What to Eat in Iowa (it's more than just corn)
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- Traditional foods of Iowa. What you should eat when you visit Iowa. Some of the tastiest treats to have when you visit the Hawkeye State. From breaded pork tenderloins to Dutch Letters Iowa has quite a few foods for you to enjoy.
Filmed in Pella, Iowa
Copyright Mark Wolters 2021
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As an Iowan I approve of this thorough review. Showing boiled corn on the cob instead of grilled shows attention to detail.
I grew up in Iowa. All,of these are staples!
I live in Nebraska, and Casey's is easily the best convenience store here. Thank you Iowa.
Here’s a don’t in iowa: don’t try to steal corn from a random corn field and cook it yourself. 9 times out of 10 it will be feed corn and hard as a rock even when you cook it
Lol, people do that here
🤣🤣🤣🤣 seriously! Non midwest people actually think the millions of acres of corn 🌽 are sweet corn or that livestock eats the same corn we do. Cracks me up.
@@WoltersWorldEats which is sad because a good portion of the fields that are sweet corn are marked as such.
Have to explain that to my kids all the time :)
Not to mention when corn is ready to harvest there is so much corn everywhere you can get a dozen ears fora buck or so, really not worth the waisted effort
There are Butterscotch chips in the "Scotcheroo" aka "Special K Bar", aka "Turtles" (My Grandma's version) thus the name.
Thank. I was just going to comment that! :)
Hello Shannon 👋
Hello
and in Cedar Rapids (home of the National Czech Slovak Museum) there are kolache..Mostly fruit ones, prune,cherry,apple,cheese, and my favorite poppy seed filling. Sykora Bakery down in "Bohemie town/16th Ave" makes them
My man! Rhubarb pie! Especially with hundred year old rhubarb! Strawberry and rhubarb pie is my favorite. With ice cream.
Lived in the Amana Colonies for 3 years. Don't remember seeing many "horse and buggies". Might be thinking of Amish Country instead.
He must be thinking of Kalona
If you can get to Ottumwa go to the Canteen. There are lots of places to get loose meat sandwiches but the Canteen is what they all wish they were. 2 made rites and a chocolate shake. Trust me.
Will do! Thank you!
Absolutely!! Canteen is the best and such a vibe.
Awe - all these foods remind me of my childhood growing up in Iowa!
I’ve learned so much about the USA through these videos during the pandemic. I love how each state really has its own specialties. 🇺🇸
I love these kind of videos also. I started making my own. This guy's more insightful than I am though. Haha what state are you in?
Hello Kim 👋👋😊
Casey's does have great pizza! The original Maid Rite opened in Iowa around 100 years ago and last I heard, it was still open.
I have been making pizza videos and other types of food videos on my channel lately. One thing I haven't tried is the pizza from iowa. Is a comparable to chicago?
@@markrichardsocioprojectgo1800 No, it's not deep dish any place I've ever been.
@@msaudreylee not all Chicago pizza is deep dish.
In Des Moines you will find a few deep dish like Felix & Oscars.
There are actually a lot of Italians and some Greeks that settled in Iowa and there are some awesome pizza places all over the state. Mostly Neapolitan and Sicilian style..
PS Don’t eat the Casey’s pizza. It’s a gas station and you get what you pay for, glop that fills a hole.
It's called Canteen in the Alley. Orginal loose meat sandwich. Yes their still open in Ottumwa Iowa. And will be 100 in I think 2029.
Omg sauerkraut and Canadian bacon from Harris Pizza in Davenport is the best ever!!
Also while in Iowa, you need to go to Tipton and get one of the world famous crescent pastries from Tiffany's Tipton Bakery. You will love it!
Worked at a Casey's General Store before. Taco Pizza is to die for.
The last time I was back home and did a stop for some breakfast pizza they DID have the sausage and gravy variation. YUMMY!!!!
I’m so happy when I’m eating the tenderloin before I get to the bun. I’m also very happy when I’m eating a cheese rite. You missed Muscatine melons. Mmmmm… peak season watermelon!
I think the biggest tenderloin I have ever seen here is in a tiny town called Troy Mills at the Dam Bar. It was the size of a catcher's mit.
Thank you for the video.
Breakfast Pizza, who would have thought, but sounds like a great idea!
It is kinda brilliant!
