I'm sure someone from Chicago has already spanked you, for the sin of frozen deep dish pizza I'm not a fan of it, but if you like the frozen. Then a real baked deep dish in Chicago would make you ... well, you get the point
@@millie0804 I understand, I don't like anything that tastes fishy. Despise it as a matter. That's why I can eat Maryland crab cakes. ONLY Maryland crab cakes though. The seasoning is a little spicy without burning your mouth, and you don't taste fish at all. As an RN of 34 yrs, seafood is beneficial. Try YellowfIn Tuna steak. Suggestion, don't cook it Med Rare.. but a bit more on the done side. It's amazing, like eating a steak
New England clam chowder is actually rather good, unless you hate clams. Love a good Southern white gravy; biscuits (not cookies, but the fluffy U.S. kind) & sausage gravy is one of my favorite breakfast dishes. Just gotta keep the arteries open....
Agreed, new england clam chowder is absolutely delicious. Definitely worth a try, the canned varieties are alright if that's what you can get but fresh is best....💯
I hate clams but love New England clam chowder. Being from CT there was always a debate about whether Manhattan or New England clam chowder was the best. Remember you regenerate all your taste buds over 7 years so your likes and dislikes may change.
I grew up in Florida and it been my home for 58 years. Never did I have any desire to try a Cuban. When I was 50 my wife asked me to bring her one home for a local deli that wins awards year after year for theirs. She sucked me into tasting it and all I could say was "Why the heck did I wait 50 years"...
If you get to Wisconsin, stay away from the fancy cheese markets near the borders meant for tourists but go to any largish supermarket and you will see an incredible selection of great local cheese. We export a lot, but keep the best for ourselves. Yes, you also need to have deep fried cheese curds directly out of the hot oil at some point.
@@richards1191 Very true and they are available in the specialy cheese section of many grocery stores. I especially like their Glacier Blue Pentacream.
Best deep fried cheese curds I ever had was from a small bar & grill in Shullsburg, WI. Sadly, the place changed and the food is no longer as good as it was. (Just my opinion.)
As a Washington state native, I was a little sad to see coffee listed. I think of coffee as a beverage rather than a food. I was expecting something more like salmon or apples or Dungeness crabs even. It’s so much fun watching your reactions, especially those focused on the United States! 💚
@@TheBeesleys99 Hey I was kind of thinking the same thing!! And YES as a life long Texan I think y'all really should come visit us!! Texas is not necessarily an easy state to visit because of the distances involved but if you don't want to rent a car then it's possible to fly from major city to city and UBER or LYFT. Texas also can really be a great travel value if you choose accommodations carefully and ask pretty much any of us locals about where to eat, what live music joints to go to, etc. And forget about the stereotypes!! We're not all only Cowboys, Mexicans, yahoos etc!! Also note that this isn't the kind of trip that's a long weekend unless you were to just pick one city. And honestly at your age I would recommend either Austin or San Antonio for a shorter type of trip because of their sights but also because they have the best tourist infrastructure of any of the major cities here in Texas.
"She's not picky." "I'll eat anything, especially seafood." Won't eat crabs, lobsters, chili, cinnamon, peanut butter, sweet pies, or coffee. Man, anything is less than I'd thought lol. You need to try from some better places or something whenever you end up coming over!
Especially since I think she said that she is from Jersey, which is a fairly small island in the English Channel. And yet, she won't eat seafood, including lobsters or crabs, and she thinks clam chowder looks unappetizing. Didn't she eat seafood growing up?
@@millie0804 Lobster is much better than prawns. My favorite meal would be a 4lbs lobster with melted butter on the side. I don't understand the eating shrimp but not lobster, they are both visually similar, one is just bigger. Maine lobster is the best in the world.
Hi Bees & Millie!!!! Thanks for doing this reaction! If you ever get to Texas in the fall I'd be honored to take y'all out for some BBQ or TexMex and a high school football game!
@@henny8883 Ohio here. We've got bbq, but not 'Texas' bbq. Dabble in smoking but I know Texas isn't in the same ballpark, they're playing a whole different game.
The one good thing about all the different food dishes in states is the variety. So many different ethnic influences from years ago that are carried on today, that there's always something for everyone's taste buds, no matter where you go.
Remember if you visit Texas to not forget to eat at Rudy’s but for a breakfast place Cracker Barrel is amazing. Just remember early morning or you could be waiting for a hour or more because of the line to get inside
Michigan is more than Mackinac Island Fudge, although it is my personal fave when combined with vanilla or fudge swirl ice cream. Michigan also has pasties, which are basically very large hot pockets and can be a variety of fillings. My personal fave pasty is a venison and bacon pasty my aunt used to make when we'd go out deer hunting. It's a nice way to warm up when it's below freezing outside and you're sitting in a deer blind for hours. Michigan also is home to Detroit Style Deep Dish Pizza. It is sort of a hybrid of Chicago Deep Dish and New York Style. Just get a large square pan, put in the dough, put in the sauce and toppings, and layer the hell out of it with cheese. Some places have it cut in strips, some cut it up into squares, but it is so gooood! We also have a lot of apple orchards, and yeah, they use apple cider to make and flavor donuts. We also are a major producer of cherries and mint in the world, so there is that bit of info.
I loved the fudge in Mackinac Island when I visited there. Everything about the island was amazing . But when I think of Michigan, I think of cherries and Vernor's ginger ale which is the best ginger ale I ever tasted.
When I think of Michigan and food I immediately think of cherries. I think of Up North Wisconsin when I think Pasty, but it makes sense that it would be a Yooper and northern Michigan thing as well. So many Cornish miners in the entire area.
Making your own white gravy at home is very easy. It's really no different than a brown gravy. You just use milk instead of water. Also don't let your roux get too dark.
White gravy is basically just milk and flower mixed in a cup and added to the grease and pan drippings left over from cooking sausage or bacon then stirred well while slowly adding milk till the consistency is right. The white color coming from the milk and flower.
A piping hot bowl of clam chowder on a cold winter day is the best, especially if you had been working in the cold. Also, rocky mountain oysters are not bad, they are one of the best "drunk foods". Have a basket or two after pounding back beer, tequila, whiskey, or whatever alcohol you prefer. When you are drunk enough, you won't care what you eat. Us Americans need all the sweet foods to balance out all the savory dishes we have, so after your meals have a dessert.
