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A Hole in One!!!! My grandfather used to make these for me when I was a very little girl, visiting him in Lancaster, PA. He was not a golfer. He was first-generation American of Swedish descent, who had grown up in Salt Lake City, Utah.

I am allergic to raw mushrooms, can't eat anything that has been cross contaminated with it. I ate some fresh veggies that had a few flecks of mushroom in it that I didn’t see and within 5 minutes it had triggered my asthma, my mouth swelled up and the lips, tongue and all the rest of the symptoms that go with it. I can eat them when they are cooked though and I now love canned mushroom, since I can’t eat the raw thing anymore. I can’t even handle raw ones (my husband hates mushrooms) so I can’t eat them freshly cooked unless I go out.

I have found that since I have given birth to my twins 3 years ago that my allergies and asthma have gotten exponentially worse. I can’t even be in the same room with cats, dogs, any animal with hair. My allergies to the great outdoors have had the same consequence. I also have developed an allergy to Celery, I have the same reactions as I have to mushrooms but I stopped eating it, so I haven’t found out if it gets worse with every exposure.

My main concern right now is that I have a reaction when I eat in combination tomatoes and bread. I can eat bread alone and tomatoes but when they are eaten in the same meal I get an overwhelming reaction to throw up. It can be as mild as a slight queasiness or I can start to throw up. I have looked and looked but I can’t find anything anywhere that mentions allergies when foods are combined. Since the birth of my twins the tomato and bread reaction has gotten worse as well. I have never cared for pizza because it always left me feeling sick afterwards which I just thought that it was the grease in it.

I feel like an idiot when I say anything about the t&b thing....I know it is not in my head but nobody has heard of it and people just think I am being picky. Since I was about 13 apples have made me feel the same way. Sometimes the reaction is worse than other so I will every once and a while eat a bit of an apple but never a whole one. The T&B reaction is worse than the apple one though because my mildest reaction to T&B is the worst I have had to apples.

West Virginia is the pepperoni roll, first made for miners as an easy to carry and eat lunch.

PA = cheesesteak.

Florida: Blackened grouper.

I am originally from California and I agree avocado has to be on any sandwich from there. But I really love French Dips!

I now live in Raleigh, NC and I agree with both on the mater sandwich with Duke's mayo and/or homemade pimento cheese on white bread as well as a really good pulled pork sandwich on a bun with slaw. Hold the sauce
as my tummy won't take it.

And I will chime in on the Necco wafers as well, I like the chocolate ones the best and they are the hardest to find!

Even though I've never had one, I must agree that NJ's official sandwich should be Taylor ham, egg, and cheese on a hard roll. They're ubiquitous here, but don't exist anywhere else.

Some great names here - I love Egyptian Eyes especially! But wow: over 200 comments, and apparently no one else calls them "top hats". (And yes, I always thought my mother invented them, too. :) )

@Ed Levine - My mom called them "Egyptian eggs" as well. I think me, you and Embackus's friend were the only one. It seems to be the least known name for them.

wow i've never tried fresh grilled kim before! definitely need to try it next time im in the bay!

Surprisingly, only 14 and I'd like to give back the night of the Zombie.

Everyone knows it's called a "bunny egg". My grandmother invented it.

Dang, only 10.