I´m finally going to USA...

[Chocol8]

What kind of money would be needed to visit ten states - at least - and do all the things? Haha this is an unreal trip

It could be done very cheap or it could cost you $20,000+. If you can line up a bunch of AGF’ers to give you a place to sleep and buy you a few local meals, and you travel by bus, train, or borrowed car, not expensive at all. If you want to fly and stay in nice hotels, it would get expensive fast.

[sabasgr68]

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BTW, is that a Travel Agency pic, or is it yours actually? It is really a beautiful place, with all that green and that mountain in the back!

[RockYoWorld]

Well, you should come to Wisconsin during State Fair where there are like 100 food vendors, from cheese curds to fried food on a stick to sweets. You can't experience the United States without a heart attack! Some people love cream puffs while others think they're over-rated. With all that food, you'll have to find one of the many beers to wash it down while listening to cover bands like mine play the same songs on 10+ stages.

[glasshand]

NYC has some of its own cuisine. Bagels as you mentioned are tough outside NY and Northern NJ and few have even heard of a bialy. You also have NY style thin crust pizza that few places can duplicate, and unless you make it yourself, finding a NY style pastrami sandwich like Katz’s anywhere else is a long shot.

That's true. Pizza is one of those things where it's not that it's impossible to get good pizza elsewhere, it's just...less likely, shall we say. BTW I do not hate Chicago-style pizza but I do not regard it as pizza either. It's a perfectly good casserole-ish kind of thing, but it is not pizza.

[glasshand]

Then drive down to Louisiana for some gumbo, etouffee, jambalaya.

Not to mention oysters, a crawfish boil, a muffuletta, dirty rice... For my money, New Orleans (and south Louisiana in general) is the best place in the entire US for eating. Which is perhaps part of the reason I married a Louisiana girl!

[uwmcscott]

Well, you should come to Wisconsin during State Fair where there are like 100 food vendors, from cheese curds to fried food on a stick to sweets. You can't experience the United States without a heart attack! Some people love cream puffs while others think they're over-rated. With all that food, you'll have to find one of the many beers to wash it down while listening to cover bands like mine play the same songs on 10+ stages.

While you are in WI you can take a loop up through the northern part of the state where I live. Wisconsin is really kind of a melting pot of all different cultures - German, Scandinavian, Polish, etc. We also have a significant Southeast asian community as well, so you can literally find a Brat Fry and a Thai/Lao lunch counter in earshot of each other. Some of my favorite foods are those that are harvested from the wild game we have and/or grown on some of the many farms in the area. One thing you see a lot of growing around here is Ginseng...our climate is somewhat similar to that of Vietamn in the lower mountains so it actually grows very well around here.

My family is a mix of German and Swedish descent, but on the Swedish side I still have an aunt who makes Lefse in mass quantities, which is a potato based flabread of sorts. We also used to eat Lutefisk at Chrismas...think fish jello. More of a tradition than a delicacy

[sabasgr68]

Well, you should come to Wisconsin during State Fair where there are like 100 food vendors, from cheese curds to fried food on a stick to sweets. You can't experience the United States without a heart attack! Some people love cream puffs while others think they're over-rated. With all that food, you'll have to find one of the many beers to wash it down while listening to cover bands like mine play the same songs on 10+ stages.

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LOL Yes, instant 40 extra pounds in my body, and then a heart attack! Yeah, we once watched a food show on one of those State Fair and the food there was sick. I remember I told you about it. I´d certainly not miss it, and listening to your band while at it would be an extra plus of great value!

[sabasgr68]

Well, you should come to Wisconsin during State Fair where there are like 100 food vendors, from cheese curds to fried food on a stick to sweets. You can't experience the United States without a heart attack! Some people love cream puffs while others think they're over-rated. With all that food, you'll have to find one of the many beers to wash it down while listening to cover bands like mine play the same songs on 10+ stages.

While you are in WI you can take a loop up through the northern part of the state where I live. Wisconsin is really kind of a melting pot of all different cultures - German, Scandinavian, Polish, etc. We also have a significant Southeast asian community as well, so you can literally find a Brat Fry and a Thai/Lao lunch counter in earshot of each other. Some of my favorite foods are those that are harvested from the wild game we have and/or grown on some of the many farms in the area. One thing you see a lot of growing around here is Ginseng...our climate is somewhat similar to that of Vietamn in the lower mountains so it actually grows very well around here.

My family is a mix of German and Swedish descent, but on the Swedish side I still have an aunt who makes Lefse in mass quantities, which is a potato based flabread of sorts. We also used to eat Lutefisk at Chrismas...think fish jello. More of a tradition than a delicacy

That sounds great, having that variety of food places together so close that you can have a little of all. That´s an interesting fact about the Vietnam climate similarity.