Remember that these food choices are sponspored and don't accurately reflect each state. Yes, Pepe and Sally and cousin Bimonte have wood fired pizza. They did not invent it, nor is it the best pizza in CT. That is highly subjective. Personallly, I like Rossini's but there are hundreds of great pizza places in CT. New Haven is home of the first actual ground beef hamburger, so technically hamburger should be the non sponsored choice for this video.
I live in NH and I live about 10 minutes away from apple crest farm. Every September/October my family and friends go and pick our own apples at the farm. They serve warm apple cider donuts (which is really a more of a plain donut with cinnamon topping). We then bake fresh apple pies during the fall season. It’s a fun activity. Also I can assure you that New England clam chowder and Maine lobster rolls are delicious. We practically live on those two staples most of the summer while dining in Portsmouth at the docks. They have an entire clam chowder/seafood festival every September @ Hampton Beach. You should come and I could show you around the all the local spots. Our region and cuisine is amazing. Also make sure to visit lake winnipesauke (which I stay at from Memorial Day-Labor Day). It’s a beautiful lake with lots of good food around.
Being from Illinois, something that is a must to try is a very local regional favorite Horseshoe! It consists of toast covered with a meat of your choice, pile on the French fries over the meat, and then smothered in a cheese sauce! They are delicious and probably a little bit artery clogging! The smaller version is called a Ponyshoe and most restaurants have their own version of huge ones that become a challenge to finish within a set time and earn a prize, get if for free along with your picture going on a “wall of fame” if you finish it. Go online and check out Darcy’s Pint in Springfield IL for a picture and description of Horseshoes.
It’s cool digging into the history of these foods too, like countries that meshed cultures various settlers combined their cuisines to create something new and local
I'm not a fan of fish, but I love shellfish. I'll eat lobster, crabs, clams, oysters, mussels. I used to live in New England, and the Massachusetts clam chowder and Maine lobster rolls are Devine, and so are the Maryland crab cakes!
Making that cream gravy is really pretty easy. After you fry your beef/chicken. Leave the oil in the skillet, take some flour and mix it up like a paste. (make a roux) Gradually add milk to it as you whisk it (to keep out lumps) And when it gets almost as thick as you want, remove it from heat because it's gonna get thicker. I never heard of canned gravy until my buddy in Barnsley told mje about it. He calls me an Okie. Which I am! lol
There is incredible variety of dishes in the USA. People have immigrated here from everywhere on the planet. They adapted their favorite dishes to the local available foods. The big cities offer a smorgasbord of ethnic restaurants with many authentic recipes and also more familiar options for the less adventurous palate.
White gravy is primarily a southern thing and while I do love southern food I'm still more a brown gravy person. But my son can eat it by the bowl. Especially with biscuits( which are kind of like scones to you ). Catfish if cook correctly is awesome and of course you need a side of hushpuppies with it.
We have regular brown gravy as well as white gravy it's the same thing but using milk instead of stock so it's creamier and usually very peppery in a good way
There's a place in northern Colorado called Bruce's Bar that's famous for its Rocky Mountain Oysters. The ironic part is that it's in a town named "Severance".
The secret to finding great BBQ in Texas is asking a local person where they eat. Hopefully they will send to a shabby little place where you are served by an owner or family member. 😋 Avocado is a peculiar color but has creamy mild taste. It is wonderful as guacamole, on sandwiches, cheeseburgers with swiss cheese, and surprisingly eggs.
It depends. There are black/dark purple varieties and green varieties. The smaller black varieties are native to Mexico while the larger green ones are native to Central America and the West indies. Green varieties are lower in fat while dark ones make the best guac. Fun Fact: When the Aztecs discovered the avocado in 500 BC, they named it āhuacatl, which translates to "testicle."
Jambalaya is another dish that is as iconic from Louisiana as Gumbo and etoufee . Jambalaya is similar to Paella , jambalaya like Paella can be either be all seafood, all meat or a mix and it's very good. White Gravy is traditional for chicken fried steak, but regular brown gravy like what is put on turkey for Thanksgiving can also be put on chicken fried/ Country fried steak
Gumbo can be chicken or sausage too. And despite the name, it really is good. 3:00 I think you were asking what is in with the cheese dip. It is special canned tomatoes called 'Rotel Tomatoes' they are on Amazon.UK but at £6.75 a can is highway robbery. 11:08 Commonly called Saw Mill gravy.
Come to Mackinac Island, Michigan. The fudge is extremely delicious. There are so many different flavors. The island is very small (8 miles circumference) and no cars are allowed. People walk or ride bikes or horses. Only open to tourists May to October, I think.
You can make your own white gravy. Brown some ground pork sausage without draining the grease. While keeping on the hot burner mix in ground pepper, flour, and milk to your preference. Continue cooking and stirring, until the gravy is at your desired thickness.
Louisiana Gumbo can be made several different ways. Pretty much depends on what part of the state you live in. Usually Seafood Gumbo is made with Shrimp, Blue Claw Crab & Oysters. Spicy or not. We also make a dark roux as a gravy thickener & flavor enhancer. It is pretty much standard to use 'The Trinity' in any Louisiana dish. Trinity=onion, bell pepper & crlery. Some people add okra & file'. Chicken Andouille Sasauge is the other main gumbo off Louisiana. Both are delicious!
Apple cider donuts are to die for if you get them fresh and microwave them for like 5-10 sec. Also we have a couple different gravys, you can get classic brown but we have pork and turkey as well as white. The white is really good on chix fried steak or for breakfast with biscuits and gravy!
I have lived in Chicago most of my life, and I know better than to even try to start the debate on which Pizza is the *Best Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza* , so I would just suggest that you check the internet and try out the top 4 or 5 over a period of time. Choose your favorite that way, and you cannot go wrong!
Beesley, are the Chicago pizzas that you get the Gino's brand? Gino's is a mega popular pizzeria in Chicago that does ship there pizzas anywhere in the contiguous 48 states.
Rocky Mountain oysters are quite good if cooked properly... sliced thin and coated in egg and cracker crumbs and fried... dipped in ranch dressing when you eat them... yum.
