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[Free Mr. Tony]

I have never had the cold stone crab claws, but heard they were great.  Aren't they really expensive?

I've heard that they are really expensive. When there are 20 cocktails on the bill, other dinners, and the crab claws it all kind of blends together. When you wake up the next day with a hangover and a 300 dollar dinner tab in your jeans that you slept in it just kind of is what it is. I do remember them being sweet and delicious, and my brother in law stealing my stuffed lobster off of my plate. But it is a good memory, and that's what counts right?

[Bentley]

I know they are popular in the Keys.  I guess they can harvest just the right claw and the Stone Crab will grow a new one.  I know they are out of my price range, I had never heard of them till about the turn of the Century, then saw a Food Paradise and looked up the restaurant in Key West they were showing them at.  $54 for the serving!  I guess Everglades City, FL I the Stone Crab capitol of the World!

[Free Mr. Tony]

I know they are popular in the Keys.  I guess they can harvest just the right claw and the Stone Crab will grow a new one.  I know they are out of my price range, I had never heard of them till about the turn of the Century, then saw a Food Paradise and looked up the restaurant in Key West they were showing them at.  $54 for the serving!  I guess Everglades City, FL I the Stone Crab capitol of the World!

I hate going to Florida during spring break, but was invited by my sister a couple years ago. There is a popular restaurant in Sarasota named phillipe creek. We had the seasonal stone crab there. It was pricey, but from my memory it wasn't quite 54 a plate. We got a pretty good size platter full, and memory tells me it was something like 38 dollars. Which like I said, you get alot of other stuff plus alcohol on the bill 38 starts looking like a steal. It was definitely the sweetest crab I've ever had.

[Bentley]

So is Brisket, Texas Hot Gut Sausage, or Chicken Fried Steak the lesser in Texas?

[Kristin Meredith]

Bump -- I liked this topic but we had something like 46 states that had no lesser known iconic state dishes.  A lot more forum members now, soooooo....

I need to hear from you folks from other states...and Canada....and England,,,,and Australia!!!

[SmokinHandyman]

In Springfield, Il. We are known for the Horseshoe.
http://www.americanfoodroots.com/50-states/horseshoe-sandwich-springfields-claim-fame/

[Mudflap]

Oregon
I was thinking Sea food....Dungeness crab, Salmon/Stealhead

But everything points to marionberrie/blacvkberrie pie...

https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/packages/50-state-foods


Mudflap

[Osborn Cox]

Here in Wisconsin something that is often served at tailgate and holiday parties is “Cannibal” sandwiches; raw ground beef usually served open-faced on a piece of buttered rye bread with raw onions and lots of salt and pepper.     The key is to ask the butcher (or do it yourself) to freshly grind beef round for you right before it’s going to be served.   I prefer to season my beef with Tabasco and Worcester sauce before serving.  I believe this to be a fairly regional thing, and it is quite tasty but it has started to fall out of favor over the years, unfortunately.   

[WiPelletHead]

In Wisconsin, we have several I can think of.

But to pick one, it would be deep fried cheese curds.

The best I've had were at the Fill in Station Chippewa Falls WI.

They use local sourced curds and Leinenkugel beer from Chippewa Falls.

The Cannibal that Osborn mentioned is good to. But like he said, You don't see it much any more.

[Jcorwin818]

Kansas would be Ribs and Z Man sandwich at Joe’s.

[Free Mr. Tony]

Don't think I could do a cannibal sandwich, but that's exactly what I was looking for when I started the thread. Stuff I've never heard of that is well known to certain people in a relatively small area. Certainly never heard of that one.

[Bentley]

I think you all are looking at it the way I 1st did till I really read the title!

Not so well known iconic state dishes.

I kind of think of cheese curds as THE Iconic...well maybe Brats is right there too!  But maybe be folks from the area don't see them that way!

[Michael_NW]

I've lived in Washington State my whole life and am completely unaware of any iconic dishes. Maybe apple pie . . .?

[Bar-B-Lew]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/packages/best-food-in-america/photos/what-to-eat-pennsylvania

I can't believe how many of these on the eastern side of the state that I never heard of.

[Bar-B-Lew]

This one may be not so well known outside of PA Dutch area of the state.  Certainly not as popular as the cheesesteak or pretzels or Hershey's chocolate.

gatherforbread.com/chicken-pot-pie-pennsylvania-dutch-style/

My Mom makes it similar to this.  I wish my wife would learn how to make it.  Love this dish on a cold day.