Three Culinary Specialties Worth Seeking Out
One of the great joys of traveling is eating. Of course if you’re a beef lover, you’ve already enjoyed a world-famous Omaha steak. Nebraska, the birthplace of the Rueben sandwich and Kool-Aid, is also home to some unusual regional fare you aren’t likely to see elsewhere. A Nebraska-style pork tenderloin sandwich is a plain bun stuffed with a fried pork cutlet, and topped with lettuce, mayo, mustard, onions, and pickles. Rocky Mountain oysters. Prairie oysters. Cowboy caviar. Cattle fries. Whatever you call them, these delicacies are the, ahem, “oysters” of all those bulls free-ranging throughout the state. A long-standing restaurant tradition, when tenderized and fried, they’re pretty tasty. Raisin pie has an interesting backstory. The sweet treat is also known as “funeral pie” because it doesn’t need refrigeration. A favorite of Mennonites and the Amish, look for it in older, established restaurants in rural communities.