So I grew up in Minnesota and now live in Nebraska. Minnesota is also known for fresh water fish, in particular sunfish, battered and fried (absolutely delicious if never frozen or was alive less than an hour ago), and Nebraska has two other foods to mention. The Runza, a eastern Europe immigrant food of a small loaf of bread with fried beef and onions in the middle, and then Omaha Steaks. Beef is king in Nebraska with lots of beef ranches all over the middle of the state that eat all the corn this state can grow.
Nebraskans prefer grass fed beef. Omaha steaks in not “Nebraska” it’s just what out of staters think. Koolaid was invented here and so was the Reuben sammich. We also eat carp and catfish; because they’re good
We've got some great food in Upstate New York. Marinated grilled Chicken Spiedies, Sausage pepper and onion sandwiches, amazing pizza parlors. Its also pretty rural and super beautiful. If you come back to NY, take a trip upstate, you might be pleasantly surprised!
The "Cuban Sandwich" originated in Tampa when vendors would sell the "mixto" sandwiches to workers from the cigar factories. In a nod to the many Italian immigrants, the "Tampa Cuban" includes Genoa Salami in addition to ham, "lechon asado" (slow roasted pork marinated in sour citrus juice), swiss cheese, dill pickle, and mustard on Cuban bread. It dates from the late 19th century and remains a favorite of the Tampa area. The "Miami" Cuban is more well known and does not include salami. It's history dates back to the influx of Cubans after F. Castro took power in the 1950's. Both styles are usually served hot "pressed" in a panninni press.
Hi guys! Gumbo doesn't have to have seafood in it. You can use chicken, duck or any kind of fowl, and sausage as well. It's really good if it's done right.
When you come to the states, be sure to eat at the Cracker Barrel restaurant for breakfast. Where they maintain that in the South, GRAVY is a food group!
Clam Chowder is awesome. One of my go-to soups. A lot of the time it comes in a bread bowl so you eat the bowl when you are done that have the chowder soaked in.
The avocado tree is a high growing tree and will drop fruit day and night waking you up, you want to pick it up before the dog gets it or a neighbor sticks his hand over the fence.
Storytime- In 98' me and a female work colleague had to travel to Denver from Atlanta on a business trip to meet clients. (Large fiber-optic networking firm) The weather got really bad and we sat on the tarmac for 2 1/2 hours. This turned a 3 1/2 hour trip into 6 hours flight time plus getting our luggage and we were absolutely STARVING. The clients met us to buy our dinner at a steakhouse I can't remember the name of. They already had a double-order of calf-fries on the table when we arrived. We both dug in and started scarfing these things down bc we were so hungry. They were nothing special, I just figured they cut the potatoes in little disc's, deep fried and served with a yummy sweet and sour dipping sauce. Eventually we settled in and one of the clients said: "You guys are really enjoying those calf fries, have you had them before?" Puzzled we were like...."Have we ever had french-fries before?" Client: "These are a little different, they're deep-fried bull testicles." Now something I thought I could never eat was calamari(squid) bc I used to deep-sea fish with it. It's absolutely disgusting, stinky, slimy and it's very difficult to get the funk off your hands. The kinda stuff you have to WEAR OFF instead of washing off. If you fry anything to a crunchy texture and serve it with a good sauce, it's edible. So I shrugged it off. My colleague......Not so much....I cannot even describe the look of horror there was on this woman's face. She excused herself to the washroom and began violently throwing up. As professional gentlemen, we really, really tried not to laugh at her. We all cracked to the point that some of us were in tears. I went to the restroom entrance to ask if she was okay. She came out red-faced, by that time our orders started arriving and she was pissed for about 10 minutes and then she calmed down and had a laugh about it. Girls a trooper.
Born and raised in Wisconsin, I have family in England who I've lost contact with. Wisconsin is nice! Close to Chicago and the Woods up N. Lots of parks, Six Flags isn't far, Lake Michigan isn't far. I love Wisconsin. Lots to do and we can get most of these foods where I live.
I've been to the Bacchanal Buffet in Vegas and it was a 3 hour wait to get in but it was amazing. They also gave us mimosas as we waited for them to make food requests for us and the king crab legs were to die for. Would I do it again? No.. but it was worth doing once.
I live in Grand Rapids Michigan and Chicago is about 170 miles away. I have been known to get in my car and drive to Chicago Saturday morning for an early evening deep dish Chicago style pizza. Nothing like them. And Mackinac is about a day away from Grand Rapids so we used to go and get fudge in my younger days also. So rich, so good. We would drive non-stop. THe nice thing about any state in the USA is you can experience about 75% of all those foods. People move and bring there menu with them to different states. So in Michigan I can get a take out of BBQ ribs and Brisket and go to the beach on Lake Michigan for the day at Mears state park and enjoy a day eating and drinking on the Lake.
In the US, "apple cider" is a concentrated apple juice, non-alcoholic. The white gravy on the chicken-fried steak looks to be a sausage gravy, made milk-based with lots of black pepper, sausage grease, flour, and some sausage patty crumbles.
6:09, talks about Kentucky food, but shows chef Jack Chaplin who's from Conneticut cooking it. Same guy in the chicken fried steak video. He has since passed away.
You need to try the clam chowder. Or there also that you might like is a fluff a nutter. It’s peanut butter and fluff. It is amazing I make mine with toast and make sure it’s warm so it’s melty and gooey.
Maid Rite is a good one for Iowa, but a better one would have been pork chops they're so thick compared to other states, a lot of other states will call a thick pork chop an "Iowa Chop"
As a Wisconsinite would love to have you. Normally not a top destination for Europeans but stop on in! More to see and do then most videos would lead on
The clam chowder you're looking at is mostly a cream sauce (like a very mild alfredo or a cream-based gravy) with large chunks of potato. Not too different than a creamy potato soup. Then they add some chopped clam. If it's cooked over low heat, the clam is tender; too high a heat, and the clam gets chewy. Great with saltine crackers. Chesapeake blue crab is very tasty; it has a sweetness to the meat that goes well with clarified butter. Marylanders usually steam it with a very hot spice mixture (I usually rinse this off before breaking into the shell, but I don't care for spicy things). It's not "SWEET-sweet", but it is very pleasant-tasting.
