Corn Palace

We drove to Presho, SD, yesterday and left this morning for Brandon, SD (a suburb of Sioux Falls).  On the way to Brandon, we stopped in Mitchell and toured the Corn Palace.  At one time the entire building was made into corn murals, today only parts of the outside are done.  There is a new theme created every year.

In 1906, the Kilties, a Scottish Band was proclaimed as the World's greatest Scots band.

All the pictures are made from corn.

Corn husk doll

Corn husk car and driver

Hello! from the Corn Palace

Bobbie misses driving a tractor, lol.

Outside walls

Second picture in from the left depicts Sturgis where we had just driven through a few days ago.

On the right, they are tearing down a mural to prepare for the 2021 theme.

After the Corn Palace, we went to lunch at a Pub and Cherie ordered Beef Chislic, is a traditional dish of cubed red meat most commonly localized to the state of South Dakota.  The word chislic is arguably derived from the Turkic word of shashlik or shashlyk, which is cubed meat or liver grilled on a skewer with tomatoes, peppers, and onions. According to some sources, chislic was possibly introduced into the United States by John Hoellwarth, who immigrated from Crimea to Hutchinson County, South Dakota in the 1870s. Chislic is traditionally prepared very simply. Cubed mutton or lamb (or alternately beef or venison), generally no bigger than a half-inch, are cooked in a deep fryer. Generally, chislic is served medium-rare to medium—i.e. warm pink inside. After cooking, it is flavored with garlic salt, or other varieties of seasoned salts. The cubes are eaten hot.