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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes
* ''[[Mystic Pizza]]''
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* ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]'': James Herriot recounted an unusual way of eating Christmas cake in the Yorkshire Dales; with crumbly Wensleydale cheese and a draught of raw whisky.
* ''Eat Pray Love'' by Elizabeth Gilbert. In the section on her holiday in Italy, she recounts her experiences with their food. One sequence has her and a friend going to a back-alley pizzeria in Naples to taste their pizza. They immediately order another; her friend says that all other pizza is [[Ruined FOREVER]].
* In ''[[Discworld
* In ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' Peeta is a second-generation professional baker and he expounds on the regional breads in sufficient detail that fans have [[Defictionalization|been able to make them]].
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*** Kimchi, the generic name for a variety of pickled dishes that usually contain cabbage and onions, plus other vegitables. The pickling brine becomes fermented as it ages.
**** Sometimes kimchi brine fizzes like seltzer water. Mmm, cabbage soda pop. Chunky cabbage soda pop.
**** In an episode of ''[[M*A*S*H
*** Can't remember the name, but if you're in Korea, get some larval octopus. Served so fresh it's still alive. It's an affordable delicacy, often served with higher priced multi-course meals (the kind that can feed six people, and are served over the course of two hours). Don't forget to have it with the Koch'ujang.
* Australia and New Zealand
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*** Scrumpy, made in the southwest, is a highly alcoholic apple cider. In fact, it's so strong that most pubs no longer serve full-strength scrumpy because people tend to become violently drunk very quickly.
*** In west-central England, there is a certain dish made of ground pork, liver, onions and tomatoes formed into meatballs and served in a special sauce. They are called by a name that is also a homophobic slur. The leading brand name that manufactures this dish is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L34m5vabjcM Mr. Brains.]
**** They are called faggots. West-central England has many colourful words used as homophobic slurs but 'faggot' is mostly [[Separated
*** North-west England gives the world pie and peas. The pie is usually filled with minced beef and potato, often highly peppered, and the peas are mushy peas; dried peas soaked overnight and boiled to a thick, green, lumpy paste. This is obviously a first cousin of the Australian pie floater.
*** London has pie, mash and liquor. Beef pie with mashed potatoes, and a sauce made from the water used to stew eels (which are also available in pie and mash shops), thickened and coloured an improbable luminous green with parsley. It is surprisingly tasty but you will be hard-pressed to find it in the touristy areas.
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