Have you ever had a Maid-Rite? Iowa's loose-meat sandwich — perhaps second only to the pork tenderloin as the state's most famous culinary concoction between two buns — is known as a Maid-Rite after ...

Picture a sloppy joe that is not quite so sloppy -meaning not drowning in sauce, yet still delectably good -constructed with mounds of loose ground beef, and you have the signature Original Maid-Rite ...

Just curious: This occasional feature in the Des Moines Register aims to answer your questions about Iowa. Is there some place, event, lore, history or cultural quirk you're just curious about? Email ...