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Sautéed Black Bass with Basil Mustard Butter Sauce

Sautéed Black Bass with Basil Mustard Butter Sauc...

Photo courtesy of Mike Fleming -Flickr cc According to the Kentucky Secretary of State: The state fish is the Kentucky Spotted Bass, Micropterus punctulatus. The bass was adopted by the state on February 27, 1956. The Kentucky Bass is acclaimed for its gameness and fighting qualities. It also a prized dish to eat. This simple method of preparation is excellent for all types of fish fillets,especially perch, cod, salmon...
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Baked Apples – New York State Fruit

Baked Apples – New York State Fruit...

Photo courtesy of sleepyneko -Flickr According to the New York State LIbrary: The apple was adopted as the State fruit in 1976. Apples are sweet and crisp, and many varieties are grown in New York. Apples were introduced in the 1600s by European settlers who brought seeds to New York. Dried apples were a staple for colonists and hard apple cider was a popular drink. In addition to New York, the following states have...
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Apple Popcorn Brittle – Illinois State Snack Food

Apple Popcorn Brittle – Illinois State Snack...

Apple Popcorn Brittle courtesy of the Popcorn BoardAccording to the Illinois State Museum: There are 333 Illinois farms that grow popcorn on 47,000 acres, making Illinois the third largest grower of the product. Corn probably originated in Mexico about 5,000 years ago. It is estimated that Native Americans in Illinois started growing corn about 100 A.D. Popcorn pops because its kernel contains a small drop of water that...
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Bombay Popcorn – Illinois State Snack Food

Bombay Popcorn – Illinois State Snack Food...

Popcorn was designated the State Snack of Illinois on 01/01/04. Bombay Popcorn is a tasty alternative to plain popcorn that you may be used to eating. Ingredients for Bombay Popcorn 8 cups popped popcorn, warm 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 2 teaspoons curry powder or hot curry powder 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1/2 cup toasted coconut, golden raisins or sliced almonds, optional Directions Place...
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Quick Peach Cobbler – South Carolina State Fruit

Quick Peach Cobbler – South Carolina State F...

Photo by arnold | inuyaki South Carolina was the first state to choose the peach as their official state fruit in 1984. Georgia became known as the Peach State, and they chose the peach as their official State Fruit in 1995. Alabama also decided to designate the peach as their official state fruit in 2006. According to the Acts of Alabama 2006: The peach belongs to the family Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs,...
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Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Massachusetts State Game Bird

Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Mass...

Wild Turkey is the state bird (or state game bird) of Alabama, Massachusetts, and South Carolina. Cooking wild turkey is a little different than cooking a standard store-bought turkey, because they are drier and have a smaller breast. It’s important to keep the bird moist when you cook it. Ingredients for Wild Turkey 1 bird – wild turkey (prepared – gutted and feathers removed) 1/8 cup – Salt 1...
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Blackberry Pie – Alabama and Kentucky State Fruit

Blackberry Pie – Alabama and Kentucky State ...

Photo courtesy of Mike Dierken Blackberries and Blackberry Folklore Blackberries are a hearty vine.  Their thorns protect them from wildlife that would otherwise eat their fruit. However, one of the recent hybrids, the Triple Crown, is thornless. With or without modern variations though, the blackberry has been a popular plant for centuries. The Greeks and Romans both used them for medicinal purposes, and popular...
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Blackberry Pancakes – Alabama and Kentucky State Fruit

Blackberry Pancakes – Alabama and Kentucky S...

Image courtesy of the Laden Table of Shacklewell Blackberries are a hearty vine.  Their thorns protect them from wildlife that would otherwise eat their fruit.  However, one of the recent hybrids, the Triple Crown, is thornless.  With or without modern variations though, the blackberry has been a popular plant for centuries.  The Greeks and Romans both used them for medicinal purposes, however, popular...
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Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns...

From Mother Goose: Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One ha” penny, two ha” penny, Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons One ha” penny, Two ha” penny, Hot Cross Buns! Originally these buns were supposed to be a Saxon tradition, marked with a cross in honor of the goddess Eostre, with the four quarters representing the four stages of the moon.  Early Christians...
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Boston Cream Pie – Massachusetts State Dessert

Boston Cream Pie – Massachusetts State Desse...

Photo courtesy of Cara Fealy Choate The Boston Cream Pie as we know it come from the Parker House Hotel in Boston.  Up to that point there was a pudding cake that was similar, although the top was usually coated with powdered sugar, not chocolate. It was made with a white cake split and filled with a pudding or custard filling. The Parker House chef,  Monsieur Sanzian, added a drizzled chocolate icing top layer...
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Key Lime Pie – Florida State Pie

Key Lime Pie – Florida State Pie...

Photo by Peter Veldhuizen This Key Lime Pie recipe is for the traditional key lime pie that is the state pie of Florida. House Bill 453 and Senate Bill 676 of the Florida Legislature’’s Regular 2006 Session made Key Lime Pie the official State Pie of Florida. The dish is named after the small key limes (Citrus aurantifolia ”Swingle”) that are naturalized throughout the Florida Keys. Key lime pie...
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King’s Cake

King’s Cake...

Classic King's CakeThe History of the King’s Cake: This is a traditional dish from New Orleans, Louisiana during Mardi Gras. The king cake takes its name from the Biblical kings. Catholic tradition states that their journey to Bethlehem took twelve days (the Twelve Days of Christmas), and that they arrived to honor the Christ child on Epiphany. The season for king cake extends from the end of the Twelve Days...
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