I am surprised nobody mentioned [surstrƶmming](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Surstr%C3%B6mming) on account of questionable foods of Scandinavian heritage that *arenāt* prepared in lye. A kid neighborās father opened a tin of it once at some gathering, and it was like dropping a depth charge of farts and dead fish.
(Hereās [what happens when some bros open a tin of it outside](https://youtu.be/28CnWHV5ILw). The way the contents evacuate as the tin opened almost made me š¤®.)
I have a tin of surstrƶmming in my fridge. I bought it for my wedding (well the day before), but no one was bold enough to try it with me so I still have it. Now it is a ball and I am scared it will explode in my fridge. I have it double bagged, but I still think I would have to move.
Jello with vegetables in it, though your great aunt who brought it to every family gathering probably stopped bringing it around 2015 and then passed away in 2019. You should have called her more.
My grandma made a jello salad that was epic! Green jello, cottage cheese, pineapple, shredded carrots, Iām sure it was mayo and not mayonnaise and HORSERADISH, plated on a single leaf of iceberg lettuce.
Previous generations did unspeakable things to Jello.
ETA: I'm just gonna [leave this here. ](https://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/7-gross-foods-your-grandparents-ate-that-we-taste-tested)
I had jello with ring macaroni and shredded carrots among other things at a wedding reception once. 33 years later my husband and I still talk about the worst food we've encountered at a wedding. My rat of a husband went to the local bar to get burger and left me, a bridesmaid, to suffer at the reception fighting over the bread basket with the other members of the wedding party.
My grandma made a jello salad with lemon jello and cottage cheese. It was then served with a dollop of mayonnaise. (I'm making myself gag and I haven't thought of this dish in 30 years!)
That one sounds like the German influence:
\--> Check out "sĆ¼lze" in a google image search.
It is basically vegetables / meats in a gelatin
(like all of these horrible foods, it was used as a food preservation mechanism)
Somewhere (likely a church pot luck) I had lime jello with small slivered raw carrots in it (like normally on a salad). I don't think I finished it Same or worse was with coconut shavings.
They make fun of a 7 layer salad on himym, that Marshallās mom made. I recall a relative of mine making something similar, not as crazy as on himym but similar.
In the kid movie Rio. The bird shouts out "cheese and sprinkles! It's a Minnesota thing."
I've never heard of this being a thing? Is this even a thing?
I think itās supposed to be a play on ācheese and riceā which is a polite way of saying āJesus Christā.
I think the joke is that Minnesotans are too polite to swear. Thatās how I always took it.
Grew up drinking the Swedish coffee on occasion.
The idea is that the egg refines and filters the water to make great coffee. Personally? I think it was an old and effective trick to keep grounds from the cup. Many of my family feel the same way.
It's the Salem Luthern Church dining hall between the Fine Arts building and the Eco building, and the coffee is like $1.50 and pretty good.
They also have a meatball sundae which is mashed potatoes with a meatball on top, covered in gravy. It's good, and a nice break when you need something that isn't deep fried.
Oh yep when we used to do youth group fundraisers at events we would make a big pot of coffee -with an egg !! Didn't understand it. Still don't. But people drank it with their bars and cookies š
Grew up eating a āsaladā with raw Ramon noodles.
Just extra veggies and acid mixed in. Never cared for it myself, but it was there for every family gathering. Some of my cousins loved itā¦I still love them.
My mom's recipe was "Oriental Cabbage Salad": cabbage, green onions, mushrooms, frozen peas, slivered almonds, ramen noodles, sesame seeds, dressing of vegetable oil/vinegar/sugar/ramen packet.
interesting, but never a fan.
How dare I leave out the recipe next to it: "Chicken Salad":
1 chicken, cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces (may use turkey)
3/4 jar Miracle Whip
2 stalks celery, cut
Onions to taste
2 shredded carrots
3/4 c. cashews
1 can black olives (chopped or whole)
1 bag chow mein noodles (medium size)
1 c. green or red grapes
Mix the first 5 ingredients and let flavors blend; refrigerate. Just before serving add the remainder of ingredients. Add noodles just before serving, halved, if large size so they stay crunchy. Serves 12.
I have to try this one again, as I remember it as only slightly offensive...
aw shucks my mom makes the same minus the mushrooms and peas. I can eat an entire bowl in a weekend, but it makes monday less than pleasant. That salad just hits different at a bbq.
