Midwestern cuisine reveals the glory of simple dishes such as
pot roast,
sausage,
cornbread,
scrapple[?],
pancakes and that icon of mid-western cookery the
jello salad[?].
Dairy is an important ingredient, especially as
cheese. Meals tend to be served family style or smorgasbord rather than in courses. Seasoning is light, not spicy.
The cuisine is heavily influenced by the
immigrant groups which settled in particular areas of the
Midwest, mainly
Northern European[?]: so
Swedish and
Norwegian lutefisk,
Cornish pasties[?],
Polish packzi[?] may be common in some areas and unheard of in others.
Some midwestern dishes include: