ʻO nāʻeono 6 Weirdest Only-In-Colorado

Kahikina? Hiki paha i ke ahi i kaʻulaʻula

Aia nā'āpana'āina i kēlā me kēia'āina, a nui loaʻo Colorado. Hiki i kekahi o lākou ke lele ma luna o kāu pāpale ma keʻano o ka mea koho.

Ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kahi meaʻai hou - a iʻole heʻaʻa - eia kekahi mau meaʻokiʻoki e hiki ai iāʻoe ke loaʻa ma Colorado - a ma kahi e ho'āʻo ai iāʻoe iho. Ināʻoe e hele ana i ke ala.

1.ʻO nā mea nui o ka mauna.

Uaʻikeʻo Colorar i kēia mea i hāʻawiʻia no ka papa o ka papa inoa. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike i kēia mau mea,ʻo ia,ʻaʻole lākou mai ke kai.

ʻAʻole lākou he lawaiʻa kūʻokoʻa o ka iʻa iʻa i hānaiʻia ma nā loko o ke kai.

He mau bipi momona, puaʻa, a hipa paha.

E hoʻomaha mākou i hiki ai ke komo i loko o kouʻike. ʻAe. Pēlā. He mea ia.

Hoʻopiliʻia kēia meaʻono i kaʻahaʻaina o ka meli a hoʻohanaʻia e like me ka momona. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike iā lākou e hoʻopiliʻia (ʻo kēiaʻano likeʻole e kōkua ai i ka noʻonoʻoʻana o ka naʻau). Ke ho'āʻoʻia ka pahu e like me ka calamari (ʻo ia paha kahi o ka inoa?), Akā ke haʻi nei mākou:ʻAʻole mākou iʻike mua.

ʻOiai he mau mea kēia o ka United Colorado,ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike iā lākou ma nā menus. (Go figure.) Akā, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou e lawelawe me kaʻaila moa horseradish ma The Buckhorn Exchange, "ka hale kahiko kahiko a Denver."ʻO Denver ka hale kūʻai mua o Denver a ua lawelaweʻo ia ma Old West mai ka makahiki 1893.

2. Kaʻili Māmala.

Kainō? Ke kuhi neiʻo Euclid Hall ma Denver i nā iwi momona o ka pūpū iʻokiʻia. Eʻai iā lākou me ka hale XO kahi mea kanu, nā mea kanu Thai a me ka mīmū liʻiliʻi.

ʻAʻole e hopohopo i kaʻae? E ho'āʻo i ka Pad Thai Pig Ears, lawelaweʻia me ka'aniani chili, ka palu, ka pīnaki, nā hua manu, nā'ōpuʻu, ka mint a me ka cilantro.

3. Pākī Pizza me ka meli.

ʻO Colorado nā mea e hoʻokūpīʻia e nā'ōpiopio e aʻo i kēiaʻaʻole pehea kaʻai a nā mea a pau i ka pizza. Hoʻokumu i ka'enekene i ka meli, a iāʻoe ka Colorado Mountain Style Pizza.

ʻO Beau Jos Pizza ke kaulana loa no kēiaʻano kuʻuna. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, hana pū lākou i ka pizza me ka'ūpulu momona, i ka keʻokeʻo a i ka palaoa ponoʻole. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nāʻeke o ka meli ma nā papaʻaina a pau, me ka parm a me nā pepa.

Loaʻa nā Beau Jos i nā wahi holoʻokoʻa o ka moku'āina, akā he mea pono e hele i ka pilina mua ma Idaho Springs.

Nui nā pāpale Pizza'ē aʻe i kau i ka meli ma ka papaʻaina,ʻo ia hoʻi, ma kaʻaoʻao kokoke i ka mīmī pāmaʻi a me nā pepa ulaʻulaʻula.