As an iowan I agree with everything u said Casey's is the go to here in iowa
So good when it's fresh out of the oven in the morning
Born and raised in Iowa, sauerkraut and Canadian bacon pizza, mm-mm! And, dude, you forgot the kolaces at Sycora's Bakery in Cedar Rapids in Czech Village.
Sauerkraut and Canadian bacon pizza, I have never had that before...but it might be interesting.
We have kolaches here in Texas too! They came Czech immigrants in the hill country
I live in Montana but travel to Knoxville, Iowa, each August for the sprint car races. Between Pella and Knoxville alone I have plenty of great eating places to choose from. However. I haven't yet tried the breaded pork you mentioned. I'll be sure to put that item at the top of my list for my visit this summer. BTW, I love those Twin Bings which are also available where I live.
Make sure you get bacon breakfast pizza instead of sausage… proud Iowan!
First that’s a beautiful park you’re in and second the food looks tasty. BREKKIE pizza for the win!
Nice vid, thanks!
love your videos - qc resident
Taco Pizza from Casey's is an all time fave!!!!
Great information. Moving to Iowa in 2022.
Go to Iowa city best dining in the state, with the exception of “mi patria” in Des Moines.
I second going to the Amana Colonies because not only is there a lot of good food but the brewery has its own sodas (and it’s delicious) alongside its beer selections.
Dont know if they only in Iowa or not but there was this place on 2nd ave. In Desmoines that had the best mushroom and swiss burger I have ever eaten to this day
Bings are in Colorado also. Very tasty
Amazing how low quality chocolate and that yucky cherry filling sometimes tastes good
@RoboRocket99 - I live in NW Iowa but 1 Bing in a year is enough. If you want good chocolate, try the chocolate in ALDI.
Sweet corn carts are the best! Born n raised in Cedar Rapids but have been all over Iowa
Hello
My family is originally from Pella, Iowa, even though I live in Kansas City today. I'm not a fan of the Twin Bing candy bars. They're OK. But I do love the Cherry Mash candy bars that are made in St. Joe, MO. Same idea but with a different spin. BTW, every time I return to Pella I eat piles of Dutch letters and gain 10lbs. Good stuff.
I've lived in Iowa all my life..I've never heard of Twin Bing. Will have to give it a try!
It's an acquired taste :)
Must live under a rock
@@smujer1 Is it a more western Iowa thing? Cause I've never seen it in a store before. Would love to try one someday, but I've never had the chance! I just looked to see what places around me might have some and none do, and I would have to order them online.
@@kylecurry1184they are in gas stations or candy aisles all over the state.
Sioux City 🤘
Dandelion wine from the Amana’s is the best😋
ah, a little bit of nostalgia. Now I can go back to ccoking here in Europe... I am actually looking for ideas from home to make for my social media! Thanks!
I remember those days, living in Lisbon trying to make comfort food with, often, very different ingredients.
@@WoltersWorldEats I've really had to develop a whole new style of cooking, loosely based on Midwestern Casseroles, Soulfood, Louisiana Creole, and Gullah-Geechee traditions, which are in turn augmented by what I've learned working in hotels and restaurants and being married to a Southern Italian, and Frequenting, French, Chinese, Thai, and Spanish people and places. You can see sme of my "fusion" creations. Substitutions were very commonplace for me until I decided to simply start creating, as I often did growing up in the Iowa melting pot.
@@tysonl.taylor-gerstner1558 I understand! When I put out videos on food it is terribly difficult. I never have cooked with a recipe, no real measurements or even a set list of ingredients. My food marriages tend to be Greek, French, Southwest, Southeast, with random things from East Africa, Brasil and Italy thrown in. I think it must be the travelers in us...because that list keeps growing. Btw, I did a lot of work on Daufuskie Isl recording historic Gullah-Geechee buildings. I love the culture and recommend a Daufuskie visit to anyone visiting the Savannah HHI area.
Twin Bing 😳😆
This was extra enjoyable because I know little about Iowa cuisine (corn, Maytag blue cheese, loose meat, QC pizza). Maid-Rite is famous but I’ve only had the Wichita, KS equivalent from NuWay. Didn’t know loose meat sandos originated in Illinois.
*Awesome vintage photo* @3:45. 👍 I’m a fried catfish fan.
