Indiana

• Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

  A slice of boneless pork loin pounded out to twice the width of its bun, breaded in cracker crumbs and fried until the crust is rigid — the sandwich Indiana names after a muscle it does not contain.

  Total

  40 min

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  690 per serving

• Fried Biscuits with Apple Butter

  A plain yeast dough cut small and dropped into deep fat, where it puffs hollow in ninety seconds, served hot by the basket with cold apple butter to put inside it.

  Total

  45 min, plus about 1 hr 40 min rising

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  420 per serving

• Persimmon Pudding

  Pulp from the native persimmon, taken when the fruit is soft enough to look spoiled, baked flat in a pan with sugar, flour and milk until it sets dark and sinks in the middle.

  Total

  1 hr 25 min, plus cooling

  Serves

  12

  Calories

  235 per serving

• Sugar Cream Pie

  Cream, sugar and a spoonful of flour stirred together, poured into a baked shell, dusted with nutmeg and baked until it barely holds — a pie made entirely of things that keep on a shelf in February.

  Total

  1 hr 10 min, plus blind-baking and 4 hours cooling

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  470 per serving

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