Bizarre Foods: Minnesota

Episode

Minnesota

Andrew takes viewers to the place he calls home: Minnesota. From sampling a deep-fried candy bar to eating the Scandinavian delicacy lutefisk, he shows us why Minnesota's traditional cuisine is far from ordinary.

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Restaurant

Cozy Café

Andrew samples krumkaka cookies, rosettes, fish balls and lutefisk.

118 E. Main St., Cyrus, MN, 56323

Restaurant

My Sister's Place

Andrew dines on chicken gizzards and the Goober burger with peanut butter and mayo.

401 E. Hwy. 61, Grand Marais, MN 55604

Restaurant

Heartland

Andrew dines on many parts of a wild boar including the tongue, liver, brains and testicles.

1806 St. Clair Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105

Restaurant

Russ Kendall's Smokehouse

Andrew tries the house specialties -- smoked whitefish and herring.

149 Old Hwy. 61, Knife River, MN 55609

Restaurant

Betty's Pies

Andrew tries sauerkraut pie.

1633 Hwy. 61, Two Harbors, MN 55616

Activity

Dockside Fish Market

Andrew tries the herring, whitefish livers and herring roe.

418 W. Hwy. 61, Grand Marais, MN 55604

Activity

White Earth Indian Reservation

Andrew travels a few hours outside the Twin Cities to the White Earth Indian Reservation in Mahnomen where they harvest wild rice. He also tastes venison, deer heart and Suckerhead fish.

White Earth, MN

Activity

Minnesota State Fair

Andrew goes to state fair in St. Paul to try elk burger, big-game bratwurst, porcupine meatball, Uffda brat, reuben on a stick, wild rice corndog, Swedish crackers, ostrich on a stick, alligator on a stick and a fried candy bar on a stick.

1265 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108-3099

Activity

Ingebretsen's

Andrew eats salted pig toe, gamalost, dried mutton and blood sausage.

1601 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN 55407

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