Unexplained Snacks of America

[cakewench]

Hey, if you're going to mention Tim Tams, you can't very well leave out the Mint Slices. Served directly from the freezer, thank you...

And the chicken salt I mentioned earlier. It's subtle, but a nice addition to hot chips (fries) and veggies. I still remember the first time I was asked, at a chip shop, "you want salt or chicken salt?" haha. chicken salt??

(it's just a seasoned salt, with garlic, onion, whatever... no chicken essence involved)

*edited* to add... oh, Oz also happens to be the first place I ever had quince paste, with a cheese platter. This discovery led me to the Barossa Valley, where I discovered Maggie Beers, and her line of various other 'pastes' and jams, to be had with cheeses. I still have a few containers of quince and cabernet pastes from her... yum

Edited March 26, 2004 by cakewench (log)

[Bicycle Lee]

...(I wonder if the author was confused with Scrapple, which is ANOTHER southern food)...

I've lived in Philadelphia - and I've lived in the south - and I can assure you that no southern person would be caught dead eating Scrapple - it's one of the few dishes that Philadelphia can claim as its own . Robyn

OH GAWD, I LOVE SCRAPPLE.... They just started selling it here in Utah a couple of years ago and I eat it on a weekly basis. Hmmmmm.....It's got everything: when fried up it is crispy on the outside with a rich, creamy, meaty inside...

whenever I cook it for people I wait until AFTER they are finished to explain what it is made of...

lips and assholes...hehehe

[stephenc]

I'd rather eat a Clark Bar than Kangaroo or Koala.

[stephenc]

Interesting. I've never heard dim sum used in the plural, like "dim sums," before reading this topic.

In America, dim sum refers to that chinese tapas-like tea meal held in the morning, or the food served at that meal.

[Adam Balic]

Interesting. I've never heard dim sum used in the plural, like "dim sums," before reading this topic.

In America, dim sum refers to that chinese tapas-like tea meal held in the morning, or the food served at that meal.

Not dim sum, dim sim. Very different beasts.

[jo-mel]

jhlurie Years ago -- I mean YEARS ago, there was a radio commercial for Scrapple ----"Scrapple-oh-de-lay-de-aay, Comes from Philadelph -aye-aay". -----"Philadelphia Scrapple friends, with that advice, my story ends."

Is that still around, anywhere?

Bicycle Lee ---- amazing what a few wonderful spices can do to pig snouts!! I don't know if I would like it if I did not coat it, and fry it so as to get that crispy outer and creamy inner.

I've seen Dim Sum / Dim Sim / Deem Sim or Seem, and probably other spellings. Whatever it's called, I know what it is and that is what matters. Some restaurants have the term Dim Sum on a menu, but they only mean one type -- usually a dumpling, but mostly an open topped dumpling(shao mai). The term actually covers over 1000 items, and I get weak just thinking of the magnitude and variety! LOL!

Edited March 26, 2004 by jo-mel (log)

[ozgirl06]

Hey, if you're going to mention Tim Tams, you can't very well leave out the Mint Slices. Served directly from the freezer, thank you...

oh, Tim Tams... how i miss them so! When an Aussie friend comes to visit the States, she always brings a small stash of Tim Tams and Violet Crumbles. yum.

[wagyuboy]

What about Unexplained Snacks of Japan...Pocky? Those squishy jelly things? Seafood-flavored chips?

[lala]

Of course, there's the classic English dessert: Spotted Dick...