Oh, Maid Rites are the bestest!
Maid-Rites originated in IOWA. Not Illinois and they are great.
@@seththomas9105 That’s my understanding but you should tell Mark since he claims otherwise at 2:45.
Scotcharoos do have butterscotch in them. The topping is kot only chocolate but, a mix of chocolate and butterscotch chips melted together.
I live in Winterset Iowa it’s amazing
I live in the quad cities and I approve this message. 👍
Fried catfish is great but I want some Smoked bass or walleye
try des moines or sioux city then
Mi patria in Des Moines is fabulous. But I recommend the Kalona brewery in Kalona.
QC pizza the best 😍
I’m going to fort dodge for a family reunion. Haven’t been to Iowa since 2015!
Don't sleep on the PORK FRITTER (tenderloin) at Casey's as well. It is the best!! THANK ME LATER 😉
Casey's tenderloins are serviceable, but the best are always going to be from some small family owned restaurant or bar in some small out of the way town
You forgot Sloppy Joes!!!!! Joe was a cook in 1930 in Sioux City iowa and he added tomato sauce to his loose meat sandwich!
It's call tavern, not sloppy joe.
Love me some sloppy joe's
Breakfast pizza might be the most American thing I've ever heard of.
I hope i get to visit USA some day, i will double in weight but I'm sure it'll be worth it. 😅
Worth every kilo :)
I grew up near Iowa. I've never, ever met a person who didn't rave about the Twin Bings. Maybe it was because we were all kids at the time and kids like anything so sweet.
By the way, you were in Texas awhile ago at Buc-ee;s. They have a candy that is awfully similar to a Twin Bing called the Beaver Hut. The major difference is that a Beaver Hut has a real cherry inside.
Sorry born and raised in iowa though I haven't been back in a number of years. I couldn't stand those things. Hated it every time I got one for trick or treating
We call them Cherry mash in Missouri and they are old school but yummy
I grew up in Eastern Iowa and lived part of my adult life there as well and I never heard of them until today. I see the wrapper says they are from Sioux City is it a Western/Central Iowa thing?
Born and raised in IA, never had one. Doesn't even sound good.
Do NOT get the breakfast pizza with the cheese sauce, it's NASTY. Get it with gravy! Oh yeah, breakfast pizza with sausage gravy as the sauce, so damn good. And yes, I do live in Iowa. We are more than corn, we are also soy beans and pigs.
I was a cheese sauce breakfast pizza guy as the couple times I found the gravy base kind i wasnt impressed... BUT THEN I found a place with bombdiggity gravy as the base and it was incredible!!!
I’ve followed you all around the world for years and you made a pit stop in my home town to have some quad cities style pizza?!?! Btw the scotcheroos have butterscotch chips melted in with the chocolate for the topping ☺️☺️
I just made a couple videos in Iowa within the last few months. But I did not go to quad cities. My mom told me that I should go there. We went to Amana colonies and cedar rapids so far. Very cool places so far. Is there good coffee shops and other places to check out there?
@@markrichardsocioprojectgo1800 you definitely should visit! Grab a New Orleans style iced coffee from Red Band and take a drive through the historic McClellan Heights neighborhood. The best QC style pizza is from Uncle Bills IMO.
@@elliecurtis7771 we will let you know when we come down there. I only heard good things
Butterscotch chips. I couldn't place it. I just saw them EVERYWHERE and knew I had to add them in there. And my mom's parents are from the quad cities so we used to spend every Thanksgiving up in the quad cities. The quad city style really is an easier way to eat pizza
Twin Bing all the way baby!
If you're in the Amana Colonies, the best place to eat is Ox Yoke Inn. Excellent food, from sandwiches to chops and steaks to authentic German food, served family style.
Ox Yoke Inn is great. The Ronneberg is good too.
If you want to get AUTHENTIC Amish products and food, Kalona, Iowa is where to go. Especially when they have the roadside produce and baked goods set up alongside the road in front of their farm houses.
@@HomerJ1964I grew up in Cedar Rapids. You're making me hungry and homesick.
If you stop at one of the Amana restaurants, give the kassler ripchen (smoked pork chops) a try--and for this Arkansas/Oklahoma boy for whom bologna was that nasty pink stuff, Pella bologna was a revelation. Try it.
