Hi from Down South,
OK, Vidalia Onions do come from around here (and the town just happens to be
one of our host sites), but I think that you will agree (especially those of
you that come to the P.O. meeting a few weeks ago), that Georgia has far
more foods that can be equated with the state (not the least of which is the
peach). To prove the point, I refer you to the New Georgia Encyclopedia main
page:
http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.com/nge/Home.jsp
If you are visiting the site, check out the article on Foodways too (written
by John T. Edge).
Robbie, if they say it is official, I guess we have to go with it. I was
just hoping we could add a few more food items. Perhaps our friends from
Illinois, New York, Washington, Vermont, Rhode Island and W. Virginia would
agree too (apple over-kill?).
Regards to all,
Arden
Ms. Arden Williams
Program Officer
Coordinator, "Key Ingredients" in Georgia
Georgia Humanities Council
50 Hurt Plaza, Ste. 595
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-523-6220 ext. 17
Fax: 404-523-5702
http://www.georgiahumanities.org
The Smithsonian traveling exhibit"Key Ingredients: America By Food" is in
Georgia!
The exhibit is in Kingsland!
May 2, 2009 - June 14, 2009
Camden County Library
1410 Highway 40 East
Kingsland, GA 31548
912-729-3741
Hosted by the Kingsland Downtown Development Authority
Next stop: Tifton- 6/20-8/2
Check out the GHC/Georgia "Key Ingredients" web site:
www.georgiafoodtour.org
The postmark deadline for the GHC mini-grant is June 1st.
The Georgia Humanities Council is the home of the New Georgia Encyclopedia
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Jennifer Armstrong
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Help for Key Ingredients
Ok, I suppose I need to weigh in since some of us Idahoans are tired of
being called the potato state. Idaho also produces large amounts of lentils,
trout and Austrian Winter Peas (who knew?). Our state fruit is the wild
huckleberry - got em' in my freezer now! The state horse is the Appaloosa
but I don't know anyone that eats them.
You say potato and I say po-tah-to,
Jennifer Armstrong
Special Projects Coordinator
Idaho Humanities Council
217 W. State St.
Boise, ID 83702
208-345-5346
www.idahohumanities.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Tom Fitzpatrick
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:23 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Help for Key Ingredients
Hi Robbie & Everybody;
I'm pretty sure the official food listed for Minnesota is not totally
correct. After getting your message, I did some searching and learned that
the morel is the official Minnesota state mushroom - not the official state
food. In addition, the blueberry muffin is the official muffin of Minnesota
- and wild rice is Minnesota's official state grain. If I had to pick one of
the above three items as the most significant, I'd choose wild rice.
On a slightly different note - Minnesota food related inventions include
Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, the bundt pan, and Green Giant vegetables.
And the e-mail exchange about this is extremely interesting - I hope more
keep coming.
Take care,
Tom
Tom Fitzpatrick
Director of Community Partnerships
Minnesota Humanities Center
987 East Ivy Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55106
Direct 651-772-4255
Toll-Free 866-268-7293, ext. 255
FAX 651-774-0205
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Davis, Robbie
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:23 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Help for Key Ingredients
Everyone,
As most of you know, we are preparing a revised version of Key Ingredients
for an extension tour beginning in 2010. As part of that work, we're
planning to put in a graphic element showing the official or best known
foodstuff for an individual state (and territory if you have it). We have
researched official foods and only 33 states have an official food. Some
have many. We can included one foodstuff per state.
We'd love to have your input as we prepare this list. Here is what we have
so far:
Alabama: blackberry (official)
Arkansas: South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato (official)
Florida: orange (official)
Georgia: Vidalia onion (official)
Idaho: potato (official)
Illinois: apple (official)
Kentucky: blackberry (official)
Louisiana: sweet potato (official)
Maine: wild blueberry
Maryland: blue crabs
Massachusetts: cranberry
Minnesota: morel mushroom
Missouri: Norton Cynthiana grape
New Hampshire: pumpkin
New Jersey: Jersey tomato
New Mexico: chiles
New York: apple
North Carolina: scuppernong grape
North Dakota: chokecherry
Oklahoma: strawberry
Oregon: pear
Pennsylvania: chocolate chip cookie
Rhode Island: Rhode Island greening apple South Carolina: peach South
Dakota: kuchen
Tennessee: tomato
Texas: jalapeno pepper
Utah: sugar beet
Vermont: apple
Washington: apple
West Virginia: Golden Delicious apple
Wisconsin: cranberry
If your state is not listed here, please let me know what top crop your
citizens would be most likely to call their own. If your state is here and
you disagree with the selection, let me know. In each of these cases, the
item we selected is a designated state symbol. Because the graphic will
appear in a section of the exhibition that discusses crops and ingredients,
please avoid suggesting any prepared dishes. (We realize that we violated
that convention for both Pennsylvania and South Dakota. A prepared food is
the only one with an official designation and we do not want to leave out
any state.)
Please reply to me off the list at [log in to unmask] by Friday, June 11. And,
no food fights! :-)
Best wishes,
Robbie
Robbie Davis
Project Director, Museum on Main Street (MoMS) Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service P.O. Box 37012 MRC 941 Washington, DC
20013-7012 [log in to unmask]
202-633-5335
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