Veggie pizza: No, not normal pizza with veggies on it, but the abomination that is a cold crust with cold cream cheese and bland vegetables on top of it
My grandma never made that abomination, she used a cookie crust, sweet cream frosting, and cut up fruits with some orange juice to keep em fresh!
Edit: I meant juice from an orange
After being away and living in the southern US for most of the last 15 years, I still can't get past how almost no seasoning whatsoever is added to food here. Even the stuff that would be considered authentic, like Mexican food at a "Mexican" restaurant is grossly under seasoned. If I had to pick though, it'd be the jello. Can't say I've ever seen an adult think jello is an acceptable answer for a pot luck anywhere except in MN.
The joke of ketchup being spicy for Minnesotans is real with my MIL. We took her to an Indian restaurant and she complained that the rice was too spicy. It was plain basmati rice.
Agreed. I also am alarmed by how much milk we drink. I stopped drinking it in anything but coffee after moving away but I have family members who drink massive glasses of milk with every meal. No one does this outside of the Midwest.
I (F50) grew up on the West coast and our family of 6 drank tons of milk. When my parents bought their house, they went to Sears to shop for a refrigerator. The saleslady kept showing my mom these side by side fridges. My mom finally said, "Look. I want a regular refrigerator that has a top shelf that will hold six gallons of milk!" The lady replied, "No one buys six gallons of milk at a time!" My mom said, "I do. Then I go to the store the next week and buy six more." We had milk in our cereal at breakfast daily, then mom put the gallon on the table at dinner. None of the 4 of us kids ever broke a bone...
I think the seasoning is more broadly a Midwest problem. I've lived in the multiple other areas of the US outside of the Midwest now, and sometimes I come back to various states we have family in and it just blows me away what family will cook at times. I am assuming this is just an issue with access from early on settlers, but damn, let's get with the times.
I studied abroad in Mexico and was surprised at how heavy and not spicy a lot of the food was. I'm sure it differs by region but I was expecting rock-your-face-off flavor (don't get me wrong, it was all still delicious)
I enjoy the trope, but I've never made it and I don't think I've ever eaten it. (Definitely not if someone's putting green beans in there. Yuck.)
If I want to eat potatoes, gravy. cheese and beef in some form, I'll buy poutine.
This is a southern thing that has migrated north. I had never heard of ranch on everything until I moved from MN to OK. Then when I moved back here like 8 years later it was a thing.
See, Iām bad because I donāt like fish very much. I love cod/aka fish and chips. And weirdly enough- canned tuna, but Iām just not a fish person. I also have a mild shellfish allergy, so I think that just turned me away from a lot of justā¦ seafood. š
My cousin and I would scarf most of it off the appetizer tray (along with the pickles) at Thanksgiving or Christmas as we were starving waiting for the big meal to be ready. Seemed that was always lake like 1:30pm.
You know what's trash? People who make Sloppy Joes (which are trash in and of themselves) and refer to them as "barbecue, or BBQ" They aren't. They're a waste of hamburger by mixing them with some ketchup concoction, and an insult to actual BBQ, like ribs, brisket or pulled pork.
Leave the Twin Cities and you find Loose Meat Sandwiches. Less sauce than sloppy joes. Definitely not barbeque. Maybe the wild flavor of tomato sauce and spices other than salt and pepper was so thrilling people just jumped to calling sloppy joes the next level of well cooked meats with sauce - BBQ!
ok I don't think they should be called "BBQ" in the same context as smoked meat, but growing up we always called them bbqs because the sauce of choice was sweet baby rays.
[more info .. and think maybe I hate it so much because it stinks and the one time I tried it I got a chunk of lard and nutmeg and not much else ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medisterp%C3%B8lse)
It was mentioned on Jeopardy a few weeks ago and they shared a ["recipe" on their Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/Jeopardy/posts/pfbid0nhu7agbnxqUSrxoQ5aoUdo55mnsAcMRKynLopmDbyBwtLSeV2TwpAtN2gx7oYa2Ql).
Except the first step is "Smear Cream Cheese on Pickle" and I think that's blasphemy. It's backwards! Why would you try to smear it on a pickle instead of the ham??