4:40 my offer still stands mate. Come to Chicago and I'll treat you and Millie to deep dish at Lou Malnati's. And no, there is no debate. Lou's is the best deep dish. Chicagoland has a TON of great pizza places...but Lou's is THE BEST.
@@kevincinnamontoast3669 --- you can gone wrong with their sausage pizza. the sausage is like one giant patty covering the whole pizza. I'll take their cheese pizza.
I love "The Lou" spinach deep dish pizza - when ordering carry-out, I always get it uncut (unsliced) so that I can have leftovers with a crispy crust the next few days.
While I don’t disagree that there’s a lot of coffee culture in Washington, we should have been known for our teriyaki, because the style of it is unique to this part of the US.
Yeah, I think Washington should have had something to do with fried razor clams, dungeoness crabs, or apples. Possibly something to do with strawberries as well, although the strawberry industry has mostly died since they developed decent everbearing strawberries you can grow in California. Talking about Vermont and apples is a disrespect for Washington, which grows more apples than the rest of the US combined. As well as fruits from cherries to pears. One could also mention Chinook salmon, Kokanee salmon, or Steelhead Trout. (I basically grew up on various wild fish, along with venison, elk, ducks, and geese. My Mom is a dungeoness crab addict, and we grew up digging razor clams. There's also a big oyster industry here, as well as cranberries.) Marionberry pie for Oregon is also a bit ridiculous. Clearly the state food of Oregon is microbrew beer, because arguably microbrew culture in North America started in Portland. You could also mention that Maraschino cherries were developed in Oregon, as well as the common "Hood" variety of cherries.
Amazon sells Clam chowder soup cans, they are pretty good for being canned but here in California, we have tons of coastal ships you can dine on and eat it fresh. there's nothing else like it, if your a sea food fan 100% recommend
if your having Chicago deep dish pizza I have to rep my home state and say you need to also try the Detroit deep dish. Where the Chicago is all sauce, the Detroit is thick bread. Its made is a square pan that has perfect caramelized cheese on the edges. Its this unique shape because the first ones were made in cheep oil pans during the great depression as they were easer to get than pizza pans, and it was Detroit, so car parts weren't hard to find.
big point, apple cider in the US is typically non alcoholic. it can be but its typically isnt. also white gravy isnt the only gravy, we also do brown gravy as well. it really just depends on if you use a milk base or broth/stock base. both are very good. like thanksgiving in the US you make gravy with the drippings from cooked turkey or chicken (usually turkey if we are talking thanksgiving) so its brown and not white. i havent made whitegravy myself yet, but i make a bunch of white sauce so it probably tastes jsut as good.
Odd I lived in West Virginia from the time I was 15 until I was 18 but maybe Greenbrier county was just different because the one thing everyone seemed to go nuts over was a hot dog with chili sauce and coleslaw with onions on it the first time I really heard of pepperoni rolls was a few years ago when the place my brother works at started selling them and that is in Ohio
As far as pallate changing...I'm not a picky eater and always try and give something I don't like a go every few years to see if I like it...but I'm 30 years old and one of the few things I didn't like was canned beets (I think you call it beet root?) and mushrooms. Last winter I was pregnant and had a really strong craving for them. They are frequently on the salad bar at my work and I started eating them almost daily...had my baby in February and still like them. I literally tried for YEARS to like them and had given up. Just shows that your taste can change even when you are "old" like me :)
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I'm sure it will be in this video, but if you ever get a chance to get to Maryland, try the fried or broiled crab cakes. So good
I'm sure someone from Chicago has already spanked you, for the sin of frozen deep dish pizza
I'm not a fan of it, but if you like the frozen. Then a real baked deep dish in Chicago would make you ... well, you get the point
@@nomdeplume7537: There's the real possibility that they don't have any Chicago-style pizzerias where he lives. .
@@nomdeplume7537 sounds lovely but it’s taken me 4 years to get him to eat cod 😂
@@millie0804 I understand, I don't like anything that tastes fishy. Despise it as a matter. That's why I can eat Maryland crab cakes. ONLY Maryland crab cakes though.
The seasoning is a little spicy without burning your mouth, and you don't taste fish at all.
As an RN of 34 yrs, seafood is beneficial. Try YellowfIn Tuna steak. Suggestion, don't cook it Med Rare.. but a bit more on the done side. It's amazing, like eating a steak
Apple Cider donuts are made with apple cider instead of water. And some recipes also have bits of apple in the dough as well.
New England clam chowder is actually rather good, unless you hate clams. Love a good Southern white gravy; biscuits (not cookies, but the fluffy U.S. kind) & sausage gravy is one of my favorite breakfast dishes. Just gotta keep the arteries open....
Agreed, new england clam chowder is absolutely delicious. Definitely worth a try, the canned varieties are alright if that's what you can get but fresh is best....💯
I love the chowder but take the clams out. I can't stand the chewy texture of clams.
Much better than Manhattan clam chowder. That much I know 😁
I hate clams but love New England clam chowder. Being from CT there was always a debate about whether Manhattan or New England clam chowder was the best. Remember you regenerate all your taste buds over 7 years so your likes and dislikes may change.
Sausage gray and biscuits!
I grew up in Florida and it been my home for 58 years. Never did I have any desire to try a Cuban. When I was 50 my wife asked me to bring her one home for a local deli that wins awards year after year for theirs. She sucked me into tasting it and all I could say was "Why the heck did I wait 50 years"...
Best cubans can be found in Ybor city
@@papimana4332 yup in tampa area
"I can't do cinnamon"
I died a little right then, Millie. 😆
hahahaha
🎵 Heeee stopped lovin' herrr todaaay 🎵
@@controlZchannel nice drop
I’m allergic to cinnamon. It’s a shame
If you get to Wisconsin, stay away from the fancy cheese markets near the borders meant for tourists but go to any largish supermarket and you will see an incredible selection of great local cheese. We export a lot, but keep the best for ourselves. Yes, you also need to have deep fried cheese curds directly out of the hot oil at some point.
Car valley cheese in mauston Wisconsin is one of the best
@@richards1191 Very true and they are available in the specialy cheese section of many grocery stores. I especially like their Glacier Blue Pentacream.
Best deep fried cheese curds I ever had was from a small bar & grill in Shullsburg, WI. Sadly, the place changed and the food is no longer as good as it was. (Just my opinion.)
