Get the latest Indiana recipes from Group Recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/tag/indiana This is an Indiana favorite, Great for wintery days or for cold rainy weather. When I mention it outside of Indiana I get strange looks. Here we just call it Chili Soup and it's served in the schools with peanut butter sandwiches. I've also seen this made with spaghetti instead. I remember coming in to the house after a long day of playing in the snow and the smell of the chili would fill the house, it was enough to warm you itself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. http://www.grouprecipes.com/104248/indiana-chili-soup.html These seem to be an Indiana thing -- and I can't tell you how much I miss being able to get one in any sandwich place, like you can back in Indiana. I've never seen them anywhere else. Serve these on hamburger buns (they're a lot bigger than the bun) with slices of fresh, homegrown, ripe tomato (if you can get it -- tomatoes are to Indiana what bourbon is to Kentucky), lettuce, onion, and the mandatory mustard. Warning: If you've never had one, these are seriously addictive. http://www.grouprecipes.com/11324/hoosier-pork-tenderloin-sandwiches.html We had this all the time at home, except when corn was in season, and then we ate corn on the cob. I never see it anywhere, but everybody loves this. Simple, as it should be, because corn, like beef, needs no added flavor other than butter. http://www.grouprecipes.com/10072/hoosier-fried-corn.html Southern Indiana Hoosiers guard the locations of persimmon trees like they guard where they find morels. I've spent the last two Thanksgivings in Pennsylvania without the traditional persimmon pudding, and it's been a traumatic experience. Please see the note at the end of this recipe about persimmons. http://www.grouprecipes.com/9963/persimmon-pudding.html These are probably not what you think. These are the kind of dumplings I grew up with, not the thick horrors dropped from a spoon, but very tender, rolled dumplings. These aren't hard to make, as long as you follow the directions. http://www.grouprecipes.com/9713/chicken-and-dumplings.html We ate this all the time. I've never seen a recipe for this soup — I reconstructed it from memory, after watching my grandmothers, my mother, and yes, my father, do it hundreds of times. This soup is rich, delicious, and satisfying — and best of all, frozen vegetables work perfectly in it. http://www.grouprecipes.com/9657/my-grandmothers-vegetable-soup.html This is an Amish recipe that has become a Hoosier classic, much like tenderloin sandwiches, morels, or persimmon pudding. You can even buy them frozen in stores all over Indiana. I've seen nothing close here in Pennsylvania. http://www.grouprecipes.com/9655/hoosier-sugar-cream-pie.html