Over the weekend, I received an e mail word from a pal who previously lived right here within the Rockford space. Within the e mail, he included a hyperlink to a bit about “traditional” Midwestern meals dishes he discovered on an internet site.
After mentioning that he himself had lived within the Midwest as soon as upon a time (which he completely ignored), he stated I ought to try the article as a result of “you individuals want to alter up that (curse-word) you name meals!“
Effectively my buddies, the “you individuals” he was speaking about is us, so let’s check out a few of the meals that Midwesterners eat that the remainder of the nation considers gross.
“Please do not make me eat casserole, Grandpa!” (Getty Pictures)
“You may eat that damned casserole and prefer it, Johnny!” (Getty Pictures)
No Shock, Casseroles Get A Smack-Down From Non-Midwesterners
The web site piece I am referring to is from Buzzfeed.com, and was written again in 2018 by Jesse Szewczyk. “Can We All Agree That These 12 Midwestern Meals Are Really Gross?” takes a have a look at the stuff Midwesterners (supposedly) eagerly stuff into our pie-holes each likelihood we get.
As if killing the tuna weren’t unhealthy sufficient, we then shove it in a casserole. (Getty Pictures)
In equity, the writer says that the Midwest is the house of consolation meals, however a few of the takes on Midwestern meals usually are not all that comforting. Like, as an illustration, casseroles–in explicit, tuna casserole with crushed potato chips on prime:
Canned tuna isn’t good, and it definitely would not style any higher when baked right into a tacky casserole of crushed potato chips and peas.
lady making humorous face, on white background
Yeah…about that…I’ll need to agree. As a toddler of the Nineteen Sixties, when you would actually be deported for not having 3-4 completely different casseroles in your dinner rotation, I used to be served a ton of casseroles by my Midwestern mother. Tuna casserole was in her sizzling rotation, and sure, it was gross.
However, if I did not wish to sit on the desk till I ate it, even when it meant all night time, I choked it down.
One other pleased buyer! (Getty Pictures)
This is a fan favorite–Ambrosia salad. (Getty Pictures)
Then There’s Ambrosia Salad, Friday Fish Frys, And Pet Chow
Okay, so I occur to agree with the grossness of tuna casserole, and I discover myself nodding my head on the notion that the ambrosia salad pictured above is…properly…fairly disgusting. However these items? I like each of them.
All you’ll be able to eat! (Getty Pictures)
Pet chow that is completely not for canines. (Getty Pictures)
I draw a tough line on a Friday night time barbecue and pet chow. I like each of these, though not on the similar time. That might simply be bizarre.
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