As a Washington state native, I was a little sad to see coffee listed. I think of coffee as a beverage rather than a food. I was expecting something more like salmon or apples or Dungeness crabs even. It’s so much fun watching your reactions, especially those focused on the United States! 💚
I lived in WA state for 30 years ... scones?
@@kathrynreinitz6619 Oh my goodness yes!
Yes, Washington is famous fur their apples.
If you like seafood, you will love the clam chowder, jambalaya, and gumbo, for sure. The testicles scare most of us, too.
The UK is still an island so that's excuse for not liking seafood considering the UKs well know dish is FISH and chips (French Fries)
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@@TheBeesleys99 Hey I was kind of thinking the same thing!!
And YES as a life long Texan I think y'all really should come visit us!!
Texas is not necessarily an easy state to visit because of the distances involved but if you don't want to rent a car then it's possible to fly from major city to city and UBER or LYFT.
Texas also can really be a great travel value if you choose accommodations carefully and ask pretty much any of us locals about where to eat, what live music joints to go to, etc.
And forget about the stereotypes!!
We're not all only Cowboys, Mexicans, yahoos etc!!
Also note that this isn't the kind of trip that's a long weekend unless you were to just pick one city.
And honestly at your age I would recommend either Austin or San Antonio for a shorter type of trip because of their sights but also because they have the best tourist infrastructure of any of the major cities here in Texas.
@@christianoliver3572 You neglected to tell them to come well armed.
@@JGW845 That's mostly a stereotype.
Mostly!!
"She's not picky."
"I'll eat anything, especially seafood."
Won't eat crabs, lobsters, chili, cinnamon, peanut butter, sweet pies, or coffee.
Man, anything is less than I'd thought lol. You need to try from some better places or something whenever you end up coming over!
This had me dying ahahahah!
Compared to him I’ll eat anything 😂😂😂
Especially since I think she said that she is from Jersey, which is a fairly small island in the English Channel. And yet, she won't eat seafood, including lobsters or crabs, and she thinks clam chowder looks unappetizing. Didn't she eat seafood growing up?
@@johnalden5821 yes I did :) just not lobster or crab :). Every other seafood I eat!
@@millie0804 Lobster is much better than prawns. My favorite meal would be a 4lbs lobster with melted butter on the side. I don't understand the eating shrimp but not lobster, they are both visually similar, one is just bigger. Maine lobster is the best in the world.
Hi Bees & Millie!!!! Thanks for doing this reaction! If you ever get to Texas in the fall I'd be honored to take y'all out for some BBQ or TexMex and a high school football game!
I will hopefully take you up on that one day!
Wow sounds amazing. Thank you!
Kansas city is the BBQ capital of the world.
I wanna go to lol I'm in Florida
@@henny8883 Ohio here. We've got bbq, but not 'Texas' bbq. Dabble in smoking but I know Texas isn't in the same ballpark, they're playing a whole different game.
From America, thank you so much for this video, I really appreciated it, it means so much to me, May God Bless You !
Love the addition of a co-host. Great work.
The one good thing about all the different food dishes in states is the variety. So many different ethnic influences from years ago that are carried on today, that there's always something for everyone's taste buds, no matter where you go.
Remember if you visit Texas to not forget to eat at Rudy’s but for a breakfast place Cracker Barrel is amazing. Just remember early morning or you could be waiting for a hour or more because of the line to get inside
Michigan is more than Mackinac Island Fudge, although it is my personal fave when combined with vanilla or fudge swirl ice cream. Michigan also has pasties, which are basically very large hot pockets and can be a variety of fillings. My personal fave pasty is a venison and bacon pasty my aunt used to make when we'd go out deer hunting. It's a nice way to warm up when it's below freezing outside and you're sitting in a deer blind for hours.
Michigan also is home to Detroit Style Deep Dish Pizza. It is sort of a hybrid of Chicago Deep Dish and New York Style. Just get a large square pan, put in the dough, put in the sauce and toppings, and layer the hell out of it with cheese. Some places have it cut in strips, some cut it up into squares, but it is so gooood!
We also have a lot of apple orchards, and yeah, they use apple cider to make and flavor donuts. We also are a major producer of cherries and mint in the world, so there is that bit of info.
I loved the fudge in Mackinac Island when I visited there. Everything about the island was amazing . But when I think of Michigan, I think of cherries and Vernor's ginger ale which is the best ginger ale I ever tasted.
When I think of Michigan and food I immediately think of cherries. I think of Up North Wisconsin when I think Pasty, but it makes sense that it would be a Yooper and northern Michigan thing as well. So many Cornish miners in the entire area.
Narrator: There's even a world cheese dip championship in Little Rock every year.
Beesley: We need to visit Wisconsin.
I got lost when they said that the krab cakes looked disgusting lol. Seriously, they are the best in Maryland and DC.
Making your own white gravy at home is very easy. It's really no different than a brown gravy. You just use milk instead of water. Also don't let your roux get too dark.
Also you get to be ALOT more liberal with pepper for white gravy.
Has to have a bacon base
@@lesliecurtis3367 no it doesn't...
White gravy is basically just milk and flower mixed in a cup and added to the grease and pan drippings left over from cooking sausage or bacon then stirred well while slowly adding milk till the consistency is right. The white color coming from the milk and flower.
A piping hot bowl of clam chowder on a cold winter day is the best, especially if you had been working in the cold. Also, rocky mountain oysters are not bad, they are one of the best "drunk foods". Have a basket or two after pounding back beer, tequila, whiskey, or whatever alcohol you prefer. When you are drunk enough, you won't care what you eat. Us Americans need all the sweet foods to balance out all the savory dishes we have, so after your meals have a dessert.
You should do the 25 best national parks again with her this time….
Remember that these food choices are sponspored and don't accurately reflect each state. Yes, Pepe and Sally and cousin Bimonte have wood fired pizza. They did not invent it, nor is it the best pizza in CT. That is highly subjective. Personallly, I like Rossini's but there are hundreds of great pizza places in CT.
New Haven is home of the first actual ground beef hamburger, so technically hamburger should be the non sponsored choice for this video.
