Florida's signature food?
Chowhound regulars had a chat a couple weeks ago about Florida' signature dish. Check it out here. It may just be that I'm champing at the bit for Wednesday to arrive, but it seems to me stone crabs fit the bill. After all, in Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, persnickety world traveler James Bond had "the best meal he had ever eaten" at a restaurant in Miami where he ate stone crabs with melted butter served with toast and iced rose champagne. Surely Bond is a decent arbiter of such things.
If it's not stone crabs, what is our most iconic foodstuff?
(photo Doug Clifford)
"He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise." 
i gotta think the orange. not that i wouldn't prefer a big plate of stone crab.
Posted by: jim w. | October 14, 2008 at 04:50 PM
Stone Crabs, with Key Lime Pie for desert!!!
Posted by: Ron | October 14, 2008 at 05:40 PM
I have never had stone crabs with butter. I have to try that as I normally get creative with varying recipes on a mustard sauce theme.
Posted by: Hank | October 15, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Yep, locally harvested stone crab(Tampa Bay area) squeeze of key lime, and a cold brew.Also like house made mayo with a little Maille herb Dijon and a touch of lemon.That one needs a good Chablis. Good livin !!
Posted by: Old Chef Dude | October 15, 2008 at 10:30 PM