Jennifer:  Robbie answered my question regarding the "kuchen" in So.
Dakota, which seems to be a derivative of German strudel with apples. Now I
have to ask about the scuppernong, since there is a place I hike in So.
Wisconsin called scuppernong.  I'm assuming it's an Indian name.  Any
comment?

Bucky Halker (Chicago)
www.buckyhalker.com



On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:59:46 -0700, Jennifer McCollum
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Robbie:
> 
> I want to know how Pennsylvania lucked out and got the chocolate chip
> cookie as its official food. Somehow that doesn't seem fair and may
indeed
> start a food fight. But at least NC has the scuppernong to make vino! 
> 
> Best, Jenn
> 
> Jennifer McCollum, Ph.D.
> Communications Officer
> North Carolina Humanities Council
> 122 N. Elm St., Suite 601
> Greensboro, N.C. 27401
> (336) 334-5704
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>  
> 
>  
> MANY STORIES, ONE PEOPLE
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Davis, Robbie
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:23 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
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