I live in NH and I live about 10 minutes away from apple crest farm. Every September/October my family and friends go and pick our own apples at the farm. They serve warm apple cider donuts (which is really a more of a plain donut with cinnamon topping). We then bake fresh apple pies during the fall season. It’s a fun activity. Also I can assure you that New England clam chowder and Maine lobster rolls are delicious. We practically live on those two staples most of the summer while dining in Portsmouth at the docks. They have an entire clam chowder/seafood festival every September @ Hampton Beach. You should come and I could show you around the all the local spots. Our region and cuisine is amazing. Also make sure to visit lake winnipesauke (which I stay at from Memorial Day-Labor Day). It’s a beautiful lake with lots of good food around.
Being from Illinois, something that is a must to try is a very local regional favorite Horseshoe! It consists of toast covered with a meat of your choice, pile on the French fries over the meat, and then smothered in a cheese sauce! They are delicious and probably a little bit artery clogging! The smaller version is called a Ponyshoe and most restaurants have their own version of huge ones that become a challenge to finish within a set time and earn a prize, get if for free along with your picture going on a “wall of fame” if you finish it. Go online and check out Darcy’s Pint in Springfield IL for a picture and description of Horseshoes.
0:44 Clam Chowder is definitely one of my seafood all time favorites!
Bro clam chowder is the best
Great video. Well done guys
It’s cool digging into the history of these foods too, like countries that meshed cultures various settlers combined their cuisines to create something new and local
I'm not a fan of fish, but I love shellfish. I'll eat lobster, crabs, clams, oysters, mussels. I used to live in New England, and the Massachusetts clam chowder and Maine lobster rolls are Devine, and so are the Maryland crab cakes!
Fantastic!! I’m an American and very much love my country and flag.
Making that cream gravy is really pretty easy. After you fry your beef/chicken.
Leave the oil in the skillet, take some flour and mix it up like a paste. (make a roux)
Gradually add milk to it as you whisk it (to keep out lumps)
And when it gets almost as thick as you want, remove it from heat because it's gonna get thicker.
I never heard of canned gravy until my buddy in Barnsley told mje about it. He calls me an Okie. Which I am! lol
There is incredible variety of dishes in the USA. People have immigrated here from everywhere on the planet. They adapted their favorite dishes to the local available foods. The big cities offer a smorgasbord of ethnic restaurants with many authentic recipes and also more familiar options for the less adventurous palate.
White gravy is primarily a southern thing and while I do love southern food I'm still more a brown gravy person. But my son can eat it by the bowl. Especially with biscuits( which are kind of like scones to you ). Catfish if cook correctly is awesome and of course you need a side of hushpuppies with it.
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We have regular brown gravy as well as white gravy it's the same thing but using milk instead of stock so it's creamier and usually very peppery in a good way
There's a place in northern Colorado called Bruce's Bar that's famous for its Rocky Mountain Oysters. The ironic part is that it's in a town named "Severance".
The secret to finding great BBQ in Texas is asking a local person where they eat. Hopefully they will send to a shabby little place where you are served by an owner or family member. 😋
Avocado is a peculiar color but has creamy mild taste. It is wonderful as guacamole, on sandwiches, cheeseburgers with swiss cheese, and surprisingly eggs.
Avocado is also great as a green salad ingredient, & I love cutting it into small pieces to add to gaspacho.
It depends. There are black/dark purple varieties and green varieties. The smaller black varieties are native to Mexico while the larger green ones are native to Central America and the West indies. Green varieties are lower in fat while dark ones make the best guac. Fun Fact: When the Aztecs discovered the avocado in 500 BC, they named it āhuacatl, which translates to "testicle."
Jambalaya is another dish that is as iconic from Louisiana as Gumbo and etoufee . Jambalaya is similar to Paella , jambalaya like Paella can be either be all seafood, all meat or a mix and it's very good. White Gravy is traditional for chicken fried steak, but regular brown gravy like what is put on turkey for Thanksgiving can also be put on chicken fried/ Country fried steak
You might consider actually making/cooking some of these foods to try in your reaction videos. We love those!
Born and raised in Northern Michigan but only have been to the island a handful of times, but the fudge is incredible!
Gumbo can be chicken or sausage too. And despite the name, it really is good. 3:00 I think you were asking what is in with the cheese dip. It is special canned tomatoes called 'Rotel Tomatoes' they are on Amazon.UK but at £6.75 a can is highway robbery. 11:08 Commonly called Saw Mill gravy.
I love how enthusiastic you guys are about stuff in the US. Definitely come to Vegas when you make the trip
Come to Mackinac Island, Michigan. The fudge is extremely delicious. There are so many different flavors. The island is very small (8 miles circumference) and no cars are allowed. People walk or ride bikes or horses. Only open to tourists May to October, I think.
I love the video! I'm from the US, and have traveled extensively, but I learned some new dishes to try. Great job, very informative!
Marionberry from Oregon is just a renamed Blackberry and we have loads of natural growing blackberries here in New Jersey.
to make white gravies brown some flower, in a pan add table of crissgard after brown flower and add mike or water keep steering
For me growing up in Michigan in the 70's it was white castles and coney island. The drinks were faygo and vernors ginger aile.
a Virginia ham is essential for Christmas dinners, plus some use it as either a substitute or an addition to turkey for Thanksgiving
You can make your own white gravy. Brown some ground pork sausage without draining the grease. While keeping on the hot burner mix in ground pepper, flour, and milk to your preference. Continue cooking and stirring, until the gravy is at your desired thickness.
Louisiana Gumbo can be made several different ways. Pretty much depends on what part of the state you live in. Usually Seafood Gumbo is made with Shrimp, Blue Claw Crab & Oysters. Spicy or not.
We also make a dark roux as a gravy thickener & flavor enhancer. It is pretty much standard to use 'The Trinity' in any Louisiana dish. Trinity=onion, bell pepper & crlery. Some people add okra & file'.
Chicken Andouille Sasauge is the other main gumbo off Louisiana.
Both are delicious!
Apple cider donuts are to die for if you get them fresh and microwave them for like 5-10 sec. Also we have a couple different gravys, you can get classic brown but we have pork and turkey as well as white. The white is really good on chix fried steak or for breakfast with biscuits and gravy!
I have lived in Chicago most of my life, and I know better than to even try to start the debate on which Pizza is the *Best Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza* , so I would just suggest that you check the internet and try out the top 4 or 5 over a period of time. Choose your favorite that way, and you cannot go wrong!
Pizza isn't just a food, it's an entire food group.
Beesley, are the Chicago pizzas that you get the Gino's brand? Gino's is a mega popular pizzeria in Chicago that does ship there pizzas anywhere in the contiguous 48 states.
Rocky Mountain oysters are quite good if cooked properly... sliced thin and coated in egg and cracker crumbs and fried... dipped in ranch dressing when you eat them... yum.
Enjoyed this video. Being born on Galveston Island, the seafood mentioned are some of my favorites. You are a great couple...Keep-up the good work!
So I grew up in Minnesota and now live in Nebraska. Minnesota is also known for fresh water fish, in particular sunfish, battered and fried (absolutely delicious if never frozen or was alive less than an hour ago), and Nebraska has two other foods to mention. The Runza, a eastern Europe immigrant food of a small loaf of bread with fried beef and onions in the middle, and then Omaha Steaks. Beef is king in Nebraska with lots of beef ranches all over the middle of the state that eat all the corn this state can grow.
Nebraskans prefer grass fed beef.
Omaha steaks in not “Nebraska” it’s just what out of staters think.
Koolaid was invented here and so was the Reuben sammich.
We also eat carp and catfish; because they’re good
Gumbo is delicious! My family is of Louisiana Creole descent and the best Gumbo is homemade.
We've got some great food in Upstate New York. Marinated grilled Chicken Spiedies, Sausage pepper and onion sandwiches, amazing pizza parlors. Its also pretty rural and super beautiful. If you come back to NY, take a trip upstate, you might be pleasantly surprised!
The "Cuban Sandwich" originated in Tampa when vendors would sell the "mixto" sandwiches to workers from the cigar factories. In a nod to the many Italian immigrants, the "Tampa Cuban" includes Genoa Salami in addition to ham, "lechon asado" (slow roasted pork marinated in sour citrus juice), swiss cheese, dill pickle, and mustard on Cuban bread. It dates from the late 19th century and remains a favorite of the Tampa area. The "Miami" Cuban is more well known and does not include salami. It's history dates back to the influx of Cubans after F. Castro took power in the 1950's. Both styles are usually served hot "pressed" in a panninni press.
love thje videos with the2 of you
As someone born and raised in South Carolina the Low Country Boil is amazing
Millie is awesome!! You got yourself a good one there my friend. Hold onto her.
Hi guys! Gumbo doesn't have to have seafood in it. You can use chicken, duck or any kind of fowl, and sausage as well. It's really good if it's done right.
When you come to the states, be sure to eat at the Cracker Barrel restaurant for breakfast. Where they maintain that in the South, GRAVY is a food group!
Just found you guys and LOVE the content. Hope you keep it up, thanks!!
AH, Beesley there is such a thing as chicken and sausage gumbo. The beauty of real gumbo is that you make it according to what you have/ like.
But Chicken and Sausage is the best 😉
Another video with the charming Beesley and the beautiful Millie! ❤️
Aww thank you for the support!
Clam Chowder is awesome. One of my go-to soups. A lot of the time it comes in a bread bowl so you eat the bowl when you are done that have the chowder soaked in.
The avocado tree is a high growing tree and will drop fruit day and night waking you up, you want to pick it up before the dog gets it or a neighbor sticks his hand over the fence.
A bit late, but as a Native Montanan that's a small cross section of what we put Huckleberries in, Chocolate, Hot Sauce, syrup, jams.
Two heads are better than one you guys enjoy I'll continue watching. I watched before and still
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if you go to louisiana you have to try alligator.. so good
Love seeing you rewatch with your laqdy....really good
Storytime- In 98' me and a female work colleague had to travel to Denver from Atlanta on a business trip to meet clients. (Large fiber-optic networking firm) The weather got really bad and we sat on the tarmac for 2 1/2 hours. This turned a 3 1/2 hour trip into 6 hours flight time plus getting our luggage and we were absolutely STARVING. The clients met us to buy our dinner at a steakhouse I can't remember the name of. They already had a double-order of calf-fries on the table when we arrived. We both dug in and started scarfing these things down bc we were so hungry. They were nothing special, I just figured they cut the potatoes in little disc's, deep fried and served with a yummy sweet and sour dipping sauce. Eventually we settled in and one of the clients said: "You guys are really enjoying those calf fries, have you had them before?" Puzzled we were like...."Have we ever had french-fries before?" Client: "These are a little different, they're deep-fried bull testicles." Now something I thought I could never eat was calamari(squid) bc I used to deep-sea fish with it. It's absolutely disgusting, stinky, slimy and it's very difficult to get the funk off your hands. The kinda stuff you have to WEAR OFF instead of washing off. If you fry anything to a crunchy texture and serve it with a good sauce, it's edible. So I shrugged it off. My colleague......Not so much....I cannot even describe the look of horror there was on this woman's face. She excused herself to the washroom and began violently throwing up. As professional gentlemen, we really, really tried not to laugh at her. We all cracked to the point that some of us were in tears. I went to the restroom entrance to ask if she was okay. She came out red-faced, by that time our orders started arriving and she was pissed for about 10 minutes and then she calmed down and had a laugh about it. Girls a trooper.
How does gumbo not look appetizing? Lol that’s crazy to me as a Louisiana native🤣😩
Born and raised in Wisconsin, I have family in England who I've lost contact with. Wisconsin is nice! Close to Chicago and the Woods up N. Lots of parks, Six Flags isn't far, Lake Michigan isn't far. I love Wisconsin. Lots to do and we can get most of these foods where I live.
I've been to the Bacchanal Buffet in Vegas and it was a 3 hour wait to get in but it was amazing. They also gave us mimosas as we waited for them to make food requests for us and the king crab legs were to die for. Would I do it again? No.. but it was worth doing once.
I live in Grand Rapids Michigan and Chicago is about 170 miles away. I have been known to get in my car and drive to Chicago Saturday morning for an early evening deep dish Chicago style pizza. Nothing like them. And Mackinac is about a day away from Grand Rapids so we used to go and get fudge in my younger days also. So rich, so good. We would drive non-stop. THe nice thing about any state in the USA is you can experience about 75% of all those foods. People move and bring there menu with them to different states. So in Michigan I can get a take out of BBQ ribs and Brisket and go to the beach on Lake Michigan for the day at Mears state park and enjoy a day eating and drinking on the Lake.
In the US, "apple cider" is a concentrated apple juice, non-alcoholic.
The white gravy on the chicken-fried steak looks to be a sausage gravy, made milk-based with lots of black pepper, sausage grease, flour, and some sausage patty crumbles.
New England clam chowder is Food of The Gods
6:09, talks about Kentucky food, but shows chef Jack Chaplin who's from Conneticut cooking it. Same guy in the chicken fried steak video. He has since passed away.
In Connecticut specifically Meriden Connecticut there is steamed cheese burgers. And it is surprising good. I love it
You need to try the clam chowder. Or there also that you might like is a fluff a nutter. It’s peanut butter and fluff. It is amazing I make mine with toast and make sure it’s warm so it’s melty and gooey.
Maid Rite is a good one for Iowa, but a better one would have been pork chops they're so thick compared to other states, a lot of other states will call a thick pork chop an "Iowa Chop"
As someone from Iowa, I would agree. And we are also known for our pork tenderloins like Indiana on this list.
As a Wisconsinite would love to have you. Normally not a top destination for Europeans but stop on in! More to see and do then most videos would lead on
Anyone else from Arkansas just nodding and smiling when the video says it's cheese dip??
I like how Nevada's wasn't even a food lmao.
The clam chowder you're looking at is mostly a cream sauce (like a very mild alfredo or a cream-based gravy) with large chunks of potato. Not too different than a creamy potato soup. Then they add some chopped clam. If it's cooked over low heat, the clam is tender; too high a heat, and the clam gets chewy. Great with saltine crackers.
Chesapeake blue crab is very tasty; it has a sweetness to the meat that goes well with clarified butter. Marylanders usually steam it with a very hot spice mixture (I usually rinse this off before breaking into the shell, but I don't care for spicy things). It's not "SWEET-sweet", but it is very pleasant-tasting.
4:40 my offer still stands mate. Come to Chicago and I'll treat you and Millie to deep dish at Lou Malnati's. And no, there is no debate. Lou's is the best deep dish. Chicagoland has a TON of great pizza places...but Lou's is THE BEST.
We would love that!!
@@kevincinnamontoast3669 --- you can gone wrong with their sausage pizza. the sausage is like one giant patty covering the whole pizza. I'll take their cheese pizza.
I love spinach deep dish pizza..........makes me think I am eating healthy .......though i am fooling myself
@@jacklewis5452 yeah, never get sasage on deep dish! Save that for when you want to get a Polish Sasage for sure!
I love "The Lou" spinach deep dish pizza - when ordering carry-out, I always get it uncut (unsliced) so that I can have leftovers with a crispy crust the next few days.
They do use cider for the donuts. Not hard cider.
While I don’t disagree that there’s a lot of coffee culture in Washington, we should have been known for our teriyaki, because the style of it is unique to this part of the US.
Yeah, I think Washington should have had something to do with fried razor clams, dungeoness crabs, or apples. Possibly something to do with strawberries as well, although the strawberry industry has mostly died since they developed decent everbearing strawberries you can grow in California. Talking about Vermont and apples is a disrespect for Washington, which grows more apples than the rest of the US combined. As well as fruits from cherries to pears. One could also mention Chinook salmon, Kokanee salmon, or Steelhead Trout. (I basically grew up on various wild fish, along with venison, elk, ducks, and geese. My Mom is a dungeoness crab addict, and we grew up digging razor clams. There's also a big oyster industry here, as well as cranberries.)
Marionberry pie for Oregon is also a bit ridiculous. Clearly the state food of Oregon is microbrew beer, because arguably microbrew culture in North America started in Portland. You could also mention that Maraschino cherries were developed in Oregon, as well as the common "Hood" variety of cherries.
I thought for sure it was going to be apples but I can’t argue with coffee.
Amazon sells Clam chowder soup cans, they are pretty good for being canned but here in California, we have tons of coastal ships you can dine on and eat it fresh. there's nothing else like it, if your a sea food fan 100% recommend
Also Philly Cheesesteaks are one of the best things to be ever created there's hundreds of way to have em haha
if your having Chicago deep dish pizza I have to rep my home state and say you need to also try the Detroit deep dish. Where the Chicago is all sauce, the Detroit is thick bread. Its made is a square pan that has perfect caramelized cheese on the edges. Its this unique shape because the first ones were made in cheep oil pans during the great depression as they were easer to get than pizza pans, and it was Detroit, so car parts weren't hard to find.
“Can’t do lobster”
In the immortal words of Owen Wilson: “Come on England, you already lost two wars to us, don’t make it three.”
the "white" gravy is usually called Chicken gravy. Made with chicken stock/broth instead of beef broth (brown)
Chicken gravy? I make mine with pork sausage or bacon fat.
About as wrong as you can get and you still have 4 likes lol FTW!
big point, apple cider in the US is typically non alcoholic. it can be but its typically isnt. also white gravy isnt the only gravy, we also do brown gravy as well. it really just depends on if you use a milk base or broth/stock base. both are very good. like thanksgiving in the US you make gravy with the drippings from cooked turkey or chicken (usually turkey if we are talking thanksgiving) so its brown and not white. i havent made whitegravy myself yet, but i make a bunch of white sauce so it probably tastes jsut as good.
Glad to see you both smiling and having fun. I’ve got a Millie in my family but no Beesley
Odd I lived in West Virginia from the time I was 15 until I was 18 but maybe Greenbrier county was just different because the one thing everyone seemed to go nuts over was a hot dog with chili sauce and coleslaw with onions on it the first time I really heard of pepperoni rolls was a few years ago when the place my brother works at started selling them and that is in Ohio
I literally only watched this to make sure they had crab cake as Maryland's dish. The old bay is a must have as well.
As far as pallate changing...I'm not a picky eater and always try and give something I don't like a go every few years to see if I like it...but I'm 30 years old and one of the few things I didn't like was canned beets (I think you call it beet root?) and mushrooms. Last winter I was pregnant and had a really strong craving for them. They are frequently on the salad bar at my work and I started eating them almost daily...had my baby in February and still like them. I literally tried for YEARS to like them and had given up. Just shows that your taste can change even when you are "old" like me :)