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Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Massachusetts State Game Bird

Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Mass...

Wild Turkey is the state bird (or state game bird) of Alabama, Massachusetts, and South Carolina. Cooking wild turkey is a little different than cooking a standard store-bought turkey, because they are drier and have a smaller breast. It’s important to keep the bird moist when you cook it. Ingredients for Wild Turkey 1 bird – wild turkey (prepared – gutted and feathers removed) 1/8 cup – Salt 1...
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Frijoles – New Mexico State Vegetable

Frijoles – New Mexico State Vegetable...

Photo courtesy of Emdot/Marya The pinto bean (Spanish: frijol pinto, literally “painted bean”) is named for its mottled skin (compare pinto horse), hence it is a type of mottled bean.  In the southwest United States, the pinto bean is an important symbol of regional identity. Along with the chile/chilli, it is one of the official state vegetables of New Mexico (under the name frijol). The prepared beans...
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Basic Grits – Georgia State Prepared Food

Basic Grits – Georgia State Prepared Food...

Photo courtesy of Tara Alton This recipe gives you the basic cooking steps for making southern style grits, which were voted the official prepared food of Georgia in 2002. Grits are bits of ground corn or hominy which constitute a uniquely indigenous Southern food first produced by Native Americans many centuries ago.  Corn is a preeminent Georgia crop grown throughout the state. Grits can be a pure and simple breakfast...
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Pacific Golden Chanterelle – Oregon State Mushroom

Pacific Golden Chanterelle – Oregon State Mu...

Photo by Rudy Reit The 1999 Legislature recognized the Pacific golden chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus) as the official mushroom of the State of Oregon. This mushroom is a wild, edible fungi of high culinary value that is unique to the Pacific Northwest. More than 500,000 pounds of the Pacific golden chanterelles are harvested annually in Oregon, representing a large portion of the commercial mushroom business. –...
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