From Deseret News archives:
The United Plates of America
From apples to onions, official state foods run the gamut
Fruit: Scuppernong grape
Insect: Honeybee
Saltwater fish: Channel bass
Northeastern Watermelon Festival: Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro
Southeastern Watermelon Festival: Watermelon Festival in Columbus County
Vegetable: Sweet potato
Animal: Gray squirrel
NORTH DAKOTA
Beverage: Milk
Fish: Northern pike
OHIO
Animal: White-tailed deer
Beverage: Tomato juice
OKLAHOMA
Animal: Bison
Beverage: Milk
Fish: White bass
Game animal: White-tailed deer
Game bird: Wild turkey
Insect: Honeybee
Meal: Fried okra, squash, corn bread, barbecue pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries, chicken-friend steak, pecan pie and black-eyed peas.
OREGON
Beverage: Milk
Fish: Chinook salmon
Flower: Oregon grape
Mushroom: Pacific golden chanterelle
Nut: Hazelnut
PENNSYLVANIA
Beverage: Milk
Cookie: Chocolate chip cookie
Fish: Brook trout
Game bird: Ruffed grouse
RHODE ISLAND
Bird: Rhode Island red hen
Fish: Striped bass
Fruit: Greeningapple
Shell: Quahaug
Drink: Coffee milk
SOUTH CAROLINA
Animal: White-tailed deer
Beverage: Milk
Fish: Striped bass
Fruit: Peach
Game Bird: Wild turkey
Hospitality beverage: Tea
SOUTH DAKOTA
Bird: Ring-necked pheasant
Dessert: Kuchen
Drink: Milk
Fish: Walleyed pike
Insect: Honeybee
TENNESSEE
Agricultural insect: Honeybee
Commercial fish: Channel catfish
Game bird: Bobwhite quail
Sport fish: Largemouth bass
TEXAS
Dish: Chili
Health nut: Pecan
Fish: Guadelupe bass
Fruit: Texas Red grapefruit
Large mammal: Longhorn steer
Native pepper: Chiltepin
Pepper: Jalapeno
Plant: Prickly-pear cactus
Tree: Pecan
Vegetable: Sweet onion
Bread: Pan De Campo (Cowboy Bread)
Cooking implement: Cast-iron Dutch oven
Vehicle: Chuckwagon
UTAH
Animal: Rocky Mountain elk
Cooking pot: Dutch oven
Emblem: Beehive
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