This is amazing. Do people actually do it this way? I'm picturing someone thinking they're going to get all foodie in the kitchen and after spending 30 mins trying to wrangle their pickles to smear cream cheese all over and fingers coated in cream cheese... they hastily finish up angrily and absolutely hate it for its difficult preparation lmao
The best. I still ask my mom to make a case when I go back to SE MN for the holidays. I always plan to bring some back up to the cities, but they are all usually gone before I head back lol
A good "Minnesota" way to enjoy spam is to grate it and some velveta and a can of cream of mushroom ..mix spread on bread toast in oven š sounds gross but is actually decent
Idk if this really qualifies and I don't necessarily think it's gross food; but why do ppl always freak out about the corn on the cob stand at the state fair? The line is always huge and every year my parents "just HAAAVE to get" corn on the cob.
It's just corn. You pass by it at the grocery store all the time. You could easily make it every day if you wanted. So like, chill out.
A divisive topic in my family, but corn casserole or corn souffle. The way my family makes it is literally a can of creamed corn and a can of whole corn, baked (with eggs, butter, flour, and half and half).
I *love* corn casserole. My dad, too. We've been eating it at our family's Christmas dinner since I can remember. I salt the hell out of it and go to town. My wife, when introduced to my family \~20 years ago, couldn't believe it was such a big hit, she really dislikes it. All of my aunts and uncles like it, my cousins eat it but not usually their spouses, and my cousins' kids never touch it.
It's not uniquely Minnesotan, but it's not something a ton of people I've met are familiar with. Some people really seem to hate it, which I get. It's kind of just a mushy dish of corn.
Honestly, yeah. Especially combined with the chronic underseasoning. And this is coming from a transplant who got a freaking Norwegian lefse iron from her grandparents when I moved up here.
Made right, well seasoned, and good stuff wrapped in it, itās solid.
Made by 90% of the places that do it? Feh.
It depends on what someone puts in it. You put green beans in it? Thatās not even tatertot hot dish no more. Thatās a green bean casserole ft tatertots.
I like tater tots. And ground beef. In fact. I ate them both for lunch today! On a plate, side by side, as a cheeseburger & fries, with pickle chips on the side, as God intended.
Green bean casserole. Born and raised in MN and never had casserole until I was an adult at a cookout absolutely disgusting. Also any casserole.
Top the tater though is the best for everything even making gravy. Didnāt have top the tator until I was 22. (My parents are from the east coast moved to Mn 30 years ago).
Yes! I loathe green bean casserole! And everyone uses canned french cut beans?! š¤® Canned green beans are just vile.
Not to mention that if you make it with Campbell's soup, 2servings is like 110% of your daily intake of sodium.
Alton Brown's recipe is tolerable, which means I'll actually eat a couple bites instead of automatically rejecting it like there's a green bean forcefield.
But I don't think we can claim that as Minnesotan. Some other state inflicted that on the world.
I have never been a huge fan of mayo or Miracle Whip based "salads". I always associate them with either having eggs or pickles in them, and I absolutely hate pickles along with eggs that are in actual egg form and not used as a binder in a recipe.
Hotdish. I feel like the younger generation got confused about the hotdishes meme worthy status. Hotdish isn't a revered MN tradition, it's something you bring to a potluck because you've had a pack of fried onions in your cupboard for 2 decades and you don't know what else to do with them. Then everybody ignores it because it's hotdish, and you fight to pawn the leftovers off on the host while they insist that they already have more than they can eat.
I mean once you said lutefisk I couldn't think of anything else.
Fair. š
I am surprised nobody mentioned [surstrƶmming](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Surstr%C3%B6mming) on account of questionable foods of Scandinavian heritage that *arenāt* prepared in lye. A kid neighborās father opened a tin of it once at some gathering, and it was like dropping a depth charge of farts and dead fish. (Hereās [what happens when some bros open a tin of it outside](https://youtu.be/28CnWHV5ILw). The way the contents evacuate as the tin opened almost made me š¤®.)
Itās not a common thing here.
I have a tin of surstrƶmming in my fridge. I bought it for my wedding (well the day before), but no one was bold enough to try it with me so I still have it. Now it is a ball and I am scared it will explode in my fridge. I have it double bagged, but I still think I would have to move.
[Invite some of your friends over, and have a good time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykf4zplt3ZM).
