Wild rice is the state grain of Minnesota, and I happened to have some from there, so that was a must on our menu. We also wanted to tie in the large Norwegian influence in the state. The two Norwegian dishes most mentioned for Minnesota are lutefisk and lefse. Somehow we thought we'd prefer the lefse, a dessert flatbread made from mashed potatoes and served with butter and sugar, over the lutefisk made from dried fish. Go figure. We made the lefse recipe at http://visualrecipes.com/recipe-details/recipe_id/113/Lefse/. Actually, we made a half recipe and totally regret it - we should have made more!
California is known for produce and nuts. Particularly artichokes, avocados, garlic, olives, grapes, raisins, pistachios, almonds and walnuts. We couldn't use all of those, but we threw almonds and golden raisins into our wild rice pilaf, and made chicken stuffed with artichokes, olives, and Monterey Jack cheese for the entree. Monterey Jack cheese is really from Monterey, CA. We also bought a sourdough to represent San Francisco, but unfortunately forgot to serve it. We did enjoy it for breakfast the next day at least.
Wild rice is the state grain of Minnesota, and I happened to have some from there, so that was a must on our menu. We also wanted to tie in the large Norwegian influence in the state. The two Norwegian dishes most mentioned for Minnesota are lutefisk and lefse. Somehow we thought we'd prefer the lefse, a dessert flatbread made from mashed potatoes and served with butter and sugar, over the lutefisk made from dried fish. Go figure. We made the lefse recipe at http://visualrecipes.com/recipe-details/recipe_id/113/Lefse/. Actually, we made a half recipe and totally regret it - we should have made more!
California is known for produce and nuts. Particularly artichokes, avocados, garlic, olives, grapes, raisins, pistachios, almonds and walnuts. We couldn't use all of those, but we threw almonds and golden raisins into our wild rice pilaf, and made chicken stuffed with artichokes, olives, and Monterey Jack cheese for the entree. Monterey Jack cheese is really from Monterey, CA. We also bought a sourdough to represent San Francisco, but unfortunately forgot to serve it. We did enjoy it for breakfast the next day at least.
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