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Eccles cakes... yum.

Blog City: What do you think about signature foods in general? Then, when you are writing about a setting, have you ever created for or assigned to a city or town a signature food, such as Philly's cheese steak and Chicago's deep-dish pizza?

I told Kit :

"You left out two cheeses: "Gouda" and "Lancaster Bomb" . In Missoula we have "Evening in Missoula Tea" and in Buffalo we have "Wings". Everyone else called them "Buffalo Wings". We didn't. It was plain "Wings", either mild, medium, hot or suicide.

By-the-way, I love both ideas for a Pepperpuff!"

Might steal that last for a short story... ...dedicated to her... of course!

To answer the prompt:

I immediately thought of Mars Bars and Mars, Pennsylvania because we drove past there on the way to my grandparent's house. But... Mars is a candy bar from the UK named after its founder, not the town.

Keeping to chocolate: Hersey Bars ... and Hershey Pennsylvania.

But M&Ms, also from Mars, Inc. are made in New Jersey...

So many foods are associated with cities, states, regions or countries. Like brats... Wisconsin. Or white-hots... Rochester. Or Porto... and port. And eccles cakes! Which are ab-fab flaky pastry stuffed with currants named after the town of Eccles in England (from before 1793).

The prompts asks whether I've used these or made one up... well now that you ask...

I should.

Today's flash:

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Candy hearts (298 words)  (18+) “This is your last warning” The notes on the hearts are trying to give you a message. #2206931 by Kåre เลียม Enga

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