What do people of Michigan eat?

Answer 1

Food in Michigan is a huge cultural event, almost as serious as the arts. There are countless festivals dedicated to Michigan foods and beverages.

Below is a partial list of foods that have been made famous in and by Michigan. There is a related link for several of the food festivals scheduled in Michigan for 2011:

• Cherries - Michigan is the largest producer of cherries in the world. The annual Cherry Festival is in Traverse City
• apples - statewide, but predominates in west Michigan
• Vernor's brand Ginger Ale (one of the few made with real ginger, and the original soft-drink, first made and sold in 1866--Hires rootbeer is the next closest from 1875.)
• corn - statewide
• soy beans - statewide
• potatoes - Central Michigan, Edmore area
• maple syrup - statewide (multiple Syrup Festivals around the state in spring)
• fudge - Mackinaw Island and Holland, MI
• salt water taffy - Mackinaw Island
• venison - statewide
• fluoridated water - originated in Grand Rapids, 25 January 1945
• salmon - all three Great Lakes and the larger rivers
• walleye - All three Great Lakes and the Detroit River
• wine - statewide, but predominates along the lakeshore and in Grand Traverse County.
• pasties (pronounced with a short "a" as in apple) - statewide, but came from the mining areas of the UP (Upper Peninsula).
• beer - statewide, but the largest microbreweries are in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids.
• Kellogg's cereals - Battlecreek, MI
• Packzi (pronounced Pootchkee), a Polish jelly or custard filled pastry popular on Fat Tuesday - statewide.
• mint - Bailey/Grant area
• onions - Grant area and the "muck farms" in the Grand River valley.
• peppermint (also known as Michigan Mint) - Bailey/Grant area.
• Koegel meats (bologna, frankfurters, Vienna dogs, etc.)
• Faygo soft-drinks (the origin of the word "pop" by which all soft-drinks in Michigan are referred.)
• Morel mushrooms (one of the few places outside of France where they will grow)
• navy beans, black beans, and cranberry beans - statewide (Michigan is the nation's largest producer)
• Hot Dogs (standards rival every other state and the USDA) - largest producers are in west Michigan.
• the Michigan Dog (steamed hot dog on a steamed bun with Michigan (meat) sauce and onions (optional--on the dog, under the dog, or on the sauce).) - originated in Jackson, MI in 1916.
• wild turkey (the bird not the beverage) - statewide but central Michigan dominates.
• beet sugar (Saginaw Bay area)
• Trout - statewide
• strawberries - statewide
• cheese - we're no Wisconsin or California, but Michigan cheese rocks.
• baby food - Yep. Gerber is headquartered in Freemont, MI
• blueberries - statewide but predominates along the western lakeshore and in the river valleys.
• Armillaria Bulbosa, "Humongous Fungus" - one of the world's largest and oldest lifeforms, located in and around Crystal Falls, MI - produces edible "honey mushrooms."
• peaches - central, southern, and west Michigan.
• blackberries, raspberries, boysenberries,

Answer 2

Food in Michigan is a huge cultural event, almost as serious as the arts. There are countless festivals dedicated to Michigan foods and beverages.

Below is a partial list of foods that have been made famous in and by Michigan. There is a related link for several of the food festivals scheduled in Michigan for 2011:

• Cherries - Michigan is the largest producer of cherries in the world. The annual Cherry Festival is in Traverse City
• apples - statewide, but predominates in west Michigan
• Vernor's brand ginger ale (one of the few made with real ginger, and the original soft-drink, first made and sold in 1866--Hires rootbeer is the next closest from 1875.)
• corn - statewide
• soy beans - statewide
• potatoes - Central Michigan, Edmore area
• maple syrup - statewide (multiple Syrup Festivals around the state in spring)
• fudge - Mackinaw Island and Holland, MI
• salt water taffy - Mackinaw Island
• venison - statewide
• fluoridated water - originated in Grand Rapids, 25 January 1945
• salmon - all three Great Lakes and the larger rivers
• walleye - All three Great Lakes and the Detroit River
• wine - statewide, but predominates along the lakeshore and in Grand Traverse County.
• pasties (pronounced with a short "a" as in apple) - statewide, but came from the mining areas of the UP (Upper Peninsula).
• beer - statewide, but the largest microbreweries are in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids.
• Kellogg's cereals - Battlecreek, MI
• Packzi (pronounced Pootchkee), a Polish jelly or custard filled pastry popular on Fat Tuesday - statewide.
• mint - Bailey/Grant area
• onions - Grant area and the "muck farms" in the Grand River valley.
• peppermint (also known as Michigan Mint) - Bailey/Grant area.
• Koegel meats (bologna, frankfurters, Vienna dogs, etc.)
• Faygo soft-drinks (the origin of the word "pop" by which all soft-drinks in Michigan are referred.)
• Morel mushrooms (one of the few places outside of France where they will grow)
• navy beans, black beans, and cranberry beans - statewide (Michigan is the nation's largest producer)
• Hot Dogs (standards rival every other state and the USDA) - largest producers are in west Michigan.
• the Michigan Dog (steamed hot dog on a steamed bun with Michigan (meat) sauce and onions (optional--on the dog, under the dog, or on the sauce).) - originated in Jackson, MI in 1916.
• wild turkey (the bird not the beverage) - statewide but central Michigan dominates.
• beet sugar (Saginaw Bay area)
• Trout - statewide
• strawberries - statewide
• cheese - we're no Wisconsin or California, but Michigan cheese rocks.
• baby food - Yep. Gerber is headquartered in Freemont, MI
• blueberries - statewide but predominates along the western lakeshore and in the river valleys.
• Armillaria Bulbosa, "Humongous Fungus" - one of the world's largest and oldest lifeforms, located in and around Crystal Falls, MI - produces edible "honey mushrooms."
• peaches - central, southern, and west Michigan.
• blackberries, raspberries, boysenberries,

Answer 3

Pasties are the "Yooper Soul Food". It is a taco-shaped pastry filled with potatoes, meat, carrots, etc. They are rather large and taste very good. You can get them frozen, or go to a restaurant like Dobbers and have them fresh.

Answer 4

The people of Michigan eat a standard American diet.

Answer 5

cherries fudge salt water taffy

Answer 6

salt water taffy