Minnesota
4 dishes from Minnesota, cooked the way the place cooks them.
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4 dishes from Minnesota, cooked the way the place cooks them.
Two thin patties of plain ground chuck sealed around a folded slice of process American, griddled hard on both sides and rested until the cheese inside stops being dangerous.
Skinless walleye fillets in a thin coat of crushed saltines, fried three minutes a side in oil with butter added at the end, and eaten with lemon and nothing else.
Browned beef and a can of condensed soup under a single close-packed layer of frozen potato tots, baked uncovered until the top is gold and the underneath is bubbling at the edges.
Hand-harvested lake rice cooked apart in its own water, then finished in a mushroom and turkey broth with a little cream stirred in off the heat.