MIDWEST INTRODUCTION

HOT DISH

• A hot dish starts with a starch then add meats and veggies and a liquid.
• Hot dishes came popular because people would bring them to parties and potlucks.
• Hot dishes are usually served with a dessert after the meal like a bar of some sort.

LOOSE MEAT SANDWHICH

• A version of a loose meat sandwhich is known as a sloppy joe.
• A loose meat sandwhich is usually served with ground beef on a humburger bun.

CINCINNATI CHILI

• This dish, a version of chili con carne, has no beans not like Texas chili with cheese and beans.
• This chili isn't like any other chili because in stead of a bed of meat its served over spaghetti.

CORNISH PATTY OR MEAT PIES

• Originated in cornwall, England.
• The pasty is a convenience food that consists of pastry pocket filled with meat and vegetables.

PIEROGI

• It is sort of like a dumpling and potsticker.
• They are filled with potato, sauerkraut, ground meat, and cheese.
• The dessert pierogi is filled with various fruits.

GOULASH

• goulash is sometimes baked as a casserole, as is common for Midwestern with cheese on it.
• It is most popular in Cleveland, Ohio .

LEFSE AND LUTEFISK

• Lefse is a type of flat bread sometimes made of potato, somewhat like a pancake or tortilla, which is served as a side to many Minnesota meals.
• Lefse can be heated and rolled with melted butter, sugar, or cinnamon, or served as a side to coffee or dinner foods, including lutefisk.
• Norwegian dish that became popular with Minnesotans.

FARMERS MARKET

• Farmers markets happen mostly in the summer you can visit friends and hang out.
• They have mostly fruits and vegetables sometimes they might have desserts.

HUNTING AND FISHING

• Many families enjoy the hunting and the fishing trips all year round.
• Many Service &/or Hunting Clubs have “Wild Game Feeds” where one can sample almost any type of wild game that exists in America.
• It is more common to eat wild game in Alaska.

MUSHROOMS

• in Minnesota one of the best-kept secrets is the spot where the morels grow.

NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE FRUIT

• Blueberries, cranberries and concord grapes are the three fruits native to North America.

WILD RICE

• most was harvested wild in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
• Since wild rice has been domesticated, California is now the largest producer.

SOURDOUGH

• It is used to make breads,biscuits, and pancakes.

CORN

• If times were bad, corn might be all that there was to eat.
• “corn on the cob” days where one can eat all the corn one wants.

FESTIVALS

• Festivals are in the summer mostly dedicated to other heritages.