Local treats

Mike and I both grew up in Stoney Creek, and our favourite was (still is) Stoney Creek Dairy ice cream. Way back when we were kids, The Dairy was a favourite place, and their milk was delivered to our homes. It was started and owned by the Dawson family. The original dairy is still there (on King St. in Stoney Creek), but the milk section was long ago sold off, first to Royal Oak, which I think was then swallowed up by Beatrice. But, Stoney Creek Ice Cream is still around, although, I must admit, I don't know if it is not now owned by some conglomerate.

The ice cream is available for sale in different stores, but not always the same ones. For example, Sobeys in Beamsville carries it, but I've not seen it in any other Sobeys. The Lazy Loon ice cream stand in Fonthill carries it. It is spotty, but you can find it, and if we do, we get some!! It's a very fond memory of our childhoods. :dance:
 
I've found that porketta roast is apparently pretty regional. I posted a recipe for it earlier in the year, then realized at the drag races in Chicago that no one else had ever heard of it. It's huge around here.

The Cornish pasty (pronounces PASS-tee) is also apparently a local flavor. It's a spiced-meat-and-potato conglomeration served in a doughy crust. Outsiders to this area often wonder how we can have so many shops for stripper accessories, thinking it's pronounced PASTE-ees. Though I'm not big on them, they're wildly popular in this area. The recipe traveled here with miners from Cornwall, England back in the iron boom of the late 1800s.

Another one that seems to be very local is ice cream in Blue Moon flavor. I haven't run into it outside about a 100-mile radius. Great stuff.
 
They tell me real pasties contain rutabaga. I know nothing; I eat the crust and chuck the rest, much like Jester with a prostitute. :D
 
Around here, it's Basque food. All of the restaurants in this area are very old, and still serve family style, with everyone sitting at a long table, taking their portion from the bowls and plates of food served. It's quite flavorful, though I won't touch tongue. The dago red wine is nasty, but when in Rome... The pecan punch is also a particularly harsh Basque drink which will teach the most hardened lush a new definition of fubar. I don't know of any other areas of the country with such a high density of Basque families and culture.
 
"Home" is a relative term for me. I've yet to run across a Big Bronco and Fresh Fries anywhere but Omaha. Twas born less than an hour away so maybe that is home :huh:

for ya'll what missed it the first 43 times I've said it, if you are ever in the area http://www.broncoburgers.com/ordereze/Directions.aspx

klik Leavenworth store :)

look for this
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eat eat then eat some more. terlits are outside in back.


Heading East on Leavenworth ST.
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The Goodrich dairy stores are all boarded up so there's nowhere to get a proper brownie nut fudge ice cream cone :sad:
 
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In Cincinnati, it's Skyline Chili , there are other places, but Skyline is the best.
Not in the mood for chili, no sweat, we got the best pizza/italian in LaRosa's
You come to my house for more than a day, and you will not leave before you get to experience one or both of these places.
Anyone want to try the Skyline, just let me know. I'll try to hook you up.
I send packets to a buddy of mine in Iraq.
 
The Cornish pasty (pronounces PASS-tee) is also apparently a local flavor. It's a spiced-meat-and-potato conglomeration served in a doughy crust. Outsiders to this area often wonder how we can have so many shops for stripper accessories, thinking it's pronounced PASTE-ees. Though I'm not big on them, they're wildly popular in this area. The recipe traveled here with miners from Cornwall, England back in the iron boom of the late 1800s.
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I love pasties, complete with rutabga. There are some down state that are close, but not exact. I do miss the UP in that respect.

dennis
 
We have killer authentic Italian food, as well. The Olive Garden is not authentic, by any stretch. :dgt::hurl:

Much like the pasties, the really good stuff is sold like drugs--out of the basements of old women with moustaches. Geriatric ethnic-food gangbangers, every one of 'em. Don't be holdin' no gnocchi on ma turf, dog. :walkingtall:
 
Dr.Jass said:
the really good stuff is sold like drugs--out of the basements of old women with moustaches. Geriatric ethnic-food gangbangers, every one of 'em.
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You just described my entire neighbourhood...
Italian and Polish, though.
 
My mother-in-law is 100% right-off-the-boat Italian.
While her cooking is excellent, she should have owned her own bakery.
How many of you have had home made sfogliatelle? At Christmas she makes one gross each of 12 different kinds of cookies. She has worn out several pro grade mixers (real honest to God from restaurant supply houses) since I've known her. She's in her 80's and has more energy than I do.
 
It was simple but I've never seen it reproduced anywhere. I've tried and failed miserably. It was one of the lunches in high school that I would stay all hour (28 minutes) for instead of wolfing down and then driving around and *having chocolate ice cream :).

Thank you Cheyenne Wells lunch ladies.

Hamburger Stroganoff

↨instant mashed taters
↨hamburger
↨and the secret I guess is in the gravy. It's a little bit country, but then it's also a little bit rock and roll:D

Had to tweak it with a heart stomping serving of salt though.



UPDATE: googled 1000 recipes they all seem to think we need noodles. :pashaw:
 
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The key to good Stroganoff is the sauce. (:naughty: Jester. Don't type it. :D )

With the mashed taters in there, I would have called it Shepperd's Pie, but I guess the sauce changes that... 'cause I would have expected noodles with a Stroganoff, too.
 
We have killer authentic Italian food, as well. The Olive Garden is not authentic, by any stretch.
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Olive Garden is crap! That's where people go who think they know what Italian food is.
For a chain, Buca di Beppo is pretty damn good. It's a little on the gaudy side, and I really don't want to sit in or walk through a kitchen, but it's as close as I can get to real Italin in a chain.
 
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