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I now understand why Indiana is the second fattest state in the Union. It's the Hoosier specialties. (Yes, I'm still here. I go home on the 6th, after my sister gets here to take over. Grandpa cried when I said I was leaving, and I did, too.)
Let's start with the noodles. Okay, the Amish make some of the best egg noodles in the world, really and truly. They're a very good tagliatelle, thick and soft, with just the right bite to them. Okay, that's fine, unless you're low carbing. But here, they simmer a chuck or chicken in broth, then stew the noodles with meat until the noodles absorb most of the broth. This might be okay (and it really is a childhood comfort food for me) until... they serve this mess of carbs over mashed potatoes.
Then there's corn pudding, which may or may not be served with the above meal. Corn, add crushed crackers, eggs, butter, cream, sugar and bake.
Cornmeal mush... fried. Like fried grits, but not.
Then there's sugar-cream pie and peanut butter pie. They're both delicious, but they really should come with an insulin pen. And no, sugar cream pie is not at all like any other cream pie on the planet.
The produce can be scary (though Meijer's has been okay so far), and when people come to visit in this town, they bring perishables.
I will admit that I love the people here, but the food is some scary stuff. I'll post recipes (real ones) when I get back to Colorado and have a real internet connection again.
Pcat
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