South Dakota

• Chislic

  Cubes of lamb fried hard in deep fat, hit with garlic salt the second they come out, and eaten off toothpicks with saltines — the official nosh of South Dakota by act of the legislature.

  Total

  40 min

  Serves

  6

  Calories

  460 per serving

• Kuchen

  A sweet yeast base pressed into a pie tin, fruit laid over it and a cream custard poured on top, dusted with cinnamon — the official state dessert of South Dakota, carried through two legislatures by the town of Eureka.

  Total

  2 hr 30 min

  Serves

  12

  Calories

  320 per serving

• Roast Pheasant with Cream Gravy

  Two young birds blanketed in bacon, roasted hot and fast so the breast does not dry out, and a gravy built in the pan with cream — the method South Dakota's own extension service wrote down in 1960.

  Total

  1 hr 30 min

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  590 per serving

• Sour Cream Raisin Pie

  A cooked custard of sour cream, sugar, yolks and spice, thick with plumped raisins, poured hot into a baked shell and sealed under meringue — the pie South Dakota gave a state contest and a crowned queen.

  Total

  4 hr 15 min

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  565 per serving

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