Washington

Because I am from Washington I felt that I could personally cook Washington very accurately. As I was thinking of a meal I had several things come to mind:
1. Zips- but because there are no Zips or shake of the week around town that got bagged
2. Apples- now this should have been the go to, but we eat apples all the time and that felt really boring for my home town
3. Starbucks- This also should have been a go to, but we really can't enjoy too many things at Starbucks
4. Salmon/seafood- Alaska was higher on the salmon totem pole and so we did not do salmon.

So that left me with only one option for Washington

CHEAP CHICKEN AND PASTA SALAD!!!!!

 For those who many not understand, many years growing up my family would go take a picnic by the river and eat fried chicken from Albertsons. Some where in those years it became a tradition and we started calling it cheap chicken. We would take our chicken and fruit and pasta and whatever, set up a plate for the bees so they would leave our food alone (because FYI bees love meat) and then enjoy our picnic followed by a walk on the river.

And pasta salad. Past salad has been my favorite meal like forever. It has noodles, brocoli, pepperoni, olives, and tomatoes covered with cheese and italin dressing. The ideal way to have it is with nothing more and nothing less. I loved this so much I would take it to school, I would take it on camping trips when I needed a meal, and I would take it to any ward function or party when I needed a salad. I love this stuff so  very much.

So there you have it, to me there is nothing that says Washington like cheap chicken and pasta salad.
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