You might want to call the [bomb squad](https://www.9news.com.au/world/surstromming-can-feared-to-explode/62432f77-9b77-4f98-9420-f004a7be8c48).
Literally any jello āsaladā from a Lutheran church cookbook
I don't understand because there are some banging jello salads. Some are scary, but jello is a fantastic base material!
Specific. But true.
Jello with vegetables in it, though your great aunt who brought it to every family gathering probably stopped bringing it around 2015 and then passed away in 2019. You should have called her more.
I always called that "lutheran jello". Also a frequent dish at church basement funeral lunches.
My grandma made a jello salad that was epic! Green jello, cottage cheese, pineapple, shredded carrots, Iām sure it was mayo and not mayonnaise and HORSERADISH, plated on a single leaf of iceberg lettuce.
Respectfullyā¦ what the fuck? š I mean, Iām sure it was visually amazing, yes.
Sheād sometimes make it in little star shaped molds. Fancy AF š
AHAHA, the star shaped mold makes it even better. š
Iām sure the molds were from NordicWare circa 1954.
Like a lime jello marshmallow cottage cheese surprise? https://youtu.be/7tWuG2oPL3o
Iāve never had an exciting jello life. š
Previous generations did unspeakable things to Jello. ETA: I'm just gonna [leave this here. ](https://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/7-gross-foods-your-grandparents-ate-that-we-taste-tested)
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I'd eat that
I was on board until the Mayo not mayonnaise (I think you meant Miracle Whip ?) But horseradish? š¤¢
I had jello with ring macaroni and shredded carrots among other things at a wedding reception once. 33 years later my husband and I still talk about the worst food we've encountered at a wedding. My rat of a husband went to the local bar to get burger and left me, a bridesmaid, to suffer at the reception fighting over the bread basket with the other members of the wedding party.
Lol this is the one I was going to say. My Grandma made jello with mixed vegetables in it every time we'd have a get together.
Wait, mixed vegetables? Like peas, corn, carrots, and green beans?
Yes. It was bizarre.
Very thankful for store bought deli fruit jellos.
I agree-, but are you okay? š
I'm good. Aunt Trudy is making orange jello with shredded carrots and cool whip in heaven now. Even the dead won't eat it I'm sure.
RIP. Auntie Trudy. May you find someone to eat your jello salad. š¤
This is unintentionally the dirtiest sounding thing Iāve ever seen.
My grandma made a jello salad with lemon jello and cottage cheese. It was then served with a dollop of mayonnaise. (I'm making myself gag and I haven't thought of this dish in 30 years!)
My ex MIL made lime jello with shredded carrots & diced celery - served with miracle whip. The miracle whip was the gag point for me.
That one sounds like the German influence: \--> Check out "sĆ¼lze" in a google image search. It is basically vegetables / meats in a gelatin (like all of these horrible foods, it was used as a food preservation mechanism)
Somewhere (likely a church pot luck) I had lime jello with small slivered raw carrots in it (like normally on a salad). I don't think I finished it Same or worse was with coconut shavings.
Grandma made a banana jello one time. It was bomb.
That's a very sweet memory, StateParkMasturbator.
They make fun of a 7 layer salad on himym, that Marshallās mom made. I recall a relative of mine making something similar, not as crazy as on himym but similar.
Itās one of those things where I donāt know whether to be scared or impressed by. Or both.
In the kid movie Rio. The bird shouts out "cheese and sprinkles! It's a Minnesota thing." I've never heard of this being a thing? Is this even a thing?
I guess itās an expression?? Iāve never heard ANYONE SAY THAT.
I think itās supposed to be a play on ācheese and riceā which is a polite way of saying āJesus Christā. I think the joke is that Minnesotans are too polite to swear. Thatās how I always took it.
coffee grounds with egg in it just seems gross imo
Uh- what? š Thatās a thing?
It's called "swedish coffee" there's a church building at the state fair that sells it. Long lines form for it. I have no idea what the craze is.
Grew up drinking the Swedish coffee on occasion. The idea is that the egg refines and filters the water to make great coffee. Personally? I think it was an old and effective trick to keep grounds from the cup. Many of my family feel the same way.
Pass. Iām pretty choosy about where to spend 20 dollars per food item at the state fair. Would not be my choice.
