Trying Midwestern Food for the First Time

Midwestern food, let's see! What do you think? I say, wow, oh, oh, okay, this is cute, this is cute, but this, what is this? Guyline chili. The pasta? Yeah. That's just the first stage. Where is this Midwest food, where it come from, from Colorado? Let me take a second and let me explain it to you. So the Midwest is probably not what you think it is, Amore. It is not in the West, it's not California, Colorado, all those places. What is it? It is in the Middle West. Oh, Midwest! In the Middle! That's how I define it. So you're thinking like, if you're thinking about the map, you think Ohio, over, like Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Dakotas, Minnesota, those people, like, so where we are in Tennessee, up. Okay, so we're judging you guys, the Midwest, let's see this pasta! And they're very proud of their cuisine, so, you hate it, I guess. You know me, I complain, yeah, so I have to complain if it is here talking about just the truth. Well, we're starting off really strong with something I knew would drive you insane. I drive you insane. This is called Skyline chili, and it comes from Cincinnati, Ohio. Ohio. So this is like, Cincinnati is super proud of this dish. Basically what happened was, I think some brothers from Macedonia came over, they opened a restaurant, they weren't really having success, so they tried to make a chili, because chili was really popular at that time, so they made a chili with their spices, and they put it on top of spaghetti, okay? Yeah, okay. So people are going to be mad at me, because it should have yellow cheddar on top, but I could only get white cheddar, so, apologies for that, but it's still cheddar. What is the beans, the crickets, the crackers, and the... So, in Cincinnati, when you eat this chili, you have, they call it ways of eating it. So this is a three-way. You got the spaghetti, the chili, and the cheddar. You can have a four-way, which is with the onions on top, you can have a five-way, which has beans and onions on top, and the crackers are just like for accent. So right now you have the three-way. Let me tell you also what's in this chili. Okay. There are no beans in this chili. Okay. And the beef is not like sauteed before you mix it, it's boiled. And it has cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and chocolate powder. Chocolate powder? Yeah, cocoa powder. Midwest, Ohio, it's you guys this. Specifically says that. You never win a Super Bowl, right? I don't know. It's a reason for that. What player come there to eat this? This is their dish, and you should try it with the three-way, and then you should try the other one. In case the first three-way is not enough, right? Who knows? Maybe the onion and the beans add something. To the Super Bowl. They said make sure to cook the spaghetti thoroughly, make sure it's not al dente. Oh, I see. All right, I have my result. Where's the city? Cincinnati. It's good! It is good! I can't believe it! I'm shocked! The pasta I spooked terribly, amore. I'm sorry. I was trying to give it authenticity. Oh, tell me it's not authentic. Tell me, I can do better for the people from Cincinnati. I think it's good with the chocolate, and it's blowing away! There's something weird about it because of the spices, but it's working. It's working. Why is it working, and what is wrong with you that you like it? I don't know. Do we need to try it with the beans and the onions? Yes, yes. Guys, I thought Lesia would call this an abomination. I just say... It's actually good! It is actually good. When you said chocolate pirate, bean stew... As I was making it, I was horrified. It's elevated. So would you order it five ways? Like with the beans and the... Agassi, it's good. I can't believe it. I'm honest. Is this the best day ever for Cincinnati? Because Alessio approved your spaghetti chili? I don't think Cincinnati has ever had a winning day. You deserve the Super Bowl! I come with you in the stadium, and eating this when I see a touchdown. Because this is a touchdown. I'm sorry, I did not expect that. My brain says, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it. But it's a 10 out of 10. Wow! It's a 10 out of 10. I was not expecting this video to go this direction, guys. I started off with this one, because I thought he would destroy it, and we could get it out of the way. Stop. Are you okay? Are you feeling warm? No, because... No, to be honest, it is good. Like, I want another bite. I'm ready to go. Luckily, if you're looking, if you think about the ingredients, I'm going to say, there's no way they're going to say it's approved. When I was making it, I thought it smelled Christmassy. I mean the chocolate powder. This is called tater tot hot dish. And there are a couple of variations of this with what kind of meat you use, what kind of soup you use, what kind of vegetables you use. But the idea is the same. It's a ground meat, mixed with seasonings, cans of soup, vegetables, and then you bake it with all the tater tots on top. After the pasta, and you say, okay, it doesn't matter the ingredients. I put green beans and corn and ground beef. Okay, maybe we wait a second. It looks like a casserole, like Southern casserole here. I'm ready! No! What? That is the worst thing you could say. They do not want this called a casserole. It is a casserole! No, this is a hot dish in a casserole dish. It's hot dish. Say tater tot hot dish. Tater tot casserole. No! Tater tot casserole. Don't make them mad. The Midwesterners are known for being super nice, so they're not going to be mean to you. But secretly, they're going to hate that you call it a casserole. You love casseroles. I'm ready. So my score is positive. Positive! I don't say amazing. It is positive. Okay, mine is also positive. It is. A 7 out of 10. I would give it an 8. I think it's comforting as heck. It is comforting like heck? Do you know what? Like if I was, if it was a cold fall day, and I wanted something really warm and filling, it would be this tater tot hot dish. It is an 8. It's an 8, right? It's an 8. The only thing that confused me is this tater tot. Because for you, you'd probably be more used to having mashed potatoes on top, right? Because I've made ham shepherds pie before with like mashed potatoes on top of ground beef and vegetables. It's a similar vibe. The inside, I love so much. The tater tot, I