What are typical Minnesota foods?

If you spent your early years in Minnesota, you definitely love these quintessentially Minnesotan foods:
  • Tater tot hotdish. srsldy/Flickr. ...
  • Wild rice soup. Emily Carlin/Flickr. ...
  • Dessert bars. Meal Makeover Moms/Flickr. ...
  • Juicy Lucy. Max Sparber/Flickr. ...
  • Lefse. Jesse Thorstad/Flickr. ...
  • Salads. ...
  • Walleye. ...
  • Sweet Martha's Cookies.
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What food is known for Minnesota?

Wild rice. Fun fact: Wild rice is the state grain of Minnesota. From soups to pancakes, there's nothing better than locally harvested wild rice to give you a hearty, flavorful meal.
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What foods originated in Minnesota?

Top Ten Foods Invented in Minnesota
  • Cheerios.
  • Wild Rice Soup. ...
  • Apples. ...
  • Corn Dogs. ...
  • Pizza Rolls. ...
  • Ojibwe Fry Bread. ...
  • Cold Hardy Grapes. ...
  • Bundt Cake. ...
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What snack is Minnesota known for?

Salted Nut Roll

The dream started in 1909 in St. Paul, Minnesota and the candy creations are still being made today. Pearson's Candy has quite a few names that many recognize including the Salted Nut Roll.
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What dessert is Minnesota known for?

The most iconic dessert in Minnesota is none other than the Blueberry Muffin, the report said.
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What food is Minneapolis famous for?

10 Must-Eat Foods in the Twin Cities
  • Booya.
  • Cheese Curds. Alright, we'll pay due respect to Wisconsin, the undeniable cheese state — but this Midwestern delicacy is just as popular in the Twin Cities and other parts of eastern Minnesota. ...
  • Hot Dish. ...
  • Jell-O Salad.
  • Jucy Lucy.
  • Lefse. ...
  • Lutefisk. ...
  • Walleye.
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What is Minnesota best known for?

Minnesota is known for its lakes and forests, but it's also home to the Twin Cities: Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Twin Cities are home to many Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, General Mills, Target, and Land 'o Lakes. The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota is the largest mall in the United States.
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What is Minnesota's state fruit?

The Honeycrisp Apple was adopted as the state fruit in 2006.

The apple was produced from a 1960 cross of Macoun and Honeygold apples, as part of the University of Minnesota apple breeding program to develop a winter-hardy tree with high quality fruit.
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What is the Minnesota state drink?

Milk was adopted as the official state drink in 1984.

Minnesota produces over 9 billion pounds of milk a year (around 5 percent of the nation's total) and ranks eighth in dairy production among the states.
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What is Minnesota state mushroom?

1.149 STATE MUSHROOM.

Morchella esculenta, commonly known as the morel, sponge mushroom, or honeycomb morel, is adopted as the official state mushroom of the state of Minnesota.
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What is the state vegetable of Minnesota?

Twelve states have an official State Vegetable, Minnesota is not one of them (neither is Wisconsin, Iowa, or either one of the Dakotas).
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What words do Minnesotans say weird?

Minnesotans have their own special language. What are five phrases from Minnesota that seem strange to everyone else?
  • Ope. Ope is an exclamation that's similar to “oops.”
  • Top the Tator. ...
  • The Cities. ...
  • Duck, Duck, Gray Duck. ...
  • “Oh for ___!”
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What candy is made in Minnesota?

A little-known fact: Mars, the maker of Milky Way and Snickers candy bars and M&Ms, actually got its start in Minnesota before moving to Chicago decades ago (see sidebar, page 31). Now it's the largest candy maker in the United States.
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What is Minnesota wild rice?

Wild rice (Zizania aquatica or Zizania palustris), called manoomin in the Ojibwe language, has been a staple food for Minnesota's Indians for centuries. It was adopted as the official state grain in 1977. It is an aquatic grass not related to common rice.
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What is Minnesota's culture?

The North Star State. Located in the Midwest of the United States, Minnesotan culture is largely influenced by its German and Scandinavian populations, but also recent immigrants from Mexico, Laos, Vietnam and Somalia. This mix of traditional and new cultures makes Minnesota a fascinating place to live, work and visit.
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What candy bar is made in Minnesota?

Frank Mars was born in 1883 in Hancock, Minnesota, and later moved to Minneapolis where he founded the Mar-O-Bar Company, which manufactured chocolate candy bars. In 1923 he introduced his son Forrest's idea, the Milky Way candy bar, which soon became a best-selling product.
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What are 3 interesting facts about Minnesota?

Minnesota Facts & Figures
  • Capital: St. Paul.
  • Statehood: Became a state in 1858, the 32nd state in the union.
  • Size: 12th-largest state in U.S.
  • Length: just over 400 miles.
  • Width: varies from about 200-350 miles.
  • Location: Upper Midwest, in north central U.S. Along the U.S.-Canada border.
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Do they still make 7 up bars?

Seven Up Bar

The bar was discontinued in 1979, although amazingly it retains a devoted fan base. "People loved that there was this whole mystery to it," Lacey said.
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How do Minnesotans say milk?

And, it's not just our everyday Minnesotans and Wisconsinites that pronounce milk as 'melk.
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What are some Minnesota stereotypes?

List of Typical Stereotypes About Minnesotans
  • 1) People Speak Like The Fargo Movie.
  • 2) Minnesotans Accent Is Like Scandinavian People Speaking English.
  • 3) Cow Tipping Is Common in Minnesota.
  • 4) Caribou Instead Of Starbucks.
  • 5) Minnesotans Say “Uff Da” At All Times!
  • 6) Minnesotans Can't Live Without Corn Dogs.
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What is a Minnesota goodbye?

You know what I'm talking about, right? The 'Minnesota Goodbye' is essentially a long, drawn-out phenomenon when trying to leave a family event or function that extends the process of saying goodbye. In fact, it stretches a regular goodbye into one that is much longer than it really needs to be.
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What is Minnesota's state muffin?

The blueberry muffin is adopted as the official muffin of the state of Minnesota.
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What is Minnesota's state reptile?

Minnesota does not have an official state reptile. However, the Blanding's turtle was proposed as the reptile of the state in 1998 and 1999.
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