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If you're from Indiana, chances are popcorn defines you. Well, at least in food terms. But if you're an Iowan, do you really want to say you're known for "loose meat sandwiches?" According to Eater, and website My Food Looks Funny, yes, indeed. The latter has put together a map of the most representative foods from all 50 states (yes, Hawaii is for pineapple people--surprise!). Check out the map and let us know what you think in the Comments section. We're talkin' to you, Utah: green Jell-O?

Some of the best tacos I've ever had have been handed to me through a Plexiglas window. So, when I noticed that Tacotrucks.net, a website with maps and reviews of taco trucks in Oakland, was back in business, I decided to see what other resources are out there. One of the first I came across was a blog called Seattle Taco Trucks, which has lots of reviews and photos of taco-dispensing vehicles in the Seattle area. Like Tacotrucks.net, the Seattle site also has map showing the trucks' locations. A cool bonus is that they also have links to health department reports for the trucks. Polar Inertia, a "journal of nomadic and popular culture," also has a great slide show of taco trucks with lots of information about the logistics of operating one in Los Angeles. I'm sure that websites dedicated to these mobile taquerias are plentiful If you know of any other good ones, please pass them along.

[Photo: Polar Inertia]