sorry California: Florida has better oranges and Wisconsin has better cheese

[Skittles]

so sayeth Skittles in Texas

[Codeine]

1. And yet it's still a thousand times nicer than Texas.

;)

[ashling]

22. Texas oranges are better too

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. Who gives a shit? We got the best wine!

[Skittles]

8. alas, I don't like wine

:D

[IADEMO2004]

19. and almonds

[xxqqqzme]

92. and artichokes!

[Flaneur]

64. And weed.

[hedgehog]

Are you certain of that?

[Kadie]

3. We have happy cows.

That is what they say on tee vee.

:shrug:

[Poiuyt]

30. I'm from Wisconsin but I love those ads!

Those are hilarious.

But we do have great cheese!

[jaysunb]

4. I like Texas grapefruit.

and Bluebell Ice Cream. Just hate that I have to go there to get either. :evilgrin:

[bvar22]

75. Ditto on the grapefruit.

Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit is simply THE BEST.

[KamaAina]

5. I don't like cheese

and y'all really should be bragging on Texas grapefruit!

[Bluebear]

6. New Hampshire lobsters beat Wisconsin lobsters though

yes INDEED!

[Mari333]

7. and Michigan has better

damn. um. UNEMPLOYMENT. YES, THATS THE TICKET.

[demmiblue]

9. Oh, come on...

apples and cherries count for a lot!

[GoCubsGo]

28. So do blueberries

I had some damn good Michigan blueberries last summer.

[AlinPA]

34. Here's how blueberries come to the stores in PA: first there are those cardboard ones

from Chile or someplace like that; then North Carolina (better); then New Jersey (good), then Michigan (best); PA's are average and if you pick your own, 1/2 way good.

Best blueberry preserves: Maine's, then Montana's.

[hedgehog]

72. Here's my summer - start in June walking down the road to get strawberries

picked that morning within 5 miles. Proceed through the summer doing the same with blueberries, blackberries, rapsberries, plums, peaches, sweet corn, tomatoes, lettuce apples and pumpkins.


New York State - a leading agricultural producer!

[Bluebear]

11. Hey, Ryba's fudge can not be beat. Period!

[demmiblue]

15. Oh, damn!

It is all over.

P.S. The last fudge I had was from the Murray shop.

[TheMightyFavog]

62. How about fudge?

I don't know what it is about Mackinac Island, but they sure do make tasty fudge there.

[rucky]

80. I like the apples.

:shrug:

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Yeah, but who has the best WEED?

Riddle me that, Batman.

[DBoon]

14. BC, Canada? (nt)

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Yeah, well, as much as I like Bruce Cockburn

he's no Jerry Garcia.

[XOKCowboy]

17. Amen to that! (nt)

[Kalyke]

61. Tennessee

http://hailmaryjane.com/the-tennessee-pot-cave-is-the-most-epic-thing-ever/

[Buns_of_Fire]

88. California, maybe? After all, those Happy Cows had to get happy SOMEWHERE.

Mix it in with the feed, and the only people you have to worry about are the homeowners who complain about the dancing cow tracks and empty Cheetos bags all across the lawn.

[Hello_Kitty]

12. Who the fuck unrecced a Skittles thread?

You're gonna get your ass kicked now. :P

[11 Bravo]

20. Someone who needs their ASS KICKED!

[DBoon]

13. we have better Mexican food

it was invented here don't you know

- Resident of occupied Mexico

[tularetom]

18. I don't know about the cheese

But we have a small orange grove (about a dozen trees) and I'd put them up against any oranges you can find anywhere. They are Washington Navels (no seeds, very juicy and sweet beyond belief). We also have Satsuma Oranges (tangerines), Meyer lemons, and two pomelo trees.

This is a pomelo.


As big as a volleyball, tastes like a grapefruit but not as tart, no seeds.

[hayu_lol]

21. As to California oranges...

Orange County south to San Diego: Used to be all orange groves and berry farms and avacado ranches. Now, the ground is all covered with concrete and asphalt. Much of LA County was orchards: oranges, lemons, olives. Again, all houses and businesses today. San Bernardino and Riverside Counties: Finest oranges in the world. Also some great vinyards. All built up today with almost no groves left anywhere.

All the areas mentioned were rural before the war.

[GoCubsGo]

27. Phoenix was like that, too

They also grew dates. Their orchards pretty have much met the same fate as the ones in SoCal. Lots of people still have citrus trees in their yards, however. The tangerines my dad sends me from his neighbor's tree are like candy. The grapefruit from my great uncle's tree was the sweetest I ever had. A lot of people let their fruit go to waste. My siblings and I, if we are out there during the season, walk around the neighborhood with bags and collect what falls on the sidewalks. I have a hunch that a lot more people are doing the same thing these days, given the way the economy is.

