Talk:List of U.S. state foods

message: I just merged List of U.S. state muffins and List of U.S. state donuts into this page.  I put the other two pages up for deletion. --CapitalR 10:10, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging with Muffins and Donuts

message: Several not-very-WP:RS websites do mention "The 1988-89 fourth grade class of Washington School in Merrill, Wisconsin, proposed the Cranberry Muffin be named Wisconsin’s state muffin", but the (tendentious and far-from-WP:RS) website freerepublic.com has an article that says "What about the group of fourth-graders from Merrill who, in the late 1980s, tried to get the cranberry muffin designated the official state muffin? The Legislature turned them down, even threatening to introduce competing legislation to use the official muffin title on the meadow muffin, which, for those of you not familiar with agricultural terminology, does not pop from the oven but rather drops from the hindquarters of a cow."[www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562726/posts] I don't know if that's accurate, either, but it does show that it is premature to put "the cranberry muffin is the state muffin of Wisconsin" into Wikipedia as an encyclopedic fact. 
A reasonably comprehensive-looking list at official state website has flower, bird, tree, fish, dance, rock AND mineral, animal AND wildlife animal AND domesticated animal... no muffin. 
Mind you, I'm personally fond of cheese curds, Haralson apples, and cranberry muffins, but I don't believe any of them are official. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:28, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wisconsin state muffin is dubious 

message: I'm restoring the beverages to this page because (1) they were/are sourced on this page, unlike List of U.S. state beverages, and (2) I consider them a subset of food.  (And in some cases the "beverage" is the only food emblem a state might have. If you remove them again, please make sure that the sources get merged over to the "beverages" article.  Thanks. Crypticfirefly 05:07, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restoring beverages 

message: The Year instituted section should be also included to fruits I think. --Brand спойт 01:23, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missed 

message: I followed the WP link and was wondering if someone can tell me why the sopaipilla, which is Texas's state food, is only referenced as belonging to New Mexico exclusively in the United States. I am not buying it. One of these pages is wrong or incomplete.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.113.131.65 (talk) 22:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Texas Sopaipilla 

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thread_title: [[WP:FOOD|WikiProject Food and drink]] Tagging

message: The image for the state fruit of North Carolina, the Scuppernong grape, is incorrectly documented with a picture of (as advertised on other Wikipedia articles) of Red Wine Grapes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.222.104.210 (talk) 02:54, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect image 

message: House Bill 1892 was introduced in the PA legislature on Sept 5, 2001 to have the sugar cookie designated as the official state cookie.  However, according to the PA General Assembly's records at (www.legis.state.pa.us/index.cfm) the bill was never voted on.  Therefore, the sugar cookie currently is not an official state food. Chocolate chip cookies (2003) and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (2004)have also been brought to the legislature, but no votes taken. Vmseb (talk) 15:21, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pennsylvania 

message: The official State Pie is the Pecan Pie
(http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/hr1137.htm)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drbjenx (talk • contribs) 07:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No evidence the bill was adopted. Thank you for your input. BiologicalMe (talk) 17:18, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Georgia 

message: Shoofly pie should definitely be listed as a Pennsylvania food. It's a Pennsylvania Dutch staple.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.194.146 (talk) 14:21, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: While a regional dish, it has not been officially adopted. BiologicalMe (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Pennsylvania state food

message: Although a Commonwealth, should the national dish of Puerto Rico, Lechon, be included in this list as well? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 03:01, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: , I did some preliminary investigation and could not determine that Lechon is an officially adopted symbol. Research is challenging. I have not done exhaustive research, but List of Puerto Rico territorial symbols includes the coqui, and I don't believe that it is official. States often fail to update their lists. I take a hard line approach on sourcing to avoid "unofficial official" entries, but if you have a source, I favor inclusion. I tried the official website but my Spanish is so dismal, I easily could have missed it. I hope my reply was adequately prompt. BiologicalMe (talk) 17:05, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puerto Rico 

message: While the Indiana Senate adopted a resolution naming a state pie, the legislation includes the word "unofficial."  This resolution was not adopted by the House, nor was it approved by the governor.  A simple resolution is not sufficient to name an official state emblem in the state of Indiana--a bill, passed with identical language by both houses of the General Assembly and signed by the governor, is the only avenue for naming a state emblem.  News articles like the one cited here are incorrect in their characterization of the "Hoosier Pie."  http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/SRESP/SR0059.html This same situation applies to "water" listed as Indiana's state beverage.  
Aroseformo (talk) 19:01, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indiana should not be listed 

message: California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Delaware are missing due to a mistake in coding. Can anyone fix this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.202.73 (talk) 18:25, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: All states are listed, even if they have no official state food. BiologicalMe (talk) 16:26, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  States Missing 

message: On the page, "List of U.S. state foods", it lists Oklahoma state foods separately, when it's suppose to be all in one "state meal" according to the reference link which is on the state gov website. The meal is suppose to be, "fried okra, squash, cornbread, barbecue pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries, chicken fried steak, pecan pie, and black-eyed peas." Its 2nd reference link #35 has link rot. State Beverage: Milk is unlisted. I don't know how to make these corrections, can someone please do this? 108.67.185.221 (talk) 02:33, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Better late than never. BiologicalMe (talk) 16:25, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oklahoma State Foods Error 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Two actions have resulted in "official" foods. In 2013, during the Governor's absence, the Lt. Governor declared a number of official foods by proclamation. Those have been deleted from the article in a single move and can easily be restored. In 2017, the bill to make almonds the official state nut was amended to include pistachios, walnuts and pecans, and became law. Of the foods, The California State Library only lists the four nuts as state symbols. BiologicalMe (talk) 17:21, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  California 

message: I'm leaning towards having entries for states with no official foods, referenced by links to appropriate state symbols lists. If nothing else, it makes it easier to check if the records are up to date. While I just wrote "None", "N/a" or something else might be better with appropriate emphasis. At a few states a day, there's time for input before I act unilaterally. BiologicalMe (talk) 17:37, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Empty entries 

message: I will leave my last edit in place for a while, as it was purging beverages from the list. Some of my rationale:
# There is a separate List of U.S. state beverages. It is available through the navbox and I added a "See also" for it. Apparently, there was a time when that list was not well referenced, but I found it was more up to date and better maintained than this one.
# No one bothered taking out the instruction not to include beverages.
# We don't need 20ish images of milk.
Every state is listed, if only to indicate the absence of entries. This may help avoid creative or misguided additions.
Every entry has a reference. It takes little effort to name and reuse a reference. I don't know if that was the case when this list was started. I tried to rely on state resources to the greatest extent possible. Hopefully that will protect from additions that have not become official.
I handled a few edge cases in notes. I left "sweetener" and "flavor", both maple, as included categories. 
I added or changed a few images. I used the  template a few times. I spent no time adjusting the arrangement, and I was not exacting in my selection process. There is room for improvement in images. For example, the strawberry image is nice, but the long stem makes for elongated entries.
I thought about an RfC, but decided to act boldly. Now it's time to allow for objections. BiologicalMe (talk) 02:17, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary of overhaul, August 2018 

message: Washington, D.C. has a state fruit, the cherry (2006), but it's not a state.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayuskoto (talk • contribs) 14:25, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  DC?