Needhams, Red Hot Dogs, & Buffalo Wings

I am a woman that loves her food. When I find something that I like, I eat it until I’m sick of it, and then I eat some more. Before I moved to Northern Maine I knew that different parts of the country had different kinds of foods. I knew that I would be trying some different foods and some different variations of the foods that I loved. I have found some delicious foods up in Maine that I would have never found any other place, one of those are Needhams. Needhams are mouth-watering candy bars made with dark chocolate, coconut, butter, whole milk, sea salt, vanilla, and Maine Potatoes (yes I said potatoes). To most people hearing that there are potatoes in the candy could be off-putting, but not to Mainers. Needhams are almost like a mounds bar but they taste much better. The little candies are made in a candy shop in Maine, so they are more expensive than the factory made candies, but everyone knows that homemade candies are more expensive and better tasting.

Another thing that I found in Maine was red hot dogs. Though I am not a fan of hot dogs, I have to say that the red hot dogs are my favorite off all of the dogs. Maine is the primary location for these dogs with natural casings. Before I came to Maine, I always called the normal brown hot dogs red hot dogs. It was after I came to Maine that I learned what real red hot dogs really looked like. Real Maine red hot dogs are a bright red because they have a healthy dose of #40 red die. If I have to eat hot dogs red hot dogs are always my first choice and I will miss them if I ever move out of the state.

The one food that I miss living in Maine is a good Buffalo Wing. Some restaurants in Maine serve Buffalo wings, but no one does it quite as well as the original area in which they were created. The origin of the spicy chicken wing is not clear. Many people in buffalo want to take credit for the tasty snack, but it is certain that they came from Buffalo NY. Buffalo wings are well known in any state, and it seems like there are thousands of recipes for the wing. Buffalo wings are well liked and even celebrated in Western NY. Buffalo hosts an annual national Buffalo Wing Festival. The festival was started by Buffalo’s own Drew Cerza, also known as the Wing King. The Wing King has been on many food network shows and even won a chicken wing cook-off with Bobby Flay.

Some of this information was taken from buffalowing.com

These pictures were taken from bing images