Current Events > What are things your area is known for that you never tried?

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It can be food, events, a landmark, anything.

For me, I live in the Smoky mountains of Tennessee, at a high elevation.

I have never tried rock climbing, or ziplining, which are widely popular and an attraction for tourists. I have a bad fear of heights, and have not, and will not do either.

I have also never officially gone hunting, I couldn't bring myself to kill an animal for sport, only necessity.

I have not gone "noodling" which is the practice of going into a river, and putting your hand into an underwater hole, hoping a catfish bites it, and pull it out. We also have large snapping turtles, I won't want to lose fingers or a hand. I do fish a lot, but with a traditional rod and reel.

Slow country boils here are very common, but I have never eaten a crawfish before. I'd love to, but I never had the opportunity. I also have not eaten chitlins, which is a staple in the South, especially in Tennessee, and it's essentially pig intestine. Many eat it on New Years Day with greens for good luck.

I live close to Nashville, but I have never been to the Grand Ole Opry.

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Rocky Mountain oysters

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as of current i live in a boring fuckin suburb with literally nothing going on. idk. golf i guess, we've had some US Opens here

I live near Detroit, but I never shot anybody, or got shot myself.

Shotgunnova posted...

Rocky Mountain oysters

Yeah you couldn't pay me to eat a testicle

Hornswoggled posted...

I live near Detroit, but I never shot anybody, or got shot myself.

Ever been to a Red Wings game?

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Ice fishing

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Yeah you couldn't pay me to eat a testicle

Ever been to a Red Wings game?

No, I don't like sports.

As far as I know I've done everything a good Masshole should do

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SaltyWet posted...

Ice fishing

It's on my bucket list tbh, always wanted to give it a go. I've fished lakes, rivers, been deep sea fishing, and crabbing. Ice fishing is one I haven't tried.

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Never been to Alcatraz and Palace of Fine Arts.

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DuranOfForcena posted...

a city near where i live has had an annual clam festival for a long time now, and i've never tried clam.

The texture can be off putting but I enjoy clams for sure. They are close to mussels and scallops in flavor.

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SaltyWet posted...

Ice fishing

This, I'd do it, just never have. Also lutefisk and pickled herring, now those I won't try

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If you like salmon, try steelhead trout out also, they are similar, but the trout at times can be less pricey. If you get into shellfish, snow crab/king crab is fantastic, I like it over lobster. I eat more seafood than other meat.

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powerman1426 posted...

This, I'd do it, just never have. Also lutefisk and pickled herring, now those I won't try

Lutefisk is kind of like fish jello, I hated it. Never tried pickled herring, but I like a lot of pickled things so i'd try it.

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Seafood is the GOAT. We get the good stuff here on the south shore of Mass.

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I smoked tuna steaks for dinner last night, they were great. Me and the wife are heavily considering moving up far NE, like NH or ME. I wanna ocean fish out that way and catch crab and lobster.

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My favorite food on this planet is a homemade lobster roll with mayo, lime juice, diced scallions, and fry a hot dog bun in some butter. Perfection.

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A lot of local food like poke, lomi salmon, haupia pie, etc., surfing, hula dancing...Hawaii has a lot of stuff it's known for and I don't want to try most of it lol

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I'd be iffy about surfing also, you never know what's in that water tbh. I can skateboard so I think i'd be okay at it, I just fear stuff that can eat me.

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YugiNoob posted...

A lot of local food like poke, lomi salmon, haupia pie, etc., surfing, hula dancing...Hawaii has a lot of stuff it's known for and I don't want to try most of it lol

It's probably like around here. We've got great fishing and hunting, people travel to do it. People that live here just take it for granted since it's always there

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noodling is a thing here as well, fuck that.

spelunking scares the shit out of me and there's quite a few places around here to check out.

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BuckVanHammer posted...

noodling is a thing here as well, fuck that.

spelunking scares the shit out of me and there's quite a few places around here to check out.

Yeah I left that one off my list, but spelunking is big here also. I'm not afraid to go into caves and whatnot, but rappelling into deep, dark holes isn't my thing. I'm not a chicken shit, but I kinda am, lol.

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Goose Island and 3 Floyds. I don't give a fuck about beer.

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Meth.

