54 pm
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Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:37 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:what?
3. GA: wet lemon pepper wings
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:38 pm to SlowFlowPro
If the Ohio food is Skyline Chili, I 100% agree with the F rating
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
1 and 3 there are sort of a joke.
And I do actually sort of like those Oklahoma onion burger things. Just to say that's the single best food associated with a particular state is a bit much.
I'm not even sure what the frick Georgia "wet lemon pepper wings are." I just feel safe in saying there's no way they are the #3 state associated food there is.
And I do actually sort of like those Oklahoma onion burger things. Just to say that's the single best food associated with a particular state is a bit much.
I'm not even sure what the frick Georgia "wet lemon pepper wings are." I just feel safe in saying there's no way they are the #3 state associated food there is.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:42 pm to KosmoCramer
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If the Ohio food is Skyline Chili, I 100% agree with the F rating
It is.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:42 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
I'm not even sure what the frick Georgia "wet lemon pepper wings are." I
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:44 pm to SlowFlowPro
How's that a "Georgia thing"? 
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
1. OK: onion burger
What in the absolute frick
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:48 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
How's that a "Georgia thing"?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
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IL: Italian beef
had one, not a huge fan.
there is also no world where an onion burger is better than gumbo.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:53 pm to SlowFlowPro
I like Josh's videos. Haven't watched this one yet.
I'm guessing he made each of the foods himself, so the prep would have a lot to do with how good it is.
I live in GA and have no idea what wet lemon pepper wings are. Guess I need to watch. Gott put work off another 34 minutes.
ETA: I love a smash burger and sometimes do mine with the onion smashed on the second side. Didn't know it was an Oklahoma thing. T thought it was a me thing.
I'm guessing he made each of the foods himself, so the prep would have a lot to do with how good it is.
I live in GA and have no idea what wet lemon pepper wings are. Guess I need to watch. Gott put work off another 34 minutes.
ETA: I love a smash burger and sometimes do mine with the onion smashed on the second side. Didn't know it was an Oklahoma thing. T thought it was a me thing.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:54 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
How's that a "Georgia thing"?
It's an Atlanta thing. Like really, really big in ATL.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:54 pm to SlowFlowPro
Can we claim #5 too being its mostly LA blue crabs?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:55 pm to SammyTiger
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had one, not a huge fan
I've never had one but I don't think I'd be a big fan.
One of the judges complained the Chicago hot dog didn't make it (deep dish pizza was apparently 3rd).
Arkansas got an S-tier for chocolate covered biscuits and all the judges were ashamed in the final vote
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:58 pm to SlowFlowPro
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I've never had one but I don't think I'd be a big fan.
I like the Chicago beef sandwiches a lot, but they are another thing that don't strike me as being that special. It's sort of a glorified roast beef po-boy.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:59 pm to Y.A. Tittle
In the video one guy is like "how many sandwiches are wet" or something similar and I was like...
Posted on 10/17/23 at 1:59 pm to SlowFlowPro
I don't know if Gumbo is higher than 4 on this list if it was actually done correctly, but I do know that it is above the 4 they have listed. Those are joke choices besides the Italian beef as foods to represent those states.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 2:28 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
With only 3 judges, one person's low rating can greatly skew the result. That's why the burger won. No one is going to give a really good burger a bad rating. On the other hand, something like gumbo hits some people wrong.
I love gumbo, but of the big traditional Louisiana dishes that everyone knows, I would personally put gumbo behind both etouffee and jambalaya.
I laughed when they were doing the Michigan meat pie because I've had it and the Natchitoches meat pie is far superior.
ETA: I would also put a good debris poboy ahead of an Italian beef sandwich but I do like the Italian beef. I love Chicago style pizza and Chicago dogs (both above Italian beef), so Illinois is another state with multiple recognizable dishes associated with it.
I love gumbo, but of the big traditional Louisiana dishes that everyone knows, I would personally put gumbo behind both etouffee and jambalaya.
I laughed when they were doing the Michigan meat pie because I've had it and the Natchitoches meat pie is far superior.
ETA: I would also put a good debris poboy ahead of an Italian beef sandwich but I do like the Italian beef. I love Chicago style pizza and Chicago dogs (both above Italian beef), so Illinois is another state with multiple recognizable dishes associated with it.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 10/17/23 at 2:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
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It's an Atlanta thing. Like really, really big in ATL.
I'm in Atlanta a lot, haven't ever heard of this. Must be going to the wrong parts of ATL.
Edit: Ah it got famous from a TV show doing a joke about it. It wasn't even what the restaurant called the wings before the show did it. Dumb to vote that your state food.
LINK
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 10/17/23 at 3:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
"I don't want to eat gumbo when it's 115 degrees outside," Joshua Weissman.
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