Lots of people know that Pennsylvania is famous for pretzels and who doesn’t associate New York with bagels? But where did pancake mix come from? What about Moon Pies? And which states might challenge each other to a whoopie pie smackdown? A little culinary excavation reveals state secrets. Arizona The first barrel of tequila …
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Delaware

The Weekly List: State food trivia
By American Food Roots on January 25, 2013 in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Misc, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, The Kitchen Sink
About Delaware
Where chickens come home to roost
In 1923, Mrs. Wilmer Steele of Ocean View, Del., started the modern American chicken industry. Instead of just keeping chickens ...
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