The S on the Dutch letters actually stands for senterclaus which is the Dutch Santa.
Do the pork producers still do pork patty sandwiches at the fair? It's just like a hamburger but pork. And it's just simple seasoned pork served with pickles and mustard.
Scotcharoos have butterscotch chips melted into the chocolate.
What about fried cheese curds? Batter fried squeakies! I found some recently here in Texas at Chiles and brought me to tears.
You covered all my favs.
My hometown is...Nashua. little brown church is there with the adjacent Bradford settlement pre Nashua. About a mile down the road some family friends of ours have a campground. It was a great place to grow up.
Hey Mark The food looks great 👍
Breaded pork tenderloins are one of the heartiest, tastiest sandwiches you'll ever have, and they are a freaking Iowa institution. One of those and a drink can make a meal for most eaters. Usually, the preferred method of topping one is a great big squirt of yellow mustard and a handful of pickle slices (either dill or bread-and-butter). Ketchup's not really something you put on them (usually it's for the fries if they come with the sandwich), pork usually always gets mustard. Yes, they are as huge as they seem in the picture provided, and they're tasty as long as you get to them while they're still fresh and/or warm and the pork is still juicy.
Maid-Rites... wonderful, tasty, but messy Maid-Rites (it's almost impossible to eat a Maid-Rite without making a mess). Drawing on my time in Iowa, never ever ever EVER put ketchup on a Maid-Rite. I mean, it's just not done because the ketchup kills all the flavors in the sandwich. If you want a squirt of yellow mustard, that's fine. You want cheese sauce on it? They call that a Cheese-Rite, that's great too. But don't douse one in ketchup unless you want to get some funny looks.
3:57 - Yeah... the Mississippi isn't exactly the cleanest river out there (also, if you take a boat ride, wear a helmet because of the asian carp that infest it now).
Is there really still Asian carp out there? There was such a big thing about them about 10 years ago but I haven't heard much about them since
And blt's on a summer day
I was raised putting everything on my tenderloin. Ketchup, mustard, pickles, onion, tomatoes, lettuce. And sometimes a slice of cheese!
Mmmmmm....
Don't go to the Amanas and expect to see a horse and buggy. They aren't Amish. Try Kalona.
Try Van Buren County we have many Amish and believe it or not they drink beer and smoke cigarettes yet still travel by horse and buggy.
Hello good morning 🌞👋
Casey's breakfast pizza is the best
You almost every thing right except the Bing cherry thing. nice video.
You can get a great tenderloin at Smokey D's Barbecue in Des Moines! They're massive and not uniform size. Cut inhouse, breaded and served up to your order!
you didn't talk about Fong's Pizza in Des Moines! Cant forget them!
I was going to eat there but ended up going to this Lebanese restaurant downtown and it was so good. So I kissed out on the pizza but had some good Lebanese food
The Short Stop in New London for tenderloins.
Caseys pizza is 🔥
Go to Decorah and try Mabes Pizza, it's the bomb 💣 😋
I haven’t been to Decorah since the 80’s but I hear people talk about Mabe’s. Might be worth the 4 hr trip!
@@seththomas9105 definitely worth the trip. I went there one year and my brother asked me, jokingly, to bring Mabes pizza back with me. We both lived in Cedar Rapids at the time so I brought back the leftovers for him. I have lots of relatives there in Decorah, my parents were born there and go there as often as possible
Bluff lake in maquoketa Iowa for really good catfish
Muscatine melons yum
Hello good morning 🌞
I think almost everyone by now has heard of maid rites, tenderloins, and casey's, but muscatine melons are still a pretty well kept secret
Best Pizza, hands down is Casey’s Pizza. Just ask Ashton Kutcher! If you want something super special, Check out the Brickhouse in Indianola. They have Sicilian, Chicken Bacon Ranch(the pizza sauce is ranch😍), Chicken SpinArt, Crab Ragoon, and so many more!
Also, another unique food experience is Zombie Burger. Only in Iowa can you get a burger with fried Mac & cheese as a bun!
Scotchroos are made with butterscotch chips. They were originally made with oats and called oatmeal scotchies. The oats were switched with rice crispies.
Hello Allyssa
@@nelsonanthony213 hi
@@AllyssaButhmann How are you,
@@AllyssaButhmann Was busy with work just got off, how was your day?
