Fourth of July: Google Doodle reveals the most searched for recipes in every state
Google hopes that Americans will use the Google Doodle as inspiration for new culinary traditions this Independence Day
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Your support makes all the difference.To celebrate the Fourth of July, Google has created a patriotic Google Doodle of the most commonly searched for foods from around the United States - but some of the recipes are raising some eyebrows.
Aptly named “Foodle,” the interactive map of the country suggests recipes based on each state's searches in the last 12 months, as well as from five US territories, including Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam.
In addition to the recipe of the year for each state, the Doodle also includes a fact about the popular recipe.
Some of the recipes are relatively normal, such as Maine’s apple pie, but other states’ choices are more questionable.
In New Jersey, Summer flounder, “New Jersey’s most popular fish,” according to Google, may come as a surprise.
With all of the state-grown foods to choose from, the flat-faced fish doesn’t seem especially fitting.
As for the New York recipe, chicken cutlets were also met with some dismay by native New Yorkers in The Independent’s New York City office.
“I don’t think anyone is going to make chicken cutlets on Independence Day,” reporter Chris Riotta said.
The sentiment was echoed by Daria Segalini, who said: “Seriously confused by the cutlets.”
Washington-born reporter Emily Shugerman said of her home state: “Pork chops? From Washington? I’m confused because I can’t remember the last time my family ever ate a pork chop. I feel like it should involve seafood or quinoa.”
However, quinoa, or the “mother of all grains” as its Incan name means, was reserved for nearby state California.
Idaho’s crêpes were equally confusing to reporter Clark Mindock, who said: “Crêpes are such an odd thing for Idaho. I don’t know what world Google is living in because I’m not sure I ever even heard the word crêpe in Idaho outside of high school French class. Idaho is all about potatoes, and that will forever be the true food of the Gem State.”
Other notable recipes included gumbo for Louisiana, waffles for Vermont, and Spanish rice in Arizona.
Of the somewhat-odd food recommendations for the Fourth of July, Google said: “If today’s Doodle doesn’t inspire a new culinary tradition for your Independence Day celebration, we’ll eat our hats! Happy Fourth!”
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