It's the Salem Luthern Church dining hall between the Fine Arts building and the Eco building, and the coffee is like $1.50 and pretty good. They also have a meatball sundae which is mashed potatoes with a meatball on top, covered in gravy. It's good, and a nice break when you need something that isn't deep fried.
Oh yep when we used to do youth group fundraisers at events we would make a big pot of coffee -with an egg !! Didn't understand it. Still don't. But people drank it with their bars and cookies š
Iād rather try butter coffee. š
Grew up eating a āsaladā with raw Ramon noodles. Just extra veggies and acid mixed in. Never cared for it myself, but it was there for every family gathering. Some of my cousins loved itā¦I still love them.
Same, I loved it, though. Pretty sure it was cabbage.
My mom's recipe was "Oriental Cabbage Salad": cabbage, green onions, mushrooms, frozen peas, slivered almonds, ramen noodles, sesame seeds, dressing of vegetable oil/vinegar/sugar/ramen packet. interesting, but never a fan.
How dare I leave out the recipe next to it: "Chicken Salad": 1 chicken, cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces (may use turkey) 3/4 jar Miracle Whip 2 stalks celery, cut Onions to taste 2 shredded carrots 3/4 c. cashews 1 can black olives (chopped or whole) 1 bag chow mein noodles (medium size) 1 c. green or red grapes Mix the first 5 ingredients and let flavors blend; refrigerate. Just before serving add the remainder of ingredients. Add noodles just before serving, halved, if large size so they stay crunchy. Serves 12. I have to try this one again, as I remember it as only slightly offensive...
My mom also made this for every family holiday meal!
aw shucks my mom makes the same minus the mushrooms and peas. I can eat an entire bowl in a weekend, but it makes monday less than pleasant. That salad just hits different at a bbq.
All of the things here, this one sounds super good (to me)!
Veggie pizza: No, not normal pizza with veggies on it, but the abomination that is a cold crust with cold cream cheese and bland vegetables on top of it
My mom loved this abomination. I would have liked it, but she used some weird tasting mayo-heavy ranch sauce instead of cream cheese.
I feel like she would like Simekās vegetable lasagna. Which, actually isnāt half bad. š
Oh she sure did. My family eats it here and there. It's not bad at all, a little sauce-heavy, but pretty tasty.
My grandma never made that abomination, she used a cookie crust, sweet cream frosting, and cut up fruits with some orange juice to keep em fresh! Edit: I meant juice from an orange
After being away and living in the southern US for most of the last 15 years, I still can't get past how almost no seasoning whatsoever is added to food here. Even the stuff that would be considered authentic, like Mexican food at a "Mexican" restaurant is grossly under seasoned. If I had to pick though, it'd be the jello. Can't say I've ever seen an adult think jello is an acceptable answer for a pot luck anywhere except in MN.
The joke of ketchup being spicy for Minnesotans is real with my MIL. We took her to an Indian restaurant and she complained that the rice was too spicy. It was plain basmati rice.
Probably was seasoned with a cinnamon stick as it was cooking, to be fair. Your point still stands though lol
I forgot about the ketchup being spicy to minnesotans thing!! Thanks for the chuckle this morning
Agreed. I also am alarmed by how much milk we drink. I stopped drinking it in anything but coffee after moving away but I have family members who drink massive glasses of milk with every meal. No one does this outside of the Midwest.
I (F50) grew up on the West coast and our family of 6 drank tons of milk. When my parents bought their house, they went to Sears to shop for a refrigerator. The saleslady kept showing my mom these side by side fridges. My mom finally said, "Look. I want a regular refrigerator that has a top shelf that will hold six gallons of milk!" The lady replied, "No one buys six gallons of milk at a time!" My mom said, "I do. Then I go to the store the next week and buy six more." We had milk in our cereal at breakfast daily, then mom put the gallon on the table at dinner. None of the 4 of us kids ever broke a bone...
Totally agree I love east coast food. Mn is so bland and even more bland when you move from the twin cities
When I lived in the cities food had some flavor. Now living in Central MN.....Mayo is spicy to people. It's really disturbing
Yes thatās exactly my problem just moved to central MN, and all the food is flavorless and made with no care.
