"None of Idaho’s most-searched dishes are built around its most famous crop, the potato. We choose to assume that Idahoans know their potato preparation techniques and don’t need online refreshers."

Damn right we do. :-)

I live in Minnesota, and I was glad to see that they didn't list grape salad as our top recipe again.

Dat lutefisk tho

I wonder why canned pineapple is an ingredient in so many of the Midwestern dessert dishes (cookie salad, frog eye salad, even the Snicker salad). Wikipedia tells me many of these recipes are dishes you'd be accustomed to seeing at a church picnic. Pineapple doesn't seem to be significantly midwestern or rooted in religion yet it's in almost half of these desserts.

Probably because it's scarce, so it would only be for special occasions?

As for the North Dakota entry, I have no clue and have never heard of "Cookie Salad" until this article. This sounds like something you tell the new folks about after you warn them about wild jackalopes.

Did you notice the snickers salad belt across the upper midwest?

If it's a salad. it must be healthy is a way of life.