Midwest is a lot of fried stuff among other things. Think "Cracker Barrel" menu. Fried chicken, country fried steak, country ham (read as salty). Veggies are mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans, okra. Desserts are the standard pies, cherry, apple, peach (cobbler), pumpkin. Drinks? Milk is a staple but there's also iced tea (sweat in the south, raw in the north). Alcohol? Whiskey/bourbon, redneck beer (Schlitz, Natty Lite, Beast Lite, Icehouse, ad nauseum), moonshine, etc. Finish it all off with a big chaw of tobaccy.