Top Food by State

Deadspin.com ranked each state’s most delectable menu item in order of greatness. No surprise that half the top ten are from the South. http://deadspin.com/the-great-american-menu-foods-of-the-states-ranked-an-1349137024  

1. Illinois: Chicago-style deep dish pizza

2. South Carolina: shrimp and grits

3. California: mission-style burritos

4. Maryland: crab cake

5. Georgia: peach pie / cobbler

6. Louisiana: gumbo

7. Florida: key lime pie

8. Alabama: fried green tomatoes

9. New Mexico: stacked enchilada with green chili

10. Oregon: marionberry pie

11. Rhode Island: hot wieners

12. Kentucky: burgoo stew

13. North Carolina: pulled pork barbecue

14. Massachusetts: New England clam chowder

15. (tie) Missouri: Kansas City-style ribs

15. (tie) Tennessee: Memphis-style ribs

17. West Virginia: slaw dog

18. Arizona: chimichanga

19. Delaware: frozen custard

20. Texas: barbecue brisket

21. Oklahoma: fried okra

22. New York-style pizza

23. Hawaii: hot breakfast (spam, eggs, & rice)

24. Maine: lobster roll

25. Montana: bull testicles

26. Arkansas: fried catfish

27. Vermont: maple syrup

28. Pennsylvania: scrapple

29. Iowa: corndog

30. Washington: cedar-plank salmon

31. Colorado: cowboy cookies

32. Mississippi: mud pie

33. Wisconsin: bratwurst

34. Virginia: ham

35. Indiana: fried pork tenderloin sandwich

36. District of Columbia: half-smoke hot dog

37. Wyoming: chicken-fried steak

38. Idaho: deep fried finger steaks

39. Kansas: hamburger casserole

40. Minnesota: hotdish (hamburger casserole)

41. Michigan: pasty (meat & bread in a bread purse

42. South Dakota: chislic (beef cubes on toothpicks)

43. Utah: green jell-o with carrots

44. North Dakota: lutefish

45. New Jersey: salt-water taffy

46. Nebraska: handheld meat pies

47. Alaska: akutaq dessert

48. New Hampshire: boiled dinner

49. Nevada: casino steak

50. Connecticut: steamed cheeseburger

51. Ohio: Cincinnati chili