Regional Special
Delicious food from the land of unlimited possibilities
Die USA sind ein Schmelztiegel der verschiedensten Kulturen und genau das merkt man auch an der Vielfältigkeit des Essens. Es gibt nichts was es nicht gibt, in jeder Beziehung. Auf dieser Seite wollen wir ein paar regionale Spezialitäten vorstellen, die es nur an ganz bestimmten Orten gibt und die uns besonders gut gefallen haben.
Letho´s Pasties
1983 W US-2, St. Ignace, MI 49781
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Description: Around 1864, Finnish immigrants arrived along with miners from Cornwall to find work in “Copper Country” in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Pasties were the perfect, long-lasting meal for the miners. Their wives could use the vegetables and meat from the leftovers and wrap them in a crust of bread. In the morning, freshly prepared, they would go into the miners' pockets so that they were still warm at lunchtime. The pies became known as a “one-handed meal”. The miners could hold on to the pasty with one hand with their dirty hands and eat their way through it, leaving only a small crust. To this day, pasties are a staple and a tradition for many families in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Our rating: We visited the restaurant in October 2024.
Of the two pastie restaurants we visited, Letho's was our favorite. Here the potatoes were not diced but cut into slices. We liked the gravy better than ketchup.
Muldoons Pasties
1246 M-28 West, Munising, MI 49862
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Description: Around 1864, Finnish immigrants arrived along with miners from Cornwall to find work in “Copper Country” in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Pasties were the perfect, long-lasting meal for the miners. Their wives could use the vegetables and meat from the leftovers and wrap them in a crust of bread. In the morning, freshly prepared, they would go into the miners' pockets so that they were still warm at lunchtime. The pies became known as a “one-handed meal”. The miners could hold on to the pasty with one hand with their dirty hands and eat their way through it, leaving only a small crust. To this day, pasties are a staple and a tradition for many families in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Our rating: We visited the restaurant in October 2024.
Many travel portals recommend Muldoons as the pastie restaurant of choice. So of course we had to try it out. Even though we liked the pasties here, we preferred the ones from Letho's. But as always, taste is completely subjective and everyone should form their own opinion. Here, too, we liked the gravy better than ketchup.
Murdick´s Fudge
7363 Main St., Mackinac Island, MI 49757
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Description: Fudge ist ein Karamell-Konfekt aus Zucker, Butter, Milch und/oder Sahne. Die Mischung wird erhitzt und je nach Rezept bei genau kontrollierter Temperatur gekocht. Die warme Masse kann mit Vanille, Honig, Butterscotch, Kokos, Nüssen, Früchten oder anderen Aromen versetzt werden, bevor sie auf einer kühlen Marmorplatte weiter verarbeitet wird.
Our rating: Fudge ist keine exclusive Spezialität die es nur auf Mackinac Island gibt. Man findet Fudge an mehreren Orten in den USA, allerdings ist Mackinac Island bekannt dafür besonders gutes Fudge herzustellen. Man findet in der Main Street zahlreiche Anbieter und Läden. Wir haben uns für Murdick´s Fudge entschieden, weil wir da zuschauen konnten wie die Süßigkeit live zubereitet wurde.
Wie so oft sehen Süßigkeiten in den USA super lecker aus sind uns aber dann letztlich viel zu süß. So war das auch hier. Wir mochten das Fudge im Grunde sehr gerne, aber es war so extrem süß das man es kaum essen konnte. Rein vom Geschmack her mochten wir es aber schon ganz gerne.
