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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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