Step 1 : Introduction to the question "3. Minnesota: What is "Spamtown USA"? (Hint: Texas hero)"
...1. Montgomery 2. Austin 3. Madison 4. Worthington Austin is the home of Hormel manufacturer of Spam. Spam is a canned precooked meat product. The ingredients are chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, potato starch, and sodium nitrite. Spam has become the butt of many jokes and urban legends about mystery meat. Monty Python got a lot of mileage with Spam. Madison is the "Lutefisk Capital of the World". For non-Norwegians, lutefisk is cod fish preserved in lye. The fish must be soaked for about six days to make it edible. The lye gives it a jelly-like consistency. Yummy. Recognition is given to the person who eats the most lutefisk at the annual celebration. Worthington was early in seeing turkeys as an alternate poultry product. Many turkeys are still processed in the area. In September a week of special events such as a 10k race, free pancake breakfast, bike rides, political speakers and a parade. Kolacky, also spelled "kolache, "kolace" and "kolach", is a Czechoslovakian dish consisting of a pastry stuffed with fruit or meat or cheese. Montgomery, with its Czech heritage, annually celebrates the delicacy.
