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The United Plates of America

From apples to onions, official state foods run the gamut

Published: Monday, July 11, 2005 10:31 a.m. MDT
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KENTUCKY

Wild game animal: Gray squirrel

Festival: Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown

Fish: Spotted bass

LOUISIANA

Crustacean: Crawfish

Doughnut: Beignet

Drink: Milk

Fresh-water fish: White perch

Fruit: Strawberry

Insect: Honeybee

Reptile: Alligator

MAINE

Berry: Wild blueberry

Fish: Landlocked salmon

Herb: Wintergreen

Insect: Honeybee

Animal: Moose

MARYLAND

Crustacean: Blue crab

Fish: Rockfish

Reptile: Diamondback terrapin

Drink: Milk

MASSACHUSETTS

Muffin: Corn muffin

Dessert: Boston Cream Pie

Beans: Baked navy beans

Berry: Cranberry

Beverage: Cranberry juice

Game bird: Wild turkey

Cookie: Chocolate chip (Toll House) cookie

MINNESOTA

Drink: Milk

Fish: Wall-eyed pike

Grain: Wild rice

Muffin: Blueberry

Mushroom: Morel

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MISSISSIPPI

Beverage: Milk

Fish: Largemouth bass

Insect: Honeybee

Land mammal: White-tailed deer

Shell: Oyster shell

Waterfowl: Wood duck

MISSOURI

Aquatic animal: Paddlefish

Fish: Channel catfish

Insect: Honeybee

Nut: Black walnut

MONTANA

Fish: Blackspotted cutthroat trout

Flower: Bitterroot

NEBRASKA

Beverage: Milk

Fish: Channel catfish

Insect: Honeybee

NEVADA

Fish: Lantana cutthroat trout

Grass: Indian rice grass

Tree: Pinon (pine nut)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Animal: White-tailed deer

Fresh-water fish: Brook trout

Salt-water game fish: Striped bass

NEW JERSEY

Fish: Brook trout

Insect: Honeybee

NEW MEXICO

Cookie: Bizcochito

Fish: Cutthroat trout

Tree: Pinon (pine nut)

Vegetables: Chili pepper, pinto bean

NEW YORK

Beverage: Milk

Fish: Brook trout

Fruit: Apple

Muffin: Apple muffin

Shell: Bay scallop

Tree: Sugar maple

NORTH CAROLINA

Berry, blue: Blueberry

Berry, red: Strawberry

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