re: 50 States ranked by food and drink: 7 SEC states in top 15

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I also would rather have apalachicola oysters than anywhere else.

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You eat mountain oysters?

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Charleston alone should have South Carolina in the top 10.

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If this were a ranking of cities I might agree. But Charleston alone doesn't trump whole states. I like Charleston food, but I can eat just as well - if not better - in both Athens and Atlanta.

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I like LA food, but it's not as amazing as what people from the south LA think it is.

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Not true, everywhere I have been people that visited south louisiana raved about the it.

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Maryland crab cakes are 100x better than Louisiana crab cakes

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but are they better than those famous Texas burritos?

Tito's and Shiner Bock have to move Texas up the list.

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GA has some pretty got damn good BBQ ourselves if you know where to look.

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Georgia has decent enough BBQ but no it is nowhere near the level of west tennessee, not even close.

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Why? Memphis has good BBQ, ok...so what else?

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memphis is internationally known for its BBQ, it's a pretty big deal. nashville is well known for their hot fried chicken. memphis and nashville have both also become very involved in the micro-brewery business the past 10-15 years. atlanta has good restaurants, i don't deny that, but the cuisine at most of them are not unique to the state of georgia. atlanta is just one of the bigger and wealthier cities in the country, so naturally they'll have nice restaurants. but if you asked someone from, say chicago, what georgia is known for, i doubt many people would have an answer for you. memphis is extremely famous for BBQ and have the largest BBQ competition in the world there every year. and they also have all the southern cuisine that every other state has, but BBQ is what sets it apart. the state of tennessee also has jack daniels whiskey, maybe you've heard of it, among others. east tennessee has the smokey mountain brewing company that has been around since sweetwater and longer than terrapin and others. tennessee also has a fairly well known vineyard outside of nashville (arrington)

So upset that you don't even have food to claim anymore :-(

Also just because

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but this nation does seafood pretty well. Lots of folk on both coast. Lots of places that do excellent seafood

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They CATCH good seafood.

We PREPARE and COOK the best seafood.

Real mexican food is about being almost experimental with meat. Like fruits with meats, mole, chili power with meats, etc. Also in real mexican food seafood is a huge part of the menu. Any authentic Mexican food place on Texas (instead of a tex-mex place) is basically mostly a seafood restaurant.

Americans can't stand all that though, we like our meats plain and simple. So tex-mex is your standard beef, chicken, pork cooked in lard and wrapped in a flour tortilla oftentimes.