The Foods All Northerners Must Eat Before They Die

What makes the list for you? It can be anything from the classic (pan-fried morels) to the questionable (venison, hit by a car off season and hauled home in the trunk) to the super-specific (A Weathervane Bloody Mary, made with pickled asparagus juice, sipped while watching the drawbridge go up).

Pickled fish, sour cherry pie, Moomers black walnut ice cream, fried smelt, maple syrup, Art's Tavern chicken jalapeño soup, Baroni's spaghetti sauce...

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Permalink Reply by Emily Betz Tyra on May 19, 2009 at 8:41pm: Clyde's Drive-In Big C Burger!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rachel North on June 23, 2009 at 9:31am: Shorts Brewery beer--pick a fave ... here's more on that ...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sue on August 28, 2009 at 6:26am: The best dessert there is....Berry Szarlotka at Legs Inn.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Michelle on August 28, 2009 at 11:03am

Cheese Shack sandwich or Dish's wraps, drinks of choice and Grocer's Daughter's chocolates, along with whatever fruit is at the roadside fruitstands. Fun to pack it in a vintage picnic basket with handpainted local scenes on top, from the village of Cedar.

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Permalink Reply by Lindy Ross Barnes on October 10, 2009 at 6:24pm: I have to agree with Diane who said, "Pasties, done right." For me this would be the way my paternal grandmother in Ontonagon made them and the same way she taught my mother to make them. Gravy wasn't even considered and my dad would not allow catsup on the same table with the pasties. Then there is the Vernor's float = YUM! The fresh apple and cherry pies made by my mother - the best pie maker in the world using only fresh picked Michigan fruit.

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