I´ve have had to look out for most of the plates you´ve mentioned - I mean everybody here -, and that Lefse looks very good, I like that kind of bread. Lutefisk looks good too... Christmas would be a good time for visiting

[sabasgr68]

...Hey, we also like coffee and hot chocolate! And those monster pancakes we´ve seen on food network!

[Chocol8]

BTW I do not hate Chicago-style pizza but I do not regard it as pizza either. It's a perfectly good casserole-ish kind of thing, but it is not pizza.

Ha ha ha! Casserole is exactly what I call it as well!

[Chocol8]

And those monster pancakes we´ve seen on food network!

You mean 27 foot pancakes? That’s near me!
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/15684

[sabasgr68]

And those monster pancakes we´ve seen on food network!

You mean 27 foot pancakes? That’s near me!
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/15684

Ha ha no, but if they serve a 10 pancake tower with lots of things on top, I wanna go there!

[Chocol8]

You will be able to get pancakes coffee and hot chocolate in almost any part of the US.

[LancerTheGreat]

What kind of money would be needed to visit ten states - at least - and do all the things? Haha this is an unreal trip

Depending on how you do things and when you time it, I'd say you could do 10 states (depending on which states) for ~$600/state. Say $1000/state to be more comfortable or "extra" and that's still not the worst price tag I've ever thought of, so $6k to $10k. Plus you get the best bang:buck from good memories and fun experiences.

[Sinster]

No one has mentioned scrapple.

[sabasgr68]

What kind of money would be needed to visit ten states - at least - and do all the things? Haha this is an unreal trip

Depending on how you do things and when you time it, I'd say you could do 10 states (depending on which states) for ~$600/state. Say $1000/state to be more comfortable or "extra" and that's still not the worst price tag I've ever thought of, so $6k to $10k. Plus you get the best bang:buck from good memories and fun experiences.

In this virtual food trip everything is possible . I´ve already visited all of you, and have eaten all those plates! In my real world, it is very far away; regardless, I really enjoyed all the culinary suggestions

[mickey]

No one has mentioned scrapple.

I, for one, had never heard of it.
Now that I have Googled it,
I wish I still had not ever heard of it!

[Chocol8]

Scrapple is great! Especially when doused in maple syrup.

[sabasgr68]

No one has mentioned scrapple.

Hahaha Well, you know, maybe I´m missing something, but I´ve never liked offal that much. I do like and eat cow liver, we all like it here at home, but other than that, I´m not that much of a lover. But I know many people that love it

Since we didn´t ate that kind of stuff at home when we were kids I guess I didn´t grow up to it. It´s all a matter of customs...

My late FIL loved it, and always had a dish of that when we visited him - I don´t know where he got the idea that I liked it; I´d eat it all for respect to him, though... ). My wife she likes it more, snce, as I said, she grew up with it.

[sabasgr68]

Scrapple is great! Especially when doused in maple syrup.

Maple syrup I can eat all day!

[andrewsrea]

Tony Luke's, Jim's South Street, Dalessandro's... Mmmmmmmmmm

Man, I miss Tony Luke's. Chicken Italian with sharp provolone, broccoli rabe on a buttered Zarcone roll!

[tlarson58]

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BTW, is that a Travel Agency pic, or is it yours actually? It is really a beautiful place, with all that green and that mountain in the back!

I can take the same one right now.

[glasshand]

No one has mentioned scrapple.

Now you're talking some regional stuff! My mom's family is from northern Kentucky, so I grew up with goetta, which is kind of a cousin to scrapple and which I make for myself once a year or so.

[glasshand]

In Rhode Island, we basically take whatever we find from the ocean and deep fry it. It's so good.

I have fond summer memories of eating fried clam balls on the dock at New Harbor on Block Island!

[ID10t]

Well my plan would look like this.
Fly into Tucson and visit @honyock for a few and let him show you some Southwest and then I'll come pick you up and bring you just a bit east and a little north and I'll cook a few meals while you get comfy in a 24 foot travel trailor. Then you borrow the 3/4 ton diesel truck and said travel trailor (I trust you that much and we have that kind of insurance) and you can head out and visit anyone else. Heck I'll send you with a guitar and amp on loan (though if your throwing cash you should order your AD3200 or Ibby and have it delivered to my house). I would start the trip with a fresh oil change and new tires on the trailor. Setup some reservations at camp grounds/resorts. They aren't as cheap as you might hope and you really should have reservations. End up back here and I'll take you to the airport.
Now all you have to do is plot your drive and stops.