[Control-Z]

79. For more than 30 years now, in So Cal,

the best fruit I've tasted off a (actually, many different) neighbor's tree is an apricot. I have never paid for one in any store that had even half the flavor. Like strawberries, the season is short, but while they're in abundance, they are delicious.

[SoCalDem]

76. and California ships its BEST stuff elsewhere

My mother used to get Calif strawberries that were bigger & often cheaper than I could buy here:(

[GoCubsGo]

23. They need to send some of those "better" oranges here

All the citrus I have gotten from Florida over the past decade or so has been nasty and tasteless, and half the pulp has been hard. The orange juice is good, but that's about it. Juice is the only Florida citrus I will buy any more.

[Binka]

24. We Have Better Wine!

When are you gonna come and visit Pey and I?

[left coaster]

25. I just finished snacking on one of the delicious Moro blood oranges..

..picked from my very own tree, and I beg to differ.

Cali produce is world famous for a reason.. it's good. :)

[CatholicEdHead]

26. Happy Cows do not come from California

:P :evilgrin:

Seriously, I prefer Wisconsin cheese.

[GoCubsGo]

31. Got to agree there, with one exception

Blue cheese. Maytag from CA and Clemson blue cheese from SC are both better than any that Wisconsin produces.

[cali]

45. Vermont cheese beats them both.

hey we even have our own cheese trail. and now we have the biggest cheese aging cave in the country.

http://www.vtcheese.com/cheesetrail.htm

http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/26/jasper-hill-farm-cheese-cave-tour/

and the guys at JH make an incredible blue cheese:

http://www.formaggiokitchen.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=40

[hedgehog]

67. They come from New York!

[kentauros]

29. Texas has the best vodka:

Tito's Handmade Vodka :D

[AlinPA]

35. That is a very good vodka.

[GoCubsGo]

36. I would love to try that

I had some really good potato vodka from Idaho--http://www.blueicevodka.com/products.php">Blue Ice. I also like http://www.fireflyvodka.com/">Firefly from South Carolina, particularly their Sweet Tea Vodka.

[kentauros]

38. I'll take a look for both of those the next time I'm in Spec's.

Spec's is a cool liquor store here in Texas. One store in Houston (their biggest store on Smith St.) even has employees on roller skates. Inside the store ;)

[itsrobert]

40. It's true. Ask Texas resident George Bush.

And you can keep him too.

[kentauros]

44. I doubt he'd drink a quality vodka like Tito's...

It would be a waste of good vodka.

I would be happy to keep him if that meant behind bars at a supermax prison ;)

[old mark]

32. The absolute only thing I miss about California is those frozen bananas from

Fosters...on a stick, covered with semi sweet chocolate. Do they even have them any more?

Other than that, shitty food, lousy beer, high prices.


mark

[Control-Z]

81. Balboa Bars and Frozen Bananas!

They've been sold side by side at the same stands on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach (Orange County) since I was a kid. I grew up on them. My choice was usually the Balboa Bar. A giant hand cut bar of ice cream, hand dipped in chocolate, then coated with desired toppings. I've always preferred just nuts. The entire bar is like the top of a drumstick ice cream cone.

[Forkboy]

33. Yeah, but California gave us both the Minutemen and the Dead Kennedys though.

And while Florida churned out some groovy death metal bands in the late 80's and early 90's, nothing matched those two punk bands. :)

[unapatriciated]

47. TJ's has them in the freezer.

[Edweird]

48. Yep.Way back in the day Tampa was cool as fuck. Ybor City was awesome.

Now it's lame and Ybor is 'frat town'.

[IADEMO2004]

50. The Columbian still open I hope?

Nothing like it in Iowa

[asdjrocky]

94. And the Hot Spit Dancers

And The Authorities

[NuttyFluffers]

37. that's ok, we get everything here, and we get to enjoy it in beautiful weather.

mmm, backyard calamansi, pomelos, clementines, and blood oranges! off to get some state wine and make sangria -- on a brisk January wintry day of 58 degrees.

[Robeson]

39. I agree on the oranges.

[Duer 157099]

41. Maybe so, but: Yosemite n/t

[depakid]

42. Apparently you only buy the usual brand name stuff

Probably all that's available in most parts of Texas.

[Skittles]

52. apparently you stereotype too much!!!!

I live in a metroplex have three farmers markets within walking distance of me and strive to eat food from a great variety of sources - especially fruit - I'm a fruit fiend and sometimes eat six or seven kinds in one day

[RevCheesehead]

43. Thank you!

:7

[unapatriciated]

46. but have you eaten an Heirloom or Cara Cara Orange from California.