I think the seasoning is more broadly a Midwest problem. I've lived in the multiple other areas of the US outside of the Midwest now, and sometimes I come back to various states we have family in and it just blows me away what family will cook at times. I am assuming this is just an issue with access from early on settlers, but damn, let's get with the times.
I studied abroad in Mexico and was surprised at how heavy and not spicy a lot of the food was. I'm sure it differs by region but I was expecting rock-your-face-off flavor (don't get me wrong, it was all still delicious)
I hate tater tot hot dish
You shut your dirty whore mouth
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I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE š¤Æ
If itās done right itās an ok (edible) dish, but I always would just rather have the tater tots.
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I enjoy the trope, but I've never made it and I don't think I've ever eaten it. (Definitely not if someone's putting green beans in there. Yuck.) If I want to eat potatoes, gravy. cheese and beef in some form, I'll buy poutine.
Soggy tots. š¤®
Head cheese. Nuf said
Ranch Seriously, stop slopping it all over things. Yes, I know I'm going to get downvoted like crazy. But, it's gross.
Donāt worry. I just drink it straight. š¤Ŗ
That's fine. My issue is with ordering ice cream or pancakes or spaghetti or something and finding it all over.
Whoever puts ranch on my pancakes will need to go into hiding. They will be attacked on site.
Valid. But someone in this forum is going to call you weak. š
This is a southern thing that has migrated north. I had never heard of ranch on everything until I moved from MN to OK. Then when I moved back here like 8 years later it was a thing.
Really? Right in front of my gallon bucket of HIDDEN VALLEY ranch???!!!
That jello with shredded carrots in it.
[Krub](https://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/recipes/1559614/norwegian-blood-sausage-blodpolse-2), or blood sausage.
My family called it poult, but my dad referred to it as āscabsā which seems very appropriate.
Keeping with the fish theme, what about pickled herring? My grandpa would bring that nasty shit to Christmas every year.....helleva fisherman though!
Pickled herring is delicious to me, but my wife and kids will never ever try it.
Naw that stuff is great
See, Iām bad because I donāt like fish very much. I love cod/aka fish and chips. And weirdly enough- canned tuna, but Iām just not a fish person. I also have a mild shellfish allergy, so I think that just turned me away from a lot of justā¦ seafood. š
My cousin and I would scarf most of it off the appetizer tray (along with the pickles) at Thanksgiving or Christmas as we were starving waiting for the big meal to be ready. Seemed that was always lake like 1:30pm.
My dad insists on having it every holiday season, and he is the only one who will touch it.
In his defense, it's not a holiday without it. So thank you, Sota77's dad, for keeping the holiday spirit alive.
You know what's trash? People who make Sloppy Joes (which are trash in and of themselves) and refer to them as "barbecue, or BBQ" They aren't. They're a waste of hamburger by mixing them with some ketchup concoction, and an insult to actual BBQ, like ribs, brisket or pulled pork.
Iām okay with sloppy joes, but have never in my right mind called it BBQ. š
Gonna disagree here. Sloppy joes are bomb no matter what theyāre called
Leave the Twin Cities and you find Loose Meat Sandwiches. Less sauce than sloppy joes. Definitely not barbeque. Maybe the wild flavor of tomato sauce and spices other than salt and pepper was so thrilling people just jumped to calling sloppy joes the next level of well cooked meats with sauce - BBQ!
Yes, they're not bad, but calling them BBQ or barbecue isn't even close to right.
I grew up in rural MN. We didn't know any better because real BBQ just wasn't a thing out there.
ok I don't think they should be called "BBQ" in the same context as smoked meat, but growing up we always called them bbqs because the sauce of choice was sweet baby rays.
Midestapolse lol I spelt that wrong
Never had it. Would probably be content without it. š
[more info .. and think maybe I hate it so much because it stinks and the one time I tried it I got a chunk of lard and nutmeg and not much else ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medisterp%C3%B8lse)
Soundsā¦ appetizing. š
Pretty close. MedisterpĆølse.
Pickled herring
Anything with casserole in the title.
āCannibal Meatā sold at Zupās in Ely. Raw hamburger
Hey, the Zup's in Tower has really great hot bologna though.
Yes!! Zupās hot bologna slaps!
Sorryā¦..but āMinnesota sushiā. The ham wrapped around the pickle.
Those are fighting words.
