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  • June 10th, 2008 5: 15 pm ET iowa is more like a home to obama and people in iowa love him. if it was not for iowa obama will find it even very hard to get vthe nomination. but thanks to the people of iowa and you people will be rememberd for what you did on that january 3 2008 thousands of years from now the world will always remember what you did. ones a again from me to the people of iowa, thanks randy.

    Obama cancels Iowa event due to floods 2008

  • I'm coming home right at the begining of hunting season in iowa, and im coming home to my little boy born a few days after i left.

    What are ya'll lookin forward to most this season? 2009

  • Feb. 22nd, 2010 01: 24 pm (UTC) ah. the midwest as a fan in iowa, midwest trips always pique my interest. can't wait to hear where you'll be. after all, it was fevre dream that inspired me to take the family onto a steamer out of dubuque.

    Odds and Ends and Snow grrm 2010

  • Yes | No | Report from shane mcelroy wrote 23 weeks 2 days ago oh how i love living in iowa! that buck is awesome!

    Field & Stream 2009

  • November 23rd, 2009 9: 52 am ET do people in iowa have television!!!

    Poll: Iowa Republicans like Palin, but have doubts 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from shane mcelroy wrote 23 weeks 2 days ago oh how i love living in iowa! that buck is awesome!

    Field & Stream 2009

  • I'm coming home right at the begining of hunting season in iowa, and im coming home to my little boy born a few days after i left.

    What are ya'll lookin forward to most this season? 2009

  • To quote Colbert, "... knowing the book will have to end, she will stop writing at page 10 and leave the other 200 blank." patsy in iowa

    Start spreading the news: Palin in New York 2009

  • June 2nd, 2008 9: 20 am ET so when you don't count the caucuses in iowa, maine, washington and nevada – or the primaries in idaho and nebraska – and you count the vote in michigan (which the dnc has refused to do) – but if you do count the michigan vote you refuse to give obama a single vote from the state ... then congratulations hillary you're the popular vote winner. well done.

    Clinton makes popular vote pitch in new ad 2008

  • Brandon you are a moron to think that iowa is a big state, there are more cattle than people. illinois is his home state, in which he was expected to win.

    Clinton, Obama dead even, poll says 2008

  • Some of the wrap’s nicknames speak to that sense of humor: Iowa sushi. Lutheran sushi. Alien wieners. The last is my least favorite, but it’s alarmingly on point, and we’ve snickered about it since we were kids.

    Midwesterner - Iowa’s “Lutheran Sushi” Jessica Carney 2026

  • People all over the midwest eat some different sorts of things sometimes. I've also heard this called Iowa sushi, etc. We just call them pickle wraps.

    “Minnesota Sushi” - Ham, mayonnaise and pickle. Found on Facebook. Yuck. Jameskeenan718 2026

  • Sometimes called Iowa sushi, Minnesota sushi, Midwest sushi, or Lutheran sushi, these retro roll-ups — dill pickles slathered with cream cheese, then wrapped in thin slices of deli ham or corned beef — are the kind of dish that inspires both delighted squeals and deeply confused stares.

    Iowa Sushi Is the 3-Ingredient Holiday Appetizer the Midwest Swears By Food & Wine’s Editorial Guidelines 2025

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