3. Hoʻokumu i kaʻulaʻula.

He laulā nā kauhale ma nā pae mua a me nā wahi haʻahaʻa, no laila,ʻaʻole ia he mea e kahaha ai i ka hanaʻana o kahi keiki bipi i kahi meaʻai. Eʻike i nā kāpenaʻulaʻula i lawelawe ma kahi o kahi pīpī liʻiliʻi pipi a me nā pīpī ma Buckhorn Exchange ma Denver.

I ke kūʻaiʻana, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka sāusalo buffalo a me ka huelo alligator (ʻaʻole i hiki iā Colorado ke'ōlelo aku i kahi kūlana nui o ka'āina,ʻoiai he nui kahi pāʻani o ka'āina alligator ma San Luis Valley ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Colorado).

4.ʻO nā waffles.

Ke kapa neiʻo Waffle Lab ma Fort Collins i kāna mau waffles "i hana maikaʻiʻia." Ma kahi wale nō,ʻo kēia nā waffles-style style Belgian (ʻaʻoleʻo keʻano o ka Colorado), i hanaʻia me ka wai pelekane Beretania, i hoʻoheheʻeʻia i loko a me ka carameliz i loko o ka huehue ma waho, no lailaʻaʻole ponoʻoe i ka syrup.

Akā, ma Colorado wale nōʻoe eʻike ai i kēia mau hui puʻupuʻu nui, e like me ka hana'alakinia i hanaʻia ma waena o nā waffles, a iʻole ka'ūpili i kāpalaʻia i Colorado i hanaʻia no ka meli honey,ʻo ka hua, ka granola, a me ka sirop. ʻO kekahi mea e hiki iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kahi wāwae.

5. E huki i nā mea a pau.

Pahiʻo Palisade iā ia i kāna mau pika, a hiki i ka wā kūpono,ʻaʻoleʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo i ka mea i hanaʻia e nā kuʻi hoʻohālike i hanaʻia me lākou. Peach jelly, jam, salsa, soap.

Hoʻomakaʻia ka Peach Street Distillery i ka peach brandy, i hanaʻia me 26 paona o nā peach i loko o kēlā me kēia'ōmole. E kipa aku i ka pakuhi no kahi mākaʻikaʻi a me kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka maikaʻi peachy. ʻO ia ka mea kahiko o ka moku i ka moku'āina a he pono ke kipaʻana no kēlā kumu wale nō.

6. Ke kieke liʻiliʻi ma nā mea a pau.

ʻO ke aloha o Kānalani i kā mākou chile. Kāhea mākou i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo me kaʻulaʻula i hui pūʻia me "Mele Kalikimaka." Hoʻopiliʻia ma kāu omelet, hamburger, kālekalekale (no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa) a iʻole kāu pizza.

ʻAʻole ia he mea maʻamau ka hoʻonohonoho i kahiʻaoʻao o ka'ōmoleʻeleʻele eʻai wale me ka spoon e like me ka'ōpū.

E kiʻi i ka paʻi keʻokeʻo ma kāu pizza ma Dion's Pizza ma Colorado Springs. E kēnā i ka mea nui: Itūniana Italian, hawal, olive olive,ʻelaʻulaʻula, ham hamū, pepperoni, pipi a me ka meaʻulaʻula. ʻO wai ka ulana ula?

Hoʻokumuʻo Blank & Booth Distilling Co. i Denver i kahi puana'ōmaʻomaʻoʻulaʻula i kapaʻiaʻo Hot Mess. E inu pono ia i nā pōhaku aiʻole e like me ka pīpī, e like me ka Hot Mess Poison Ivy: ua hui pūʻia ka whiskey spicy me Sauvignon Blanc, ka wai lemon a me ka marachchino liqueur me ka'opi absinthe a hoʻolālāʻia me ka lemon wili a me ka pāhiri. Eʻike i ka Poison Ivy ma ke Keʻena Corner ma Denver (kahi kahi kaʻa,ʻaʻole kahi hana).