Which regional food would you miss when going abroad for an extensive period?

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Share with us the crazy crap the people in your region/country make, that you like to eat.

I'll hit it off with a Frikandel Speciaal, which is basically a very soft sausage (the frikandel) cut down the middle filled with curry-ketchup (a spicey derivant of regular tomato ketchup), mayonaise and union bits.

It is served in so called snackbars and will cost you anywhere between one and a half to two and a half euros.

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Famine
Parmo and fish'n'chips.
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I'll grant you the parmo, because it looks tasty (although merely the kind of tasty you experience after drinking hours). But I've never gotten the hang of fish and chips, 'though have never passed up a chance to visit a fish and chips shop neither when in the UK. This because of culture. I don't particularly like it though, it's too dry for my taste.
 
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I'll grant you the parmo, because it looks tasty (although merely the kind of tasty you experience after drinking hours).
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And how. My new house has a parmo takeaway at the end of the street. A full parmo is the size of a pizza and costs about £8. And contains all of your food groups and about 700% of your recommended weekly amount of deep-fried stuff.

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But I've never gotten the hang of fish and chips, 'though have never passed up a chance to visit a fish and chips yet when in the UK. This because of culture. I don't particularly like it is all, it's too dry.
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Fish'n'chips is done badly quite a lot but it's not intrinsically bad.

If you want to sample the fish'n'chips of which I speak, get to Sheffield. You'll want to go to Marishell's Fish Bar in Ecclesfield. There is NO finer fish'n'chips in the world. Buttered breadcake as a side is also a must.
 
Since I live "abroad" from where I grew up, these are the regional things I miss:

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Although we can bring jars of that back from England with us.

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Full English Breakfast including Black Pudding....

....and preferably smothered in:
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The deep-fried battered Black Puddings mentioned in the wiki link are also wonderful if you happen to be up Scotland's way! :drool:
 
Famine
Fish'n'chips is done badly quite a lot but it's not intrinsically bad.

If you want to sample the fish'n'chips of which I speak, get to Sheffield. You'll want to go to Marishell's Fish Bar in Ecclesfield. There is NO finer fish'n'chips in the world. Buttered breadcake as a side is also a must.
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The only place I frequent (and when I say frequent I mean I go there maybe thrice a year) in the UK is London. Know of any good shops there? I'm intrigued now. :D
 
I dunno… I eat such a stupid wide variety of food that I’ve never gotten particularly hooked onto anything. I’d be upset though if I didn’t have access to seafood for more than week.
 
Smallhorses
Since I live "abroad" from where I grew up, these are the regional things I miss:

MarmiteLg.jpg

Although we can bring jars of that back from England with us.
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Marmite was probably the worse thing I have ever tried in all the odd and regional food I have tried. I guess if you grew up on it though it wouldn't be to bad.

For me I miss pickerel, it seems like every little dinner serves in on Friday nights with a side of chips (fries). I guess some people call it Walleye, but it's a regional thing I suppose. When I wiki'ed it Northern Pike came up.
 
I miss bami loempias. :indiff:

I would miss these... In-N-Out Double Double and Animal Fries...

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...and the Original Tommy's Chili Dog w/ Cheese...

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Uh, I eat everything (except seafood) and I’ve never particularly missed being able to have something when I travel. I mostly eat stuff like Pastas, noodle dishes, rice dishes, etc. So I’m probably going to have a hard time without carbs, but I think I’d be hard-pressed to find a city where it’s hard to find a good Italian or Asian or Indian place. :p
 
My mother can't leave the country without Vegemite, I don't really care all that much. In long term I would probably miss...... potato fritters and Chips (I don't like fish) and Aussie Meat pies.
 
Dim Sum for myself, but I don't think it is really hard to find a chinese restaurant when you going abroad.
 
Smallhorses
Since I live "abroad" from where I grew up, these are the regional things I miss:

MarmiteLg.jpg

Although we can bring jars of that back from England with us.
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MARMITE!!!

I love marmite.

I miss Barbecue and Mexican food while abroad. Kansas City Barbecue. Lots of sauce, and quite sweet. :drool: I miss barbecue up here in Fargo. Nobody knows how, and the Mexican restaurants are mediocre. Juano's!? Try Guano's...

I used to have a marmite avatar..:dopey:
 
I have to agree with Famine about the Fish'n'chips, never heard of Parmo before though (Northerners!).
 
See, parmo isn't a native food to Famine, he's been introduced to it by me - a native of Teesside where the parmo hails from [/pedant].

I've been in South East UK for three years now and do miss the parmo, but there's nothing else you can't get anywhere in the UK. However, when we went to the US, the food was so good, I can't imagine i'd miss anything if I lived out there!

P.S. Marmite? Ugh!
 
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See, parmo isn't a native food to Famine, he's been introduced to it by me - a native of Teesside where the parmo hails from [/pedant].

I've been in South East UK for three years now and do miss the parmo, but there's nothing else you can't get anywhere in the UK. However, when we went to the US, the food was so good, I can't imagine i'd miss anything if I lived out there!

P.S. Marmite? Ugh!
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I always thought you were Welsh....
 
Make some then! They're piss easy to make, well I say that even though one batch I made turned into a soggy goo in the frying pan.
 

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