Congress
Cooks!
Our
elected officials share some of their favorite
recipes,
many featuring foods special to the part of the
country they so proudly represent.
You can find interesting recipes from soups to
desserts,
award winning recipes and family favorites....
from sea to shining sea.
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STATE FOODS:
Alabama:
State Nut -Pecan, State Fruit - Blackberry, State
Fruit Tree - Peach.
Alaska:State Food - Salmon, State
Dessert - Baked Alaska
Arkansas: State Vegetable - Tomato,
State Grain - Rice.
Arizona:chile con queso, tortillas &
salsa
California: State Bread - Sourdough,
State Fruit - Avocado, Figs, and Apricot
Colorado: State Fish - Rainbow Trout
Connecticut: State Dessert - Corn
Pudding, Hasty Pudding, State Seasoning - Nutmeg
Delaware: State Food - Crab Puffs
Florida: State Pie - Key Lime Pie,
State fruit - Orange.
Georgia: State prepared food - Grits,
State Fruit - Peach, State Vegetable - Sweet
Onion.
Hawaii: State Fruit - Pineapple, Kiwi
Idaho: State food - Potato, State
Fruit - Huckleberry.
Illinois: State Snack food - Popcorn,
State Fruit - Apple, Chicago - Pork and Beans
Iowa: State Grain - Quaker Oats
. Kentucky: State fruit - Blackberry,
State Bread - Wheat Bread.
Louisiana: State Fruit-Strawberry,
State Jellies - Mayhaw jelly and Louisiana sugar
cane jelly, State Meat Pie - Natchitoches meat
pie, State Vegetable - Sweet Potato.
Maine: State Fruit - Wild Blueberry,
State Seafood - Maine Lobster.
Maryland: State Food - Blue Crabs,
State Dessert - Smith Island Cake.
Massachusetts: State Fruit -
Cranberry, State Muffin - Corn Muffin, State Bean
- Baked Navy Beans, State Dessert - Boston Cream
Pie, State Cookie - Chocolate Chip Cookie, State
Donut - Boston Cream Donut, State Soup - Boston
Clam Chowder.
Michigan: State Fruit - Cherry, State
Cereal - Battle Creek Cereals
Minnesota: State Fruit - Honeycrisp
Apple, State Grain - Wild Rice, State Muffin -
Blueberry Muffin, State Mushroom - Morel.
Mississippi: State Dessert - Mud Pie,
Pecan Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, State Food - Cajun
and Jambalya
Missouri: State Fruit - Norton
Cynthiana grape, State Dessert - Ozark Pudding.
New Hampshire: State Fruit - Pumpkin,
State Soup - Corn Chowder.
New Jersey: State Fruit - Highbush
Blueberry, State Vegetable - Jersey Tomato.
New Mexico: State Cookie -
Bizcochito, State Vegetable - Chiles and Frijoles
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Great Recipes from Congressmen & Senators of the
United States
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from South West States Arizona, Colorado,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah
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from West Coast States Alaska, California,
Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
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from North West States Idaho, Montana,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
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from Mid West States Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio,
Wisconsin
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from North East States Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
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from Mid - Atlantic States Delaware, Kentucky,
Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
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from South Eastern States Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina
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also RECIPES FROM GOVERNORS
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New
York: State Fruit - Apple. State Drink - Long
Island Ice Tea
North Carolina: State Fruit - Blueberry,
Strawberry, and Scuppernong Grape. State Vegetable -
Sweet Potato.
North Dakota: State Fruit - Chokecherry.
Oklahoma: State Menu Item - Barbecued
pork, Chicken fried steak, Sausage, Biscuits and
gravy, and Fried Okra, State Vegetable - Squash, Corn,
Grits and Black-eyed Peas, State Bread - Cornbread,
State Dessert - Pecan Pie, State Fruit - Strawberry
and Watermelon.
Oregon: State Fruit - Pear, State
Mushroom - Pacific Golden Chanterelle, State Nut -
Hazelnut, State Seafood - Dungeness Crab.
Pennsylvania: State cookie - Chocolate
chip cookie, State Dessert - Shoefly pie.
Rhode Island: State Fruit - Rhode Island
Greening Apple, State Drive - Coffee Milk, State Bread
- Johnny Cakes (corn bread).
South Carolina: State Fruit - Peach,
State Snack Food - Boiled Peanuts.
South Dakota: State Dessert: Kuchen,
State Bread - Frybread.
Tennessee: State Fruit - Tomato.
Texas: State Bread - Pan de campo, State
Dish - Chili con carne, State Fruit - Texas Red
Grapefruit, State Nut - Native Pecan, State Pastries -
Sopaipilla and Strudel, State Pepper - Jalapeño
and Native Chiltepin, State Snack - Tortilla chips and
salsa.
Utah: State Fruit - Cherry, State
Vegetable - Spanish Sweet Onion, State Historic
Vegetable - Sugar Beet, State Snack Food - Jell-O.
Vermont: State Fruit - Apple, State Pie -
Apple Pie, State Food - Maple Syrup.
Virginia: State Meat - Virginia Ham.
Washington: State Fruit - Apple, State
Muffin - Blueberry Muffin, State Vegetable - Walla
Walla Sweet Onion, State Tuber - Russet potato.
West Virginia: State Fruit - Golden
Delicious Apple, Apple Butter.
Wisconsin: State Fruit - Cranberry,
State Muffin - Cranberry Muffin, State Dessert -
Cranberry Pie, State Cheese - Colby Cheese.
Wyoming: State Meat - Shoshone Lamb,
Jerky, State Bread - Army Bread,
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