You Know You're In Minnesota When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, And Eats Of The North Star State

Berit Thorkelson

Globe Pequot Press, Dec 1, 2005 - Travel - 103 pages

Many worry that these United States are becoming too much like each other -- but Minnesotans know differently. Fun for all ages, this trivia-cum-brag-book highlights and celebrates the North Star State's different traditions, fashions, cuisine, and history with humor.
For example, you know you're in Minnesota when . . .
*you drink your coffee light and often
*you buy alcohol from an onsale or an offsale
*the mosquito is the real state bird
*you know the sport ringette
*you can jump from one bank of the Mississippi River to the other
*supporting the Green Bay Packers is treason
*lefse is a holiday staple
*you bowl with a frozen turkey
*Betty Crocker is a considered a local
*sweatshirts are the unofficial uniform

About the author

Minnesota native Berit Thorkelson specializes in Midwestern travel. Her writing has appeared in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, and Midwest Living magazine.

Bibliographic information

• Title: You Know You're In Minnesota When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, And Eats Of The North Star State; Globe Pequot Series; You know you're in series
• Author: Berit Thorkelson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0762738952, 9780762738953
• Length: 103 pages
• Subjects: Travel / United States / Midwest / General; Travel / United States / Midwest / West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD)