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Beans Beans Beans... What Did You Grow Up On? - Regional Foods & Brands
Lynne:
So, from time to time, I've been doing some research about brands local to TN....and here's what I've discovered...
Bush beans were the favored brand in the 1960's...national brand today. One of my favorite camping meals is Annie's mac and cheese with the vegetarian baked beans and sliced SmartDogs. For the carnivores, Bush's distributes the Showboat pork-n-beans...not elk, but you make do, right?
Lynne:
And for dairy products, PET and Mayfield seem to be the two choices from the 1960's. I knew about Mayfield - they're still around today, but PET is almost solely condensed milk now. I was clued into PET because they're a sponsor of the Grand Ole Opry seen recently in Walk the Line but haven't found a logo for them. Purity is the prominent brand today.
Lynne:
OK...the last of the shameless TN promotion...they're not Ol' Rose, but we make do...In this narrow instance only, George is leaps and bounds better than Jack, but of course, Jack has better PR. And both are made within 15 miles of me.
opinionista:
Well, I actually grew up on beans! My mother made me eat them when I was a kid, but I never really liked them. Now I don't eat them. But my brother and sister do, they even crave on beans.
ednbarby:
Hey, Phillip, don't forget that the Rochester area also gave us Honey Brown beer and Pink Catawba (blech) wine. I try to explain the concept of red and white hots (aren't the white hots made from chicken, or are those made from pork too?) to people not from that area and they look at me like I have three eyes. Also, do you remember when the biggest competition for McDonald's was Carrols, not Burger King? I think maybe Carvel custard originated there, too, but I'm not sure.
I lived in Dayton, Ohio for a while, and bratwurst (or brat for short, pronounced brawt) is big there, and they do have red and white versions of it. ("Would you like a red brat or a white brat?") Not the same as white hots - more like Italian sausage. Then there's the famous Skyline chili, originated in Cincinnati. Really more of a spicy spaghetti sauce than a chili - they serve it over spaghetti and with shredded cheddar cheese on top call it a "three-way."
Here in South Florida, the regional tastes really have been brought here by people from other areas. There are a lot of Cuban and Jewish influences - the Cuban coffee will knock your socks off (it's like a triple shot of espresso) and you can throw a stone in any direction and hit a Jewish deli. Can't think of anything that originated here, though, other than the Boca Blonde beer made at the local Brewwzi's restaurant. We do have those coconut patties, I guess, which are like York peppermint patties except it's all coconut inside instead of a sugary goo.
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