For being such a small state, Delaware has some very strong culinary preferences. These six dishes are all examples of the strangest parts of Delaware cuisine – combinations that the rest of the country would not quite understand. How many of these are favorites of yours?
- Scrapple and Egg
Flickr / Ron Dollete We don’t really question scrapple. We don’t want to know what it’s made from, we just want it well done as a side dish to our favorite breakfast eggs.
- The Bobbie
Facebook / Capriotti’s Newark Everyone loves Thanksgiving, so Capriotti’s decided to put it on a roll. It’s all pretty normal - turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing.. until you get to the part where it’s topped with mayo. Yum?
- Fries and Vinegar
Flickr / Wayne Thume Boardwalk fries just don’t taste right with ketchup anymore. In fact, you can’t even get ketchup at Thrashers.
- Crabs… and fried chicken.
Facebook / Old Mill Crab House Lots of people speculate that crab feasts come with fried chicken so that you fill up on the chicken and order fewer crabs. Whatever the reasons is, combining the two is now a Delaware tradition.
- Pretzel Salad
Flickr / Wyn Lock Strawberries, pretzels, and cream cheese combine to make this tasty treat that’s all the rage in Sussex County… and no where else.
- Slippery Dumplings
Flickr / Emily Carlin Let’s be honest with ourselves - these are noodles, not dumplings. We don’t care, though, we’ll continue to put them in our crock pots or soup pots and cook them up with a creamy chicken broth and serve them up as our favorite Delmarva dinner.
Whew – now I’m hungry! I think I’ll plan to make a big pot of slippery dumplings for this weekend… and finally see if I can figure out how to make a good pretzel salad. For more of the best (and strangest) in Delaware cuisine, check out our list of These 18 Iconic Delaware Foods That Will Have Your Mouth Watering.
Flickr / Ron Dollete
We don’t really question scrapple. We don’t want to know what it’s made from, we just want it well done as a side dish to our favorite breakfast eggs.
Facebook / Capriotti’s Newark
Everyone loves Thanksgiving, so Capriotti’s decided to put it on a roll. It’s all pretty normal - turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing.. until you get to the part where it’s topped with mayo. Yum?
Flickr / Wayne Thume
Boardwalk fries just don’t taste right with ketchup anymore. In fact, you can’t even get ketchup at Thrashers.
Facebook / Old Mill Crab House
Lots of people speculate that crab feasts come with fried chicken so that you fill up on the chicken and order fewer crabs. Whatever the reasons is, combining the two is now a Delaware tradition.
Flickr / Wyn Lock
Strawberries, pretzels, and cream cheese combine to make this tasty treat that’s all the rage in Sussex County… and no where else.
Flickr / Emily Carlin
Let’s be honest with ourselves - these are noodles, not dumplings. We don’t care, though, we’ll continue to put them in our crock pots or soup pots and cook them up with a creamy chicken broth and serve them up as our favorite Delmarva dinner.
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