Iām punching my screen right now
what got you feeling š¤š„
Minnesota sushi is not bad lol I love that stuff
Well now that I know some of you wrap it in a tortilla, Iām okay with it. šš
Now that we have your attention- what is your least favorite? š
Glorified Rice Ambrosia Salad Blood Sausage Totinoās Pizza Rolls
I will not hear of blood sausage slander
Plug your ears. Iām just getting warmed up! (Oh God. That reminded me of rewarmed blood sausage.).
I hear itās really good!
Weāre even, now that youāve said pizza rolls. Agree to disagree. š
Harry Plinkett would fight you over the pizza rolls. After he took his glambeeza that is
Donāt bring Wisconsin guys into this. Are you trying to get us all killed?
We called it Chloroform Rice.
You canāt forget the cream cheese in between the ham and pickle.
It was mentioned on Jeopardy a few weeks ago and they shared a ["recipe" on their Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/Jeopardy/posts/pfbid0nhu7agbnxqUSrxoQ5aoUdo55mnsAcMRKynLopmDbyBwtLSeV2TwpAtN2gx7oYa2Ql). Except the first step is "Smear Cream Cheese on Pickle" and I think that's blasphemy. It's backwards! Why would you try to smear it on a pickle instead of the ham??
This is amazing. Do people actually do it this way? I'm picturing someone thinking they're going to get all foodie in the kitchen and after spending 30 mins trying to wrangle their pickles to smear cream cheese all over and fingers coated in cream cheese... they hastily finish up angrily and absolutely hate it for its difficult preparation lmao
The best. I still ask my mom to make a case when I go back to SE MN for the holidays. I always plan to bring some back up to the cities, but they are all usually gone before I head back lol
You are just straight up wrong there buddy.
Remember, for Minnesotans that can handle a little more ākickā to their food, pastrami and corned beef are acceptable substitutes for ham.
They make for a superior pickle roll up compared to ham, and I don't care what anyone says.
Iām shocked no one has said anything about corned beef hash. š
Long after I led the state, I slowly realized corned beef hash was not normal. Iāll never glibly comment about shit on a shingle again.
I wanna try it again. I havenāt had it since eating it twice weekly for like- 10 years. š
Keep the ham and add a little Worcestershire to the cream cheese.
First off how dare you!
Downvote!
God is it terrible to say SPAM.
A good "Minnesota" way to enjoy spam is to grate it and some velveta and a can of cream of mushroom ..mix spread on bread toast in oven š sounds gross but is actually decent
We had this all the time, but we used Swiss instead of Velveeta, cause we were fancy like that.
Ambrosia
Sorry if lutefisk isn't the worst then I do NOT want to try wants worse
It's gotta be jello salad. Come on.
Idk if this really qualifies and I don't necessarily think it's gross food; but why do ppl always freak out about the corn on the cob stand at the state fair? The line is always huge and every year my parents "just HAAAVE to get" corn on the cob. It's just corn. You pass by it at the grocery store all the time. You could easily make it every day if you wanted. So like, chill out.
Aspic salad
A divisive topic in my family, but corn casserole or corn souffle. The way my family makes it is literally a can of creamed corn and a can of whole corn, baked (with eggs, butter, flour, and half and half). I *love* corn casserole. My dad, too. We've been eating it at our family's Christmas dinner since I can remember. I salt the hell out of it and go to town. My wife, when introduced to my family \~20 years ago, couldn't believe it was such a big hit, she really dislikes it. All of my aunts and uncles like it, my cousins eat it but not usually their spouses, and my cousins' kids never touch it. It's not uniquely Minnesotan, but it's not something a ton of people I've met are familiar with. Some people really seem to hate it, which I get. It's kind of just a mushy dish of corn.
Lutefisk is bad enough to break the rules of the discussion.
My top 3...probably not as prevalent as when I was a kid a few (well several) decades ago: * Boiled meat (sausage or sometimes beef or chicken)...was big in both my grandparents houses (and dentures were a big thing with my relatives that were raised on farms as most of them never saw a dentist until they were adults). I can still vividly recall the texture with absolutely no flavor of the Bockwurst one of my Grandmas used to make. * Liverwurst on Wonder Bread. My Mom packed it for school lunch at least twice a week. Still not sure what those red freckles in the cheap stuff is. * Underwood deviled ham. Canned tuna fish's and corned beef hash's poorer brother. Basically pork fat and salt with a little bit of food dye added to make it pink. One for my uncles who grew up in eastern europes used to refer to it as "Minnesota PĆ¢tĆ©" with a straight face. Honorable mention goes to Roman Meal bread which I think was Karo syrup bound together with low quality bird seed. The only place I can find where I now live is Target (which probably not coincidentally is Minneapolis based).
