Eighty years ago, $300 could buy you a franchise and a recipe. On Nov. 26, 1928, Elzo Silkwood did just that. He paid $300 to the Maid-Rite company, was given the recipe for their loose meat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa's loose-meat sandwich — perhaps second only to the pork tenderloin as the state's most famous culinary concoction between two ...

This will become your go-to dinner, too. Adobe Stock For almost 100 years, Maid-Rite (or Maid Rite) sandwiches have been a cornerstone of quick Midwestern cooking. With a filling that is too loose to ...

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