One ingredient from every country

[tryska]

India - peppercorns

ding-ding-ding!

this being the very reason for the start of the British Empire.

[Rushina]

Are we talking in terms of ingredients used most often, say, in national dishes, or are we talking about the stuff that an outsider most associates with the country of its origin, like what one would want to bring home after visiting the foreign country? This is tough; ingredients rather than national dishes.

Well It started out as a curiosity about what and outsider would bring back, but I am now curious about both.

Or is that being too greedy....

Rushina

Edited April 30, 2004 by Rushina (log)

[ludja]

Styria, Austria (southeast of country): pumpkin seed oil

Provence, France: Lavender Honey

Sweden: Lignonberries

Scotland: Salmon

New Mexico: Green Chile

Cape Cod: Cranberries

Hawaii: Macadamia Nuts

Maryland: Blue Crab

Maine: Lobster

Edited April 30, 2004 by ludja (log)

[Peter B Wolf]

Germany : Leberwurst und Sauerkraut

Switzerland : Holes with cheese around them

Scotland : Haggis-Baggis

Belgium : Brown Beer

Colombia : Sancocho

[nessa]

India - Curry

except, curry doesn't exist. curry leaves maybe--but i don't know how many non-indians even know what those are.

I found curry leaves last month at our Indian Market, Mongo. I'm now an addict and I'm trying hard not to put them in every dish I make. Wowzah.

[ErinM]

Wisconsin - cheese, milk, cranberries, ginseng

Florida - oranges

Chicago - hot dogs, deep dish pizza

Georgia - peaches, vidalias

Seattle - coffee

New Orleans - french pastries, beignets

Lousiana - cajun, seafood

[Pan]

I'm going to issue a challenge for some states I can't find a characteristic ingredient from:

New Hampshire (OK, some maple syrup, but Vermont has them beat there)

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Pennsylvania (and pizza and scrapple are not ingredients )

Ohio

Indiana (corn?)

Kentucky (sorghum?)

South Carolina

Alabama (perhaps shrimps?)

Mississippi (catfish?)

Missouri

The Dakotas (wheat?)

Montana

Utah (salt? )

New Mexico (chilis?)

Arizona (watermelons? I remember a Korean grocer telling me the yellow watermelons he was selling were from "Arijona." )

Oregon (apples, perhaps, and some wine)

Alaska (moose? berries? What's most characteristic?)

Actually, New York is hard, too. I'd say apples from the Hudson Valley, though Washington must produce more apples, and there's also New York wine, though of course California produces more wine.

[mongo_jones]

alaska--salmon?

new hampshire--lobster?

indiana--cabbage? (i say this only because i had a prof in grad school who used to say of his days at bloomington that the only thing there was to do in the evenings was "to go out into the fields and listen to the cabbages grow")

[jo-mel]

Italy–garlic

Mexico–garlic

Korea–garlic

Thailand–garlic

France–garlic

China–garlic

Vietnam–garlic

India–garlic

Argentina–garlic

Spain–garlic

Greece–garlic

Brazil–garlic

ROTFLMAOWTIMEWPIMP!!! The errant lily is everywhere!!

[Jeffy Boy]

British Columbia: salmon

Alberta: beef

Saskatchewan: wheat

Manitoba: I'm stumped here; somebody help me out

Ontario: another stumper for me (my excuse is that I'm a "bad British Columbian")

Quebec: poutine

New Brunswick: potatoes??

PEI: shellfish? more potatoes?

Newfoundland: cod

Yukon: sourdough

NWT: caribou

Nunavat: ??? ... whales

Manitoba: wild rice

Ontario: peaches

NB: lobster (from Shediac)

PEI: definitely potatoes

[TJHarris]

Michigan---Cherries

Ohio----Chef's Garden

Lake Superior---Whitefish

Florida----Stonecrab

Colorado---Lamb

South Dakota---Bison

Georgia---Pecans

France, Greece, Italy, Spain---Olives

Korea---Kim Chee (sp)

Malaysia---Durian (Yuck)

[Pan]

TJ, if you hate durian, try rambutan, but for best results, have both in season on the _East Coast_ of the Peninsula.

[sashimi]

Canada (Ontario): Icewine Vinegar