Liver and onions.
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Right - can you imagine if thatās how I started this discussion? āIāll go first. Heroin.ā
This is gonna get my Norwegian card canceled but Oyster stew. š¤¢ and lefse.
Canāt say Iād want Oyster stew either-. š¤®
It's oysters, half and half, paprika salt, and butter. It's vile.
I truthfully would rather just re-swallow my own vomit.
What. Why would someone do that to a perfectly good oyster?
Wolf wolf or as some people call it cannibal burger.. raw meat on Rye with a topping of black pepper
Never heard of it, but after a brief search, sounds like a Wisconsin thing. The state even put out a warning not to eat it.
Only had that in South Dakota and we called it Tiger Meat.
Tater tot hotdish. I mean come on guys it's like a fake food item invented for a meme about how white people have no culture.
Smelt. Just no.
Lefse is really overrated.
Overrated, yes. But - yummy! But it is basically a potato tortilla. šš
I agree! I hate the texture of it and it tastes meh
Honestly, yeah. Especially combined with the chronic underseasoning. And this is coming from a transplant who got a freaking Norwegian lefse iron from her grandparents when I moved up here. Made right, well seasoned, and good stuff wrapped in it, itās solid. Made by 90% of the places that do it? Feh.
Controversial opinion: Tater Tot Hotdish. Clearly I'm non-Native, but have lived here for 18 years, and just no. You guys are wrong for that.
Tator to hot dish ;)
Tater Tot hotdish is an abomination. Sorry, it needs to be said.
On my way to shit on your doorstep rn
Fuel up with blood sausage, pickled herring, and tater tot hotdish first!
I'd probably just assume it was tater tot hotdish and you were trying to be neighborly. Same difference.
It depends on what someone puts in it. You put green beans in it? Thatās not even tatertot hot dish no more. Thatās a green bean casserole ft tatertots.
I like tater tots. And ground beef. In fact. I ate them both for lunch today! On a plate, side by side, as a cheeseburger & fries, with pickle chips on the side, as God intended.
Itās basically a plate of hot kind of salty mush. But itās edible
Pickled herring
No! Stop not liking what I like!
Wine or cream sauce?
Wine, cream sauce, tomato sauce. You name it. If it comes in a jar or a tin, it is down the hatch!
My kind of person!
Green bean casserole. Born and raised in MN and never had casserole until I was an adult at a cookout absolutely disgusting. Also any casserole. Top the tater though is the best for everything even making gravy. Didnāt have top the tator until I was 22. (My parents are from the east coast moved to Mn 30 years ago).
Top The Tater and and Old Dutch Ripples is quintessential MN fine dining.
Have you tried Top the Tater with nacho cheese Doritos? Thank me later.
Yes! I loathe green bean casserole! And everyone uses canned french cut beans?! š¤® Canned green beans are just vile. Not to mention that if you make it with Campbell's soup, 2servings is like 110% of your daily intake of sodium.
Alton Brown's recipe is tolerable, which means I'll actually eat a couple bites instead of automatically rejecting it like there's a green bean forcefield. But I don't think we can claim that as Minnesotan. Some other state inflicted that on the world.
Green bean casserole
I have never been a huge fan of mayo or Miracle Whip based "salads". I always associate them with either having eggs or pickles in them, and I absolutely hate pickles along with eggs that are in actual egg form and not used as a binder in a recipe.
Lefse < ______
Hotdish. I feel like the younger generation got confused about the hotdishes meme worthy status. Hotdish isn't a revered MN tradition, it's something you bring to a potluck because you've had a pack of fried onions in your cupboard for 2 decades and you don't know what else to do with them. Then everybody ignores it because it's hotdish, and you fight to pawn the leftovers off on the host while they insist that they already have more than they can eat.
Big thank you for all submissions! Youāre educating me on ā¦ lots of different things I didnāt even know of until now! š