Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa's loose-meat sandwich — perhaps second only to the pork tenderloin as the state's most famous culinary concoction between two ...

I grew up in southern Iowa where deer and pheasant nibbled in corn fields for as far as the eye can squint and bass and catfish swirled in backyard ponds. The kitchen table throughout my Midwestern ...

Visit an original sandwich shop where if it's not Maid-Rite, it's made wrong. Visit an original sandwich shop where if it's not Maid-Rite, it's made wrong.

Louise Maher opened the Greenville business on North Broadway in 1934 with her brothers Tom and Gene Maher. The mainstay of the restaurant is Maher’s own recipe for the slightly sweet, steamed ...

DES MOINES Iowa Maid-Rite Corp. has partnered with Hy-Vee Inc. to open loose-meat sandwich shops in Hy-Vee’s convenience stores. The first Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe Express opened Nov. 26 in Omaha, ...

So, the deal with Maid-Rite is it’s really old (85ish) and their meat is loose. And apparently the funny naming homophones are simply attributed to the original founder’s inability to spell — not that ...

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The Maid-Rite sandwich was invented in Iowa in 1926 and remains popular to this day. Our version, which features seasoned ground beef, onions, and pickles, comes together in under 15 minutes. Iranian ...

Just curious: This occasional feature in the Des Moines Register aims to answer your questions about Iowa. Is there some place, event, lore, history or cultural quirk you're just curious about? Email ...