For those of you who grew up in places that have distinctive regional cuisines...

[xiphias]

Some foods are place-bound. There's no reason that a Cincinnati Chili couldn't be made outside of Cincinnati, or that there could be a Garbage Plate somewhere other than Rochester, NY. But they're not. And some are a bit less place-bound, but still place-bound -- try getting Moxie outside of New England. Is there a region somewhere down South where they drink it, too? But not most places.

So, for those of you who grew up with such a cuisine, how old were you when you realized that other places just don't have it?

For me, I was just thinking about Whoopie Pies. And the age that I realized that they're not ubiquitous outside of New England was 40 2/3.

Yeah. Okay, I'm slow sometimes.

Oddly, I think I've got almost all the ingredients I'd need to make them in my kitchen right now. The only thing I'm missing is ... eggs. I've never made them before; it didn't occur to me until half an hour ago when Lis asked me that they were a thing that you actually COULD make. But they don't look all that difficult. It's just basically chocolate cake and buttercream frosting, really.

Well, one of the variations we found includes a buttercream/marshmallow combination frosting. Dunno how that would be.

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[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of a lardy cake, but looking them up, they look somewhat similar to bobka, except, well, for the basic thing that's in the name. Bobka are make with butter, which is kind of a major difference...

The lardy cake sounds nifty, though.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Lardy cake is indeed excellent: sweet and fruity and rich (and not at all pig-flavoured, should anyone be wondering). And now I have bobka to explore too, because I'm unfamiliar. See what a new world you're opening up for me tonight!