What are some popular foods eaten in the midwest of the united states? I'm doing a cooking project...have no clue what to cook for the midwest....
2007-12-10 12:13:53 · 4 answers · asked by missyjean130 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Well, being in the Chicago area I can tell you...Chicago style hot dogs, deep dish pizza, Italian beef (sandwiches)...those are all super popular...Oh and I know in Wisconsin that Brat's are big, as is cheese & beer soup, (sounds weird, but it's awesome), and fried cheese curds.
2007-12-10 12:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by samantha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow. That's tough because the midwest is kind of a big area. Additionally, you can drive an hour in any direction and the local specialties could be very different.
I'm in Louisville, KY. Some of our unique local dishes include....
The Kentucky Hot Brown
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sandwich/HotBrownSandwich.htm
Derby Pie
http://www.derbypie.com/history.html
....and of course, Kentucky Fried Chicken
You can also find biscuits and gravy at many restaurants here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuits_and_gravy
Cincinnati is about and hour and fifteen minutes away, but you'd have a hard time finding biscuits and gravy. They probably won't know what a hot brown is and they aren't big on frying chicken.
Cincinnati IS famous for Skyline Chili.
http://www.skylinechili.com/
Some chili is even called "Cincinnati Style Chili"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_chili
Another Cincinnati tradition is "Goetta".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetta
I've never seen goetta in Louisville...although the city was heavily settled by Germans. Go figure.
I'm sure if you do a search on "Indianapolis" or "St. Louis" or "Chicago" cuisines, you'd come up with a completely different list. However, all are considered midwest cities.
Good luck!
2007-12-10 20:33:46 · answer #2 · answered by Leann C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steak and potatoes, corn on the cob, jello salads, pies, strange casseroles made with cream of something soups, also called hot dish. Also, hot beef sandwiches, which is more of a knife and fork meal.
Take 2 slices of white bread and cut them corner to corner so you have a total of 4 triangles. Place 2 slices on a plate like this: < >. Down the middle put 3 scoops of mashed potatoes. Top each triangle with 2-3 oz. of hot roast beef, top with the other 2 triangles of bread. Then take ladles full of beef gravy and cover the whole thing.
It was one of my best sellers in the midwest.
2007-12-10 20:29:03 · answer #3 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up some of these on www.travelcahnnel.com
look under Taste of America
goetta
scrapple
2007-12-10 20:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by La la 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