This unique pizza style originates from the Quad Cities region of Iowa and Illinois and is characterized by an unusual strip cut and a slightly spicy sauce. The crust has a nutty taste due to a generous amount of malt syrup, and the sauce contains chili and cayenne pepper flakes.
The pork sausage used for the topping should be cooked and allowed to rest in its juices for several hours before being spread over the entire pizza. Due to its malt-enriched crust, this dish naturally pairs well with beer.
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Although its name might suggest otherwise, Snickers salad is more of a dessert than a conventional salad, consisting of Snickers bars, whipped cream, Granny Smith apples, and pudding. In order to prepare it, the ingredients are simply chopped, then combined.
There are many versions of this salad, with added ingredients such as bananas, buttermilk, sour cream, lemon juice, or crushed pineapple. This unusual dessert is traditionally served in a bowl, and it is a staple at potlucks in Iowa, the place of its origin.
Also known as tavern sandwich, loose meat sandwich is an American invention consisting of a hamburger bun that is split and filled with ground beef and sautéed onions. The beef is unseasoned (it's often slowly cooked in various blends of flavorings), and the sandwich is usually additionally filled with mustard, ketchup, cheese, or pickles.
In a sandwich shop, you’ll probably get a spoon with this sandwich so you can eat all of the scattered ground meat that’s fallen off. The first tavern sandwich was prepared by David Heglin in Sioux City, Iowa in 1924, while the same thing, but with the name loose meat sandwich was prepared in Muscatine, Iowa by Fred Angell in 1926.
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