The South Florida Traveler » Food http://www.thesouthfloridatraveler.com Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 and the Official Dessert is… http://www.thesouthfloridatraveler.com/2008/06/and-the-official-dessert-is/ http://www.thesouthfloridatraveler.com/2008/06/and-the-official-dessert-is/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:49:13 +0000 http://www.thesouthfloridatraveler.com/and-the-official-dessert-is/ Post from: The South Florida Traveler

]]> I recently read a post on The Boston Traveler titled How to Make a Boston Cream Pie and how it was named in 1996 the state’s official dessert. I was curious as to why it is called the Boston Cream Pie, but further, I was interested in finding out the official desserts of the different states. Does Florida have an official dessert? And how does a dessert become ‘official’?

Well this is what I found out:

Florida is best known for pompano, citrus fruits and yes – key lime pie – of course.

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Here are some other bits of information that I found out about the official foods of some regions:

California – known for cobb salad, avocados and figs

Kansas- wheat bread and chicken fried steak

Minnesota – Wild Rice, walleye, blueberries and SPAM (good ‘ol Austin, MN)

Mississippi – Mud Pie, Pecan Pie, Sweet Potato Pie ( Yum — sugar rush)

Nebraska – home of Kool-aid

Wisconsin – Colby cheese and Cranberry Pie ( Has anyone ever had cranberry pie? I lived in Wisconsin for over 20 years and have never heard of such a thing.)

This whole state fruit thing is a whole mystery to me. Does anyone know? I’d be interested to find out more. No luck so far. :(

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