Hello Allyssa
I probably shouldn't be watching this so close to my diner time :) Merci :)
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Could you suggest a place in the Des Moines area for giant tenderloins? I'm FROM Iowa, and I've seen them in videos, but I've never actually seen a huge tenderloin. The normal size ones are good, so I'm sure these are too. May be we're too far northwest. We're only 30 miles from Sioux Falls, SD.
Maybe try jethros? It depends on which one you go to they don’t serve it at each restaurant
Smokey D’s is a good one too!
Smittys tenderloin 15th and army post Rd you won't be disappointed get the LG King
Do you know how the weather works outside of new Mexico to Texas. What is the level of humidity, taking place. Just curious to learn more.
A Scotcharoo usually includes some butterscotch in it. I'm not a fan of butterscotch so it's always a war between the peanut butter bars or the ones that also include butterscotch.
Where's Mark from? I'm born and raised in Moline. BTW, good stuff on both channels about visiting Iowa.
Mark is from Adams county in illinois
I would still try it, but being from NJ and an hour and a half from NYC idk about that pizza, lol.
😆 right! Chicago, NYC, those are your 1st thoughts but it's interesting in Iowa.
As an Iowan, I will tell you to not bother. Casey's pizza sucks. I only eat it, because I can buy it by the slice, and it's the only pizza in town. Pagliai's and Pizza Ranch are far better.
Hello Jen 👋👋
Moving to Guthrey county Iowa from north Texas
Well, I hope this helps. Don't expect brisket like ur used to!
Hello Sheila 👋
I remember going caroling with a church group I was with around to a bunch of old folks homes. When we got done we ended back up at the organizers house at like 2 am or later eating home made breakfast pizza.
The pizza in front of the Mt. Dew made me so hungry. It looks like it's worth the trip for the food.
Smittys tenderloin 15th and army post Rd is the spot
I'm putting that one on my list to try. I'm pretty partial to the ones they make at Willie's here in Hampton, but I like to try any good tenderloin.
Rhubarb is the only one I buy there. Go walk through the Amanas and do wine testing at all of the wineries, make sure to go to the Amana brewery and try aa brewed beer or fresh root beer.
Hello Lori 👋
@@nelsonanthony213 hello
@@lorilxn1597 Good morning, how are you?
Hey buddy come to Solon for beef days in July
The tenderloin in Harlan at Victoria Station won first prize so there....ha.
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Greetings from Munich 😀🥨🍺❤️
Another don't - Don't think Iowa is FLAT! If you believe that, you should definitely ride the entire RAGBRAI some time.
pork tenderloin sandwich
I would eat an entire sauerkraut pizza by myself.
I'm totally intrigued by the scotcheroos.
As an Iowan....I highly recommend!
I bet your daughter could replicate it for you!
@@WoltersWorldEats Probably, i'm kind of handy in the kitchen myself... Maybe I'll ask her if she wants to do it with me.
They are super easy to make. I can give you my recipes if you want.
I’m from Iowa but currently in Nebraska. You gotta try a tenderloin. It’s a must. And if you can get cheese curds with it…do it!
Hello Rachel 👋👋
Twin Bing sounds delicious. Why don't people like it?
That chuckle after "inside the balls" very cheeky Mark!
We are very mature. 🤷♀️🤔
I didn't imagine coming to Iowa for pizza. Pretty interesting 🤔 :)
Right! You think NY maybe Chicago but, yeah, Iowa!
I grew up near the Amana's, the ONLY horse and buggies you'll find there is a horse drawn carriage. The Amana's are NOT Amish. The closest Amish community to the Amana's is Kalona.
Best meat around is the corn fed cattle. Just ask anyone who is not from around here. 😊
Forgot the state fair foods, maybe need to do a separate video just for them. You got the giant Tenderloin but didn't get the footlong chili dog, the miles of Taffy, the delicious carmal or candy coated apples. The kettle corn. The Turkey legs, the amazing food in giant sizes and even bigger calories counts. Lol
bro twin bings for the dub
Don't forget the corn!
Hard not to ;)
@@woltersworld amen!
Sausage gravy upon request
Marshalltown iowa The Flying elbow
Pancakes in Centerville in September yum
All you can eat free
Hello good morning
Whiteys ice cream in the Quad Cities!