I agree, I meant that I much prefer Sriracha in this specific case, even though Tobasco seems to be the standard sauce to use.
@monkeyoh I think they were a gift for my in laws’ wedding about 40 years ago. They’ve survived four intercontinental journeys, but unfortunately not a single encounter with our kitchen tiles…
So a friend of a friend is coming to the states for the first time from Norway. A party is being thrown where we are all required to bring American Food. So I’ve been brain storming, and would love input. Here are some ideas. I promise I won’t make them all 
I guess what I’m looking for are intensely regional items that would make a Viking from Norway go, “you’re out of your fucking mind”. Vinegar pie perhaps? 
Do your visitors have a sweet tooth? Go with shoo fly pie. Can’t get any more American and intensely regional than that! And they might not have ever heard of it before.
Some regional varieties, some “you’re out of your fucking mind”:
Those are all awesome ideas, and I looove the idea of a Big Gulp or perhaps a Slurpee.
Edit
Holy shit, I need to go buy a brace of “Make America Great Again” trucker hats.
For another sweet option how about a whoopie pie?
@japhroaig and @awjt, I hope that you’re Cholula’s aren’t lonely. Every bottle of Cholula needs a bottle of Tapatio, they are truly made for each other. Though I would have to agree Cholula is definitely my favorite classic corner store hot sauce, however it would be incomplete in my eyes without Tapatio, which pulls such a close second favorite for me that sometimes I’ll spend hours 
[Not a hyperbole] deciding which one to use.
There is always room for more.
The only thing that disappoints me is how badly my peppers did this year. I still have a bunch of dried ones from 2011 (a bumper crop) but I think they peaked last year. Still flavorful, but they have lost most of their heat.
There is always 2016 though.
Imported from Mexico eh? Hm, so I wonder how Cthulhu hot sauce would taste on some freshly grilled Octopus…
Well, we at least know it would be better than slathering it in HP Lovecraft sauce, right?
Okay, texting that image to my bandmates right. Now.
Loves me some Tapatio!!! Check out these two 30+ oz bottles.
The Valentina: about $1.50
The San Luis: about a buck!!!
These are ~32 ounce bottles!
These prices are because I’m in Texas. Cholula is still pricy here, though. They know they have a good thing so they jacked it up about ten years ago. Before that it was cheap like all the rest.
Well, we’ve got a fix for that coming in the mail any day now don’t we!!!
Cheese curds from Wisconsin
Hot dish from Minnesota
Deep dish pizza from Chicago
Huckleberry jam from Michigan
Maple syrup from Vermont
Pralines from Louisiana
Mint juleps from Kentucky
Brown bread from Massachusetts
…
yum! looks fabulous. so many delicious details!
Just popping in to tell you all you’re making your Bloody Ceasers all wrong! They’re all missing clam juice! The bacon is good though.
This looks like it should work.
The 2 cups whole milk seems somewhat lean for me- I like a slightly higher fat content.
At least there aren’t any tomatoes in it.
Tomatoes are wonderful!!! Sorry man. They are.
But not in clam chowder.
I’m a vegetarian, and even I know that!
Of course tomatoes are wonderful. I would never argue otherwise.
They just don’t belong in fish chowder.
FACT.
