Episode 5: Familiar Foods in a Foreign Land
Posted in Episodes on Dec 1st, 2011
Like pork tenderloins and turtle soup, which were popularized by German immigrants, many of Indiana’s food traditions have been transplanted here from other regions.
With an interest in the localization process of foods, we look at ethnic and regional foods popular in Indiana though not conventionally thought of as Hoosier cuisine.
We visit three food establishments curiously nestled in the Hoosier heartland—El Tacos Veloz in Indianapolis, Zydeco’s Cajun Restaurant in Mooresville, and House of India in Schererville—to find out what it takes to present and preserve these cuisines in a new locale.
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