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Cashew chicken

I don't like cashews

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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Cashew chicken

I don't like cashews

Chicken

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DrizztLink posted...

Meth.

This too, lots of meth in TN. Never tried it, never will. Meth, not even once.

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I live in Nashville, TN

never been to the Ryman or Country Music Hall of fame, never been to Arnolds, never been to Jack Daniels Distillery


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JBaLLEN66 posted...

I live in Nashville, TN

never been to the Ryman or Country Music Hall of fame, never been to Arnolds, never been to Jack Daniels Distillery

I've never been to the Country HOF either, not much of a fan of the music. I've been to both JD and Dickel distilleries though. I saw Steely Dan and the Ryman in 2014 I think it was. Also the Foo Fighters, but that might have been 2015.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I've never been to the Country HOF either, not much of a fan of the music. I've been to both JD and Dickel distilleries though. I saw Steely Dan and the Ryman in 2014 I think it was. Also the Foo Fighters, but that might have been 2015.

what about hatties bs


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I been one time, waited in line for over an hour and it was pretty great, but not great enough to wait that long again. There's a couple other places that do the hot chicken just as well and you don't wait 90 minutes to even sit down.

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Peaches? Don't think I've ever eaten a Georgia peach. I eat the Florida ones all the time though.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Peaches? Don't think I've ever eaten a Georgia peach. I eat the Florida ones all the time though.

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YugiNoob posted...

QFT I lived in metro Atlanta and there's something like 70 different roads in Atlanta alone with "Peachtree" in it

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I been one time, waited in line for over an hour and it was pretty great, but not great enough to wait that long again. There's a couple other places that do the hot chicken just as well and you don't wait 90 minutes to even sit down.

Is Bolton's one of them? That's the one I tried when I went there.

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Meth

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I been one time, waited in line for over an hour and it was pretty great, but not great enough to wait that long again. There's a couple other places that do the hot chicken just as well and you don't wait 90 minutes to even sit down.

every non chain in Nashville is waiting in hour behind people talking about how great Michigan or California was back in the day for 4/10 food with a 25 dollar per entre ticket lol

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geshkigal posted...

Is Bolton's one of them? That's the one I tried when I went there.

Bolton's is one and I wouldn't more than wait 10 minutes for it

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YugiNoob posted...

This is 100% accurate.

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God I'm so glad I'm escaping Nashville :)

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geshkigal posted...

Is Bolton's one of them? That's the one I tried when I went there.

Yeah Bolton's and Red's 615 are both excellent imo. There's a bar called Scoreboard that is pretty good also, if you wanna go get hammered and have some good food. I went there after a Predators afternoon game half drunk after spending way too much of stadium beer and it capped off the afternoon nice before I got to the hotel.

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I'd be surprised if anyone who's family is not from central tennessee has heard of this place.

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PMarth2002 posted...

I'd be surprised if anyone who's family is not from central tennessee has heard of this place.

Hattie's hot chicken is pretty reputable, Gordon Ramsay has visited there and did half an episode of one of his world travel shows there. I knew of it before moving here.

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Heroin

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I think I mostly have everything covered? I googled "what is <city> known for" and got a list of top 10 things to do while you're there, of which the only ones I haven't done are going on a tour of some government buildings (I've seen them from the outside many many times though) and going barhopping at this specific set of bars downtown (I don't drink, so...)

it kinda helps that most of the notable things here are concentrated in a pretty small area downtown and I'm within walking distance of that so I've had plenty of opportunities

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Hattie's hot chicken is pretty reputable, Gordon Ramsay has visited there and did half an episode of one of his world travel shows there. I knew of it before moving here.

I was responding to the topic title, not the post about hattie's. I'm living in Crossville, which is between Nashville and Knoxville, and has nothing interesting about it as far as I know from my two years here.

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PMarth2002 posted...

I was responding to the topic title, not the post about hattie's. I'm living in Crossville, which is between Nashville and Knoxville, and has nothing interesting about it as far as I know from my two years here.

Ah I gotcha, my mistake. I'm kind of between Nashville and Chattanooga but I worked in Nashville so I considered that my "area" technically.

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Raising cattle and chickens

That's bout all there is here other than meth, back roads, and drinking but I've already tried those

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