Iron Range cuisine

A Porketta sandwich, one of the most well known Iron Range dishes.

Iron Range cuisine refers to the cooking traditions and dishes of the Arrowhead region and Iron Range of Minnesota. Iron Range cuisine is based on Italian, Cornish, Scandinavian, and Slovenian cuisine.[1] It was heavily influenced by Native American cuisine, seen in the use of wild rice. Many of the dishes were brought by immigrants. Other dishes were invented by the iron mine workers because they needed nourishing foods that they could bring on the go.

More recent immigration trends have introduced Vietnamese, Hmong, Lao, and Thai culinary influences.[2]

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  2. ^ Hanes, Phyllis (September 2, 1987). "Up north, a mother lode of food traditions. The families that settled here shared recipes and cultures". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2023-12-13.

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