List of U.S. state foods 2851112 225291848 2008-07-12T22:39:32Z Merotoker1 4243258 Avoided redirects and replaced dead links __NOTOC__ This is a '''list of official U.S. state foods''': <!-- Please do not include items that are included in other lists such as Beverages and Fish. Thank you. --> {| class="wikitable" |- ! State !! Food type !! Food name !! Image !! Year & <br/> Citation |- ! rowspan=3 | [[Alabama]] || State nut || [[Pecan]] || [[Image:Pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg|200px]] || 1982<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_nut.html |title=Official Alabama Nut |accessdate=2007-03-18 |date=[[2001-07-12]] |work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History}}</ref> |- || State fruit || [[Blackberry]] || [[Image:Blackberry fruits10.jpg|200px]] || 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_fruit.html |title=State Fruit of Alabama |accessdate=2007-03-18 |date=[[2004-08-30]] |work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History}}</ref> |- || State tree fruit || [[Peach]] || [[Image:Flavorcrest peaches.jpg|200px]] || 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_treefruit.html |title=State Tree Fruit of Alabama |accessdate=2007-03-18 |date=[[2006-04-20]] |work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History}}</ref> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Alaska]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Arizona]] || || || || --> |- ! rowspan=2 | [[Arkansas]] || State fruit/vegetable || South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink [[Tomato]] || [[Image:Bright red tomato and cross section02.jpg|200px]] || 1987<ref name=ARnetstate> [http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/ar_symb.htm Arkansas State Symbols, Emblems, Flag and Seal Mockingbird Apple Blossom Pine Tree<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State grain|| [[Rice]] || [[Image:Rice p1160004.jpg|200px]] || 2007<ref name=ARnetstate/> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[California]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Colorado]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Connecticut]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Delaware]] || || || || --> |- ! rowspan=2 | [[Florida]] || State pie || [[Key lime pie]] || [[Image:Key limepie.jpg|200px]] || |- || State fruit || [[Orange (fruit)|Orange]] || [[Image:OrangeBloss wb.jpg|200px]] || 2005 |- ! rowspan=3 | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] || State prepared food || [[Grits]] || [[Image:Grits 1.jpg|thumb|center|Grits, served with a waffle.]] || <ref> [http://www.sos.georgia.gov/state_symbols/state_prepared_food.html]</ref> |- || State fruit || [[Peach]] || [[Image:Flavorcrest peaches.jpg|200px]] || |- || State vegetable || [[Vidalia onion|Vidalia Sweet Onion]] || [[Image:Sweet onions 1.jpg|200px]] || |- ! rowspan=2 | [[Idaho]] || State food || [[Potato]] || [[Image:Potato and cross section.jpg|200px]] || |- || State fruit || [[Huckleberry]] || [[Image:BogHBy.jpg|200px]] || 2000 |- ! rowspan=2 | [[Illinois]] || State snack food || [[Popcorn]] || [[Image:Popcorn02.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=132&ChapAct=5%26nbsp%3BILCS%26nbsp%3B460%2F&ChapterID=2&ChapterName=GENERAL+PROVISIONS&ActName=State+Designations+Act%2E 5 ILCS 460/ State Designations Act<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State fruit || [[Apple]] || [[Image:95apple.jpeg|200px]] || {{Fact|date=April 2007}} <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Indiana]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Iowa]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Kansas]] || || || || --> |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Kentucky]] || State fruit || [[Blackberry]] || [[Image:Blackberry fruits10.jpg|200px]] || 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm |title=Kentucky State Symbols |publisher=Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives |date= March 2007 |accessdate=2007-07-02}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=4 | [[Louisiana]] || State fruit || [[Garden strawberry|Strawberry]] || [[Image:Strawberry444.jpg|200px]] || 1980 |- || State jellies || [[Mayhaw|Mayhaw jelly]] <br/> and <br/> [[sugarcane|Louisiana sugar cane jelly]] || || 2003 |- || State meat pie || [[Natchitoches meat pie]] || || 2003 |- || State vegetable || [[Sweet potato]] || [[Image:5aday sweet potato.jpg|200px]] || 2003 |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Maine]] || State fruit || Wild [[blueberry]] || [[Image:Blueberries.jpg|200px]] || 1991 |- ! rowspan=2 | [[Maryland]] || State food || [[Blue crab]]s || [[Image:Blue crab on market in Piraeus - Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 20020819-317.jpg|200px]] || 1989 |- || State dessert || [[Smith_Island,_Maryland#Smith Island Cake|Smith Island Cake]] || || 2008 |- ! rowspan=6 | [[Massachusetts]] || State fruit || [[Cranberry]] || [[Image:Cranberry bog.jpg|200px]] || |- || State muffin || Corn [[muffin]] || || <ref> [http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-28.htm M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 28<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ||State bean || [[Baked beans|Baked]] [[common bean|navy bean]] || [[Image:Snijboon peulen Phaseolus vulgaris.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-38.htm M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 38<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State dessert || [[Boston cream pie]] || [[Image:Bostoncreampie.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-41.htm M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 41<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State cookie || [[Chocolate chip cookie]] || [[Image:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-42.htm M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 42<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State donut || [[Boston cream pie|Boston cream]] [[doughnut|donut]] || || <ref> [http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-51.htm M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 51<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Michigan]] || || || || --> |- ! rowspan=4 | [[Minnesota]] || State fruit || [[Honeycrisp]] apple || [[Image:HoneycrispApple.jpg|200px]] || |- || State grain || [[Wild rice]] || [[Image:WildRice23.jpg|200px]] || |- || State muffin || [[Blueberry]] [[muffin]] || [[Image:Muffin NIH.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/muffin.html]</ref> |- || State mushroom || [[Morchella|Morel]] || [[Image:Smardz-Morchella-Ejdzej-2006.jpg|200px]] || <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Mississippi]] || || || || --> |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Missouri]] || State fruit || [[Norton (grape)|Norton Cynthiana grape]] || || <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Montana]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Nebraska]] || || || || --> <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Nevada]] || || || || --> |- ! rowspan=1 | [[New Hampshire]] ||State fruit || [[Pumpkin]] || [[Image:Pumpkins.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2006/hb1111.html HB 1111<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | [[New Jersey]] || State fruit || [[Northern highbush blueberry|Highbush Blueberry]] || [[Image:Vaccinium corymbosum Beeren.jpg|200px]] || 2004<ref>http://www.njstatelib.org/NJLH/lh2003/ch245.htm</ref> |- || State vegetable || [[Tomato|Jersey Tomato]] || [[Image:Bright red tomato and cross section02.jpg|200px]] || 2006<ref> [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S2000/1743_I1.HTM S1743<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | [[New Mexico]] || State cookie || [[Bizcochito]] || [[Image:Butter cookies.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://newmexico.org/go/loc/department/page/dept-symbols.html State Flag, Seal & Symbols :: New Mexico Tourism Department<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State vegetables || [[Chili pepper|Chiles]] <br/> and <br/> ''Frijoles'' ([[refried beans]]) || [[Image:Large Cayenne.jpg|thumb|center|chile pepper]] [[Image:Refried beans-frijoles refritos.jpg|thumb|center|refried beans]] || <ref> [http://newmexico.org/go/loc/department/page/dept-symbols.html State Flag, Seal & Symbols :: New Mexico Tourism Department<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | [[New York]] || State muffin || Apple [[muffin]] || || <ref> [http://iloveny.com/info_center/state_facts_symbols.asp I LOVE NEW YORK - The Official New York State Tourism Website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State fruit || [[Apple]] || [[Image:95apple.jpeg|200px]] || |- ! rowspan=4| [[North Carolina]] || State blue berry || [[Blueberry]] || [[Image:Blueberries.jpg|200px]] || 2001<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Official State Symbols of North Carolina | date= | publisher=State of North Carolina | url =http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM | work =North Carolina State Library | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-26 | language = }}</ref> |- || State red berry || [[Garden strawberry|Strawberry]] || [[Image:Strawberry444.jpg|200px]] || 2001<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Official State Symbols of North Carolina | date= | publisher=State of North Carolina | url =http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM | work =North Carolina State Library | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-26 | language = }}</ref> |- || State fruit || [[Scuppernong]] [[Grape]] || [[Image:Close up grapes.jpg|200px]] || 2001<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Official State Symbols of North Carolina | date= | publisher=State of North Carolina | url =http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM | work =North Carolina State Library | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-26 | language = }}</ref> |- || State vegetable || [[Sweet potato]] || [[Image:5aday sweet potato.jpg|200px]] || 1995<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Official State Symbols of North Carolina | date= | publisher=State of North Carolina | url =http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM | work =North Carolina State Library | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-26 | language = }}</ref> |- ! rowspan=1 | [[North Dakota]] || State fruit || [[Chokecherry]] || [[Image:Prunus virginiana.jpg|200px]] || 2007 <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Ohio]] || none || || || --> |- ! rowspan=13 | [[Oklahoma]] || State menu item || [[Barbecue]]d [[pork]] || [[Image:Pork steaks cooking-1.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.kerrcenter.com/nwsltr/2006/spring/state_meal.htm]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/stinfo.html | title=Oklahoma State Icons | publisher=Oklahoma Department of Libraries | accessdate=2007-05-11 }}</ref> |- || State menu item || [[Chicken fried steak]] || [[Image:CountryFriedSteak.jpg|200px]] || |- || State menu item || [[Sausage]] || [[Image:Reunion sausages dsc07796.jpg|200px]] || |- || State menu item || [[Biscuits and gravy]] || [[Image:Biscuits-and-gravy.jpg|200px]] || |- || State menu item || Fried [[okra]] || || |- || State menu item || [[Squash (plant)|Squash]] || [[Image:YellowSquash.jpg|200px]] || |- || State menu item || [[Grits]] || [[Image:Grits 1.jpg|200px|Grits, served with a waffle.]] || |- || State menu item || [[Maize|Corn]] || [[Image:Zea mays.jpg|200px]] || |- || State menu item || [[Black-eyed pea]]s || [[Image:Black-eyed-pea-close.jpg|200px]] || |- || State menu item || [[Cornbread]] || [[Image:MsSh Cornbread.jpg|200px]] || |- || State menu item || [[Pecan pie]] || [[Image:Pecan pie slice.jpg|200px]] || |- || State fruit || [[Garden strawberry|Strawberries]] || [[Image:Strawberry444.jpg|200px]] || |- || State vegetable || [[Watermelon]] || [[Image:Vampire watermelon.jpg|thumb|center|Although considered by most a fruit, in 2007 Oklahoma declared the watermelon as the state vegetable{{Fact|date=March 2008}}]] || 2007 |- ! rowspan=3 | [[Oregon]] || State fruit || [[Pear]] || [[Image:Pears.jpg|200px]] || |- || State mushroom || [[Cantharellus|Pacific Golden Chanterelle]] || [[Image:Chanterelle Cantharellus cibarius.jpg|200px]] || |- || State nut || [[Corylus avellana|Hazelnut]] || [[Image:Corylus avellana.jpg|200px]] || |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Pennsylvania]] || State cookie || [[Chocolate chip cookie]] || [[Image:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg|200px]] || <ref> [http://www.legis.state.pa.us/2003%5F0/sb0320p0335.htm The Pennsylvania General Assembly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Puerto Rico]] || National dish || Arroz con Gandules || || |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Rhode Island]] || State fruit || [[Rhode Island Greening]] Apple || || |- ! rowspan=2 | [[South Carolina]] || State fruit || [[Peach]] || [[Image:Flavorcrest peaches.jpg|200px]] || 1984<ref>{{Citation | last = South Carolina | first = State of | title = S.C. Code of Laws, SECTION 1-1-680. Official State fruit. | year = 1984 | url = http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm | accessdate = 2007-07-15 }}</ref> |- || State snack food || [[Boiled peanuts]] || [[Image:Boiled peanut.jpg|200px]] || 2006<ref>{{Citation | last = South Carolina | first = State of | title = S.C. Code of Laws, SECTION 1-1-682. Official state snack food. | year = 2006 | url = http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm | accessdate = 2007-07-15 }}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | [[South Dakota]] || State dessert || [[Kuchen]] || || |- || State bread || [[Frybread]] || [[Image:Frybread.jpg|200px]] || |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Tennessee]] || State fruit || [[Tomato]] || [[Image:Bright red tomato and cross section02.jpg|200px]] || 2003 |- ! rowspan=8 | [[Texas]] || State bread || Pan de campo || || <ref> [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/symbols.html State Symbols - Texas State Library<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- || State dish || [[Chili con carne]] || [[Image:Bowl of chili.jpg|200px]] || |- || State fruit || Texas Red [[Grapefruit]] || [[Image:Citrus paradisi (Grapefruit, pink).jpg|200px]] || |- || State nut || Native [[pecan]] || [[Image:Pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg|200px]] || |- || State pastries || [[Sopaipilla]] <br/> and <br/> [[Strudel]] || [[Image:Sopaipilla.jpg|thumb|center|sopaipilla]] [[Image:Strudel.jpg|thumb|center|strudel]] || |- || State pepper || [[JalapeƱo]] || [[Image:Jalapenyo.jpg|200px]] || |- || State native pepper || [[Chiltepin pepper|Chiltepin]] || [[Image:Chiltepin mexico sonora.jpg|200px]] || |- || State snack || [[Tortilla chip]]s <br/> and <br/> [[Salsa (sauce)|salsa]] || [[Image:Tortilla chips.jpg|thumb|center|tortilla chips]] [[Image:Mexico.Salsa.02.jpg|thumb|center|two types of salsa]] || |- ! rowspan=4 | [[Utah]] || State vegetable || [[sweet onion|Spanish sweet onion]] || || 2002<ref name=UtahVeg> [http://pioneer.utah.gov/utah_on_the_web/utah_symbols/vegetable.html Utah Symbols - Spanish Sweet Onion and Sugar Beet] from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on [[2008-03-25]]</ref> |- || State fruit || [[Cherry]] || [[Image:Cherries summerland.jpg|200px]] || 1997<ref> [http://pioneer.utah.gov/utah_on_the_web/utah_symbols/cherry.html Utah Symbols - Cherry] from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on [[2008-03-25]]</ref> |- || State historic vegetable || [[Sugar beet]] || [[Image:SugarBeet.jpg|200px]] || 2002<ref name=UtahVeg/> |- || State snack food || [[Jell-O]] || [[Image:Day_18_-_Still_Eating_The_Green_Jello_(gifrancis).jpg|200px]] || 2001<ref> [http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2001/bills/sbillenr/SR0005.htm Utah Legislature SR0005<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | [[Vermont]] || State fruit || [[Apple]] || [[Image:95apple.jpeg|200px]] || |- || State pie || [[Apple pie]] || [[Image:Apple pie.jpg|200px]] || <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]] || || || || --> |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Virginia]] || State meat || [[Country ham|Virginia ham]] || || |- ! rowspan=4 | [[Washington]] || State fruit || [[Apple]] || [[Image:95apple.jpeg|200px]] || <ref>{{cite web | title = Symbols of Washington State | publisher = Washington State Legislature | url = http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ | accessdate =2007-03-11}}</ref> |- || State muffin || [[Blueberry#uses|Blueberry]] || [[Image:Muffin NIH.jpg|200px]] || |- || State vegetable || [[Sweet onion|Walla Walla Sweet Onion]] || [[Image:Sweet onions 1.jpg|200px]] || |- || State tuber || [[Russet Burbank potato|Russet potato]] || [[Image:DSC01616.JPG|200px]] || |- ! rowspan=1 | [[West Virginia]] || State fruit || [[Golden Delicious|Golden Delicious apple]] || [[Image:Golden delicious apple.jpg|200px]] || |- ! rowspan=2 | [[Wisconsin]] || State fruit || [[Cranberry]] || [[Image:Cranberry bog.jpg|200px]] || |- || State muffin || [[Cranberry#harvesting and food uses|Cranberry]] || || <!-- |- ! rowspan=1 | [[Wyoming]] || || || || --> |} {{listdev}} ==Notes== {{reflist|2}} ==References== {{refbegin}} * [http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq4.html Traditional State Foods and Recipes] * [http://www.netstate.com/states/ All states symbols] * [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/symbols.html Texas State Symbols] * [http://www.utah.gov/about/symbols.html Utah State Symbols] ** [http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2001/bills/sbillenr/SR0005.htm Utah Senate Resolution recognizing Jell-o as a favorite snack food of Utah]. * [http://dol.state.vt.us/www_root/html/emblems.html Vermont State Emblems] * [http://bluebook.state.or.us/kids/symbols/symbols.htm Oregon State Symbols] {{refend}} ''In some cases where a reference in the chart above refers to more than one food item, it will be listed only with the first food item.'' ==See also== *[[List of U.S. state beverages]] {{state insignia}} [[Category:United States state insignia|Foods]] [[Category:Lists of foods]] [[de:Liste der Staatslebensmittel der Bundesstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten]]