This is such a fun thread, Iceblossom. I love regional dishes and also especially love ethnic dishes. That beef you mentioned doesn't ring a bell.
There is a place in Cleveland that makes Reubens that rival the best NYC restaurants. Just thinking about them makes my mouth water. They must be 6 inches high and not a bit of fat.
My husband got his degrees at the University of Georgia. What an experience coming from NY at 21. First of all I'd never had Mexican food until then and to this day we love it. Of course now you can find it anywhere but not back then. I couldn't take grits though. I really think you have to be born in the South to appreciate them.
Every time we watch My Cousin Vinny the grits scene cracks us up. That would have been us haha!!!
I DID have a cousin Vinny and he acted an awful lot like Joe Pesci in that film LOLOLOL As we say of people like that- a real greenhorn
