Interesting State Symbols

Now That's Nifty ^ | 04 01 09 | Nick

[Notoriously Conservative]

Interesting State Symbols So we have all heard of states having a state bird, a state flag, a state flower, even a state gemstone. But since those declarations are left up to the individual state, the categories can be as obscure as any state will allow them to be. Here are some of the stranger ones:

State Beverages

19 states have declared milk as the official state beverage. How original. However, in addition to milk, Nebraska has Kool-Aid because the beverage was invented in its town of Hastings in 1927. Florida’s orange juice should come as no surprise, but what about Rhode Island’s coffee milk? Yeah - not coffee, not milk - coffee milk. It’s like chocolate milk, but instead of chocolate syrup, coffee-flavored syrup is used. We’re not sure if it originated in R.I. or not, but Rhode Islanders definitely have a special affinity for the drink. One of the major producers of coffee syrup is located in Rhode Island. Another quick fact: the drink was invented because back when diners were all the rage, owners were always introducing new drinks and dishes to try to differentiate themselves from the many competitors.

State Foods

Oklahoma really went all out - they declared 11 “state menu items,” plus a state fruit and a state vegetable. In case you ever want to have yourself an official Oklahoma state buffet, here are the menu items: barbequed pork, chicken fried steak, sausage, biscuits and gravy, fried okra, squash, grits, corn, black-eyed peas, cornbread and pecan pie. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania both declared the chocolate chip cookie as the official state cookie, and the official state snack food of Utah is Jell-O. It is a popular stereotype that Mormons adore Jell-O. In fact the Mormon Corridor is sometimes even referred to as the “Jell-O Belt...

[Notoriously Conservative]

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[GeorgiaDawg32]

Oklahoma state buffet, here are the menu items: barbequed pork, chicken fried steak, sausage, biscuits and gravy, fried okra, squash, grits, corn, black-eyed peas, cornbread and pecan pie

Now THAT'S a good meal..

[B-Chan]

Note: Milk is not a beverage (a liquid meant for drinking). It is a food (a source of nutrition).

[annalex]

Right. Wine, food. Beer, beverage.

[B-Chan]

Actually, real beer (ale) is a food as well. Beer contains active yeast cultures, protein, and other nutrients.

American beerwater contains formaldehyde. It isn’t even a beverage.

[annalex]

:)

[ErnBatavia]

an official Oklahoma state buffet, here are the menu items: barbequed pork, chicken fried steak, sausage, biscuits and gravy, fried okra, squash, grits, corn, black-eyed peas, cornbread and pecan pie

Now I gots to call old William Shatner and have him negotiate me a trip to Tulsa...