Cultural food by region (US)?

Question

What foods in your region of the country are common that people don't usually eat elsewhere?

For example: I mentioned bierox/bierocks in another answer, I never realized until today that it's only common in the Midwest.

Answer 1

Hawaii - Kalua Pig, Lau Lau, Lomi Salmon, Opihi

Answer 2

I'm from Eastern Pa, PA Dutch food like shoo fly pie, pot pies and kiffles. Some polish food like pieroges... And lots of Puerto Rican food--chicharrones, pasteles, arroz con gandules, etc.

Answer 3

I've lived in the Midwest all my life & have never heard of bierox/bierocks before.

Answer 4

Now living in Florida...lots of southern and south-western foods, BBQ ribs and Mexican as well as Caribbean.

Formerly of PA, where PA Dutch foods prevailed; ring bologna, pot pies, pasties (English), and Italian foods, pizza, stromboli and calzones, Philly Cheese Steaks!  

Answer 5

In Wisconsin, we eat lots of Venison...and anything else we can legally hunt.

No clue what bierox is.