Nice try, social media.

Homemade hot and sour soup with so many mushrooms that you have diarrhea 15 minutes later

Also: string cheese sticks torn lengthwise, lined up on a plate, and then hit with a searzall before getting a few dollops of whatever Italian spiced tomato sauce is in the fridge. I call it “plate pizza” and it makes my wife sad to see me eat it.

I’m a Philly guy, everyone knows the cheesesteak, and almost anywhere outside of Philly you’re bound to get something that doesn’t really resemble an authentic cheesesteak. People have a lot of weird ideas about what the default toppings, cheese, types of bread, cuts of meat, etc. are supposed to be.

But a Philly style roast pork/pork italiano is a thing of beauty. It’s actually a little wild to me that it hasn’t caught on with the Instagram recipe crowd because it’s the kind of thing that’s actually pretty well-suited to just throwing stuff in a crock pot or pressure cooker.

Basically just a pork shoulder, the usual Italian spices and seasonings- rosemary, oregano, garlic, maybe some fennel seed, red pepper flakes, salt & pepper (usually pretty heavy on the rosemary)

Ideally give it a quick sear, but that’s sort of optional

Throw it in your crockpot with some cooking liquid, I normally do chicken stock, sometimes wine if I’m feeling fancy, maybe some canned tomatoes, perhaps some sliced or chopped onions

Or do it in an oven, I’m not your supervisor.

And cook until done. Some places slice it, others shred it. Do whatever you like.

Serve on a roll (if you’ve seen Philadelphians arguing over cheesesteaks before, this is basically the same debate you’ve seen before, the roll is important, it needs to be sturdy enough to hold up to a massive pile of meat dripping with jus and grease, but not so hard that you have to worry about it cracking in half or have a hard time taking a bite out of it, long or round rolls are both acceptable)

With some roasted hot peppers (usually long hots) and some sauteed broccoli rabe (or sometimes spinach) and provolone cheese

Regional drinks I am sure the same is true elsewhere in the world, but in the US one way regional identities struggle to persist is consumption of regional sodas. I’m from Mass and have always loved Moxie (the soda’s brand is the origin of that word) and coffee milk. I’ve always enjoyed trying other drinks when I travel. I think Vernors is my favorite from “abroad.”

True loosemeat sandwich. Most people think of Manwhich or something like that. These are not that at all. https://www.langdalefamily.com/tastee.html Just lose the cheese (never got that as a kid since it cost extra) and you will be surprised.

Not my culture by my late wife’s which has a bunch of stuff that is really good. If you ever end up in Jamaica look for a pattie shop, get a beef or chicken pattie (the jerk ones are hot be warned) with a D&G Ginger Beer or Champagne Kola (it’s nothing like coke) they will think you’ve been there before. The Jamaican Easter Buns are nice too, it will look like a fruit cake but the flavor isn’t even close. And the Jamaican Chicken soup is amazing, The whole scotch bonnet pepper (similar to habanero but slightly sweet) with all the vegetables is just amazing. https://jamaicanfoodsandrecipes.com/jamaican-chicken-soup-recipe/

Poland: pickle soup.

I don’t use mainstream social media, so none of my family’s cultural food gets ruined B)

Saasermaet. It’s like a square sausage-like thing, similar to Lorne sausage (popular in parts of Scotland), but way tastier. I have no idea what’s in it.

How social media can ruin a food? You can just ignore that, the food is still the same, it’s you who are ruined.

How does social media ruin a food? Can’t one just make the meal???

Don’t tell them! They will ruin it!

Everyone is obsessed with ruining Pizza, so our regional “Dünnele” (or I think “Dinnete” for Swabians) is very unharmed. Like, if someone sells “Dünnele” I’ve never seen them be shit or butchered.

Until they scrape this post?

Toasted ravioli

I think Irish Stew is safe. No one’s touching that.