Personal+Taste

Regardless of where a person is located in the world, personal taste always plays a role in the foods that dominate one's diet.

Foodways are so important to a person's identity that when people move to a new region they often take their food traditions with them.

Many times these foods and ingredients are difficult to locate in the new region. Families will often adapt their dishes to the region by using ingredients that are available in the region to make a similar dish.

When I went to college in NY, I couldn't find Turkey Hill Iced Tea anywhere :( I used to bring a gallon back with me when I came home to visit. It was even worse when I lived in Colorado. I had to go a whole semester with no THT :) (It's much easier to find in other places now, thanks to globalization)
 * Example**

When my brother moved to Indiana for college, he called home and asked for a package with tastykakes in it - Butterscotch Krimpets to be exact. Apparently Tastykakes are made in PA and aren't really sold in most of the country.



Have you ever had this type of experience? Are their foods like whoopie pies or red beet eggs you would want to take with you to another region? Are you an "immigrant" to this area? Do you have foods from another country or state you miss living here? Are their foods in this local region that you do not really care for like scrapple or hogmaw?

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