Cuisine of the Northeastern United States
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The Cuisine of the Northeastern United States refers to the distinctive styles of food indigenous to the states above the Potomac River. Maryland, Massachusetts, and Maine are centers of seafood cuisine. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York cuisine is heavily influences by Italian and German immigrants to the Industrial Centers of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Jersey City, Binghamton, Elmira, Corning, Williamsport, Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton.
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[edit] Maryland
Maryland is generally considered to be the reigning power of the American seafood industry. The state boasts a plethora of marine fare, primarily crab-based, that includes such dishes as blue crabs, crabcakes, crab soup, seafood lasagna, raw oysters, and rock fish, to name a few. The state even has its own brand of potato chip, called Crab Chips.
Marylanders use Old Bay, a local spice, to season everything from crabs to applesauce to popcorn. Along with the residents of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Maryland's citizens are quite fond of a hearty Northeastern dish known as scrapple.
It is very typical of natives of Maryland and Washington, DC, during the Fall season to eat crab cakes, drink beer, and watch football.
[edit] Massachusetts
Bostonis the center of Massachusetts, and as such its norms and modes have influenced the whole of the state. A major seaport from Colonial times, Boston is famous for its clam chowder, called "New England clam chowder" to distinguish it from a similar soup made in New York.
[edit] Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania could easily be called the junk food capital of the United States. It is the home of Hershey's, Tastykake, Utz, Snyder's of Hanover and the cheesesteak. Even the smallest of towns in Pennsylvania have a pizza/submarine sandwich shop. Pretzels are a staple of the Pennsylvania diet. They come in many varieties from the hot, soft, and chewy pretzels sold by vendors on the street corner or stadium to the salty, hard and cruncy variety sold my pretzels manufacturers in the grocery and quick stop stores of Pennsylvania. Many native Pennsylvanians spend the Saturday and Sunday autumn afternoons, with a hoagie or cheesesteak, a bag of potato chips or pretzels, and a bottle of Yuengling lager or Iron City Beer, while watching their favorite football team in the den or living room.
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