say, yes, it's there, but I don't know, like that's why I say 7. Is it a texture problem or a taste problem with tater tots? Is it because they're all like crumbly and crispy? Because that's why people like it. But maybe you don't like it. I don't know. I think it's because maybe my mind is, this is, it's not homemade tater tots, right? No, they're frozen. I think that is the reason. So unless you have demands, homemade tater tots on top of the hot dish, and then you guys could get a 10 out of 10 on that. I think so. Maybe it's the brand, the tater tots. I don't know. They're from Whole Foods, so they're like top of the line tater tots. So it's not the brand. Just think of it as like hash browns, you know? Think about it like I'm eating hash browns on top of the tater tots. I love it. I need to just figure out this tater tots. But more you eat it, more it is like I want another bite. Give me something bad. They have to look bad. It's America. I have something bad for you. It's America. America cannot make this. This, I don't think. Okay, I got something bad. Welcome to Watergate salad, Amare. This is a salad? This is a salad, a Midwestern salad. And in the Midwest, the salads aren't always salads the way you think of it. It's kind of more like a dessert. So this is a like holiday, I think, a very holiday dish. They make it for Christmas dinners and stuff like that. Or to take to friends' houses. I'm sorry that ours is kind of melty because my whipped cream melted as we were sitting out here. It's not supposed to look like that. It's supposed to be the green stuff with the whipped cream on top. So inside, you've got pistachio pudding, crushed pineapple, cool whip, marshmallows, and then traditionally you have like walnuts or pecans chopped in it, but I followed a recipe and she put chopped pistachios inside and I thought that was a really nice touch. So ours has pistachios. I'll get in there with you. I'm gonna cry for this, but not because... because of what I'm gonna say. It's not bad. It's not bad! What is wrong here? I was expecting to eat it and be horrified, but as I was chewing it... But no! It can't be good! Marshmallows! Pineapples! Fake pistachios! It's all... unconstitutional in food! This cannot be served! But you're damn good! What is wrong? And I think probably even the Midwesterners are gonna tell me mine's too soupy. Like, they're gonna think it needs to be more... less liquidy. Ha ha! It's too soupy! I made it too soupy! Not them! So they're gonna say oh, mine's even better, so if you like Jesse's soupy one, you're gonna love their good one! Amore? I'm horrified right now! Fake pistachio! Which is sin! I never see... Okay, it's soupy, but it looks like an alien dish with this color! Like an alien came here, oh, marshmallows! Like Roger the alien put all that kind of stuff... I don't know who Roger the alien is! People, they know who Roger the alien is! They're Americans! The video's over. Mi dispiace, ragazzi. I cannot... Approve! I... I'm sorry. I know already people thinking you need to lose the Italian citizen. You're right. You're right. It's not because I'm too much long in America. Unfortunately... It's actually good. Because I still complain. I still complain stuff. This... Looks terrible. It's impossible to... But if you don't know what is it inside, you say, wow! Give me the recipe. And when you make the recipe, you say, what the hell? And the weird thing is, it has artificial pistachio pudding inside, but it doesn't taste chemically! You know how many times we've eaten Little Debbie's or... This has been all over the garden, been all the chains! It doesn't taste chemically! My God! I need to close the channel right now. Guys, we're almost a million subscribers. I understand if you don't want to subscribe. I understand now. I would not subscribe to her channel. I'd always put there, oh, let me subscribe to this guy. This Italian who's approving Watergate salad. Watergate salad! Fake pistachio salad. Can we go to something terrible next dish? I need to complain a little bit. We can try. What is the next item? So the next item is apparently called Muddy Buddies in the Midwest. I grew up knowing this as Puppy Chow. Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow, depending on who you're asking. It's just kind of like a little sweet snack. Peanut butter. This is a great snack. If I need to give a score, I give a 10 out of 10. Whoa! What is going on? It's really good. It's a rice cereal with chocolate, peanut butter, butter mixed together. You shake it all up and then you dip it, like you shake it with powdered sugar. Wow. Two diabetes, guys. Wow. You're going to finish the bag. When I was in school, in elementary school, if you went to school with a little Ziploc bag, not this one, but like a little one, in your lunchbox, you were good. You're cool. My God, this is going to be the box in the heart. To share with the class. Sure. Do you want this? Let me copy your homework. No. I do. We're not going to encourage bad behavior. And we call bad behaviors. And we make our online bad behaviors. So, because they are so good, for habit, you need to do something bad. No broken pasta, but something bad. This is called St. Louis gooey butter cake. Gooey butter cake. So the story is, some guy who was working at a bakery, I think he messed up the ingredients. And he came up with this really gooey cake. Okay. But from then, I guess it came famous. Yeah. Right? Because if it's still here, everybody loves it. So let's try. I don't know if mine came out as gooey as it's supposed to be. Maybe I overbaked it. Overbaked it? I think it's supposed to be gooier on top, like gooey gooey. I don't know. Let's try it. They are on it forbidding the southern food here. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Calm down. Calm down with your words. Southern food you have a big competition here. It's fabulous. This thing is fabulous. I mean, my opinion for Midwest, it is 10 of the 10. Wow. Guys, are you proud? Are you so happy right now? Because I was not expecting that. I don't give 10 of the 10 to anybody. They know. I... It's mind-blowing this food. Wow, wow, wow, wow. It was good. And this is just a small portion of what the Midwest has to offer. You guys know there are so many other recipes. There's so many other dishes out there from the Midwest that you need to try. Let's go to the Midwest.