Sweet
http://www.ceceliapack.com/skyvalley_navels.html
http://www.ceceliapack.com/caracara.html

[Skittles]

53. yes I did - when I was in San Francisco!

it was good

[comrade snarky]

49. Lets compare crabs

A Blue Crab from the gulf coast:



Dungeness Crab from the CA coast:




That's a sad little crustacean you got there. Think he needs some help getting home? He's a mite puny. :evilgrin:



Oh and, http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/ The best cheese outside of France. Take that Texan!

[Skittles]

55. SCHEDULING COMRADE FOR ASS-KICKING

for calling me a Texan - I was born in Illinois and grew up alternating between England and the American midwest. Take that you crab pimper!! :7

[comrade snarky]

63. HA!

And I am a Texan by birth.

Don't tell :hide:

[Skittles]

65. HOLY DOG SHIT! TEXAS!

Only steers and.......aw, HOWDY COMRADE!!! :hi:

[comrade snarky]

68. I Left Texas for San Francisco

So people would stop making fun of where I'm from!


I'm not smart... :evilgrin:

[Skittles]

70. when I was in San Francisco

visiting and old employee and his companion, when their friends asked me where I lived and I said Texas they usually responded, "Oh, I'm very sorry!" :rofl:

[comrade snarky]

73. Was that me? I think that was me.

Yeah, musta been me. :P


I claim special right to dis Houston due to the gallons of blood I left in the local mosquitoes. Part of me lives there yet.

[pipi_k]

99. Oh yeah? How about a Massachusetts crab?

They're a little small, but pretty tasty...

[Starry Messenger]

51. We own everyone on sourdough though.

:D



My great love and downfall.

[mindfulNJ]

54. Well Connecticut has better

ummmm...hold on...I'll think of something....

[Skittles]

56. didn't you spawn bush?

fuck it, scheduling all of Connecticut for ass-kicking

[mindfulNJ]

89. Not me personally...

...but I suppose my state has has to take the blame for that too...and Lieberman...jeezus we suck!

[pipi_k]

100. Whole belly clams...

I used to vacation down on the coast...Niantic/Lyme...back in the 90s

One of my favorite places was a little place called "Dad's" on the main drag along the ocean.

Biggest and best whole belly clams I ever tasted.

:)

[itsrobert]

57. Texas seems to like our money

Since we pay more to the feds than we get. Texas gets more fed dollars than they put in.

[Skittles]

58. nice try, but I probably don't like Texas any more than you do

I'm from Illinois

[tammywammy]

71. Texas gets $0.97 for every dollar put in. n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

59. Did you know those happy cows ads are filmed in New Zealand?

That's California for you.

[LeftyMom]

60. Florida oranges taste weird and have a bitter note.

California ones are better. But you need a good variety. Navel oranges from anywhere taste like ass. Valencia oranges are better.

Can't help you on the molded cow squeezings front.

[Skittles]

66. to each his/her own

I much prefer navel over valencia

[Control-Z]

85. Navels are for eating.

Valencias are for making juice.

Squeezing a navel will leave you with little to drink. Eating a Valencia will leave you with juice dripping off your elbows.

[hedgehog]

69. How about pierogi,

not to mention

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

74. But Minnesota has the best lutefisk.

:puke:

[Brickbat]

83. And eelpout! Don't forget our eelpout.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

91. The International Eelpout Festival is coming soon!

http://www.eelpoutfestival.com/events.html

[cherokeeprogressive]

77. Yeah but people write songs about California Girls...

and Texas ain't got In & Out.

About the only thing Texas has that I like is Austin, and Sixth Street.

[Shell Beau]

86. Well there is that country song "God Blessed Texas" about pretty

Texas gals.

[OnionPatch]

78. I have to chime in because I'm eating an orange from my friend's yard right now.

It's delectable; sweet and juicy. I lived in Florida for eleven years before moving out here to CA. Florida oranges are good, but better? I don't see it, no. :shrug:

The cheese is a different thing. I may concede to Wisconsin on the cheese. :)

[PurityOfEssence]

82. How about avocados?

As Sheridan said about Texas: "If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell."

[Shell Beau]

87. Texas can feel like hell in the summers.

But TX is a lovely state.

[Luciferous]

84. Born and raised in Wisconsin, so I'll give you the cheese

but I'm not sure about oranges... don't know if I've ever had a California orange :shrug:

[Control-Z]

90. Skittles, why

do you hate Californians? :rofl:

[asdjrocky]

93. Who cares?

We have the weed.

[varelse]

95. I'm still not interested in moving

thanks for the info, though.

[CBR]

96. Tillamook Cheese from Oregon. nt

[kskiska]

97. I like Spanish Clementines the best

They only seem to be available around the holidays. I just bought my third box this season Sweet, seedless, easy to peel.

[Touchdown]

98. self delete