Beyond the cheesy fried enchilada funnel cake: 2017 state fair foods
August 21, 2017 8:35 AM Subscribe
At this years Iowa State Fair (BBC previously) the usual corn dogs, golden fry choco pocket and cheeses and other foods on sticks (more previously) were available, amongst the butter sculpting, baking contests and writing your bucket list. These could be followed by Iowa's big pork leg, or perhaps Thanksgiving balls, apple tacos or bauder mud, washed down with honey lemonade. Or perhaps healthy choices like a vegetable, or peanut butter and jelly, on a stick (previously golden fried), eaten while Skip Hitchcock judges your potatoes or you rest up with your cow. Amongst the 44 new foods, the pork almighty emerged as a popular winner. But, what delicacies were available at other nearby state fairs...
In Minnesota, the new foods for the 2017 state fair include:
- Bacon fluffernutter: grilled cinnamon bun sandwich with a bacon, peanut butter and marshmallow cream filling.
- Memphis totchos: sliced bananas and sauteed bacon over tater tots, topped with peanut sauce.
- Honey puffs (Loukamades): deep-fried dough balls crispy outside and sweet inside, tossed in a sweet syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.
- Deep fried avocado: served with chipotle ranch dipping sauce.
- Bowl o' dough: safe-to-eat raw cookie dough piled high in a bowl
Once past the sliders, the Wisconsin state fair (previously: mac and cheese cupcake) also offered several fine dining experiences, including 94 foods on a stick and:
- Apple pie nachos: cinnamon and sugar nacho chips topped with apple pie filling, caramel, whipped cream and walnuts.
- Beer-battered bacon-wrapped cheddar sausage on a stick.
- Fat Elvis shake shake shake: peanut butter cup and banana ice cream, along with fried bacon bits, blended into a milk shake then topped with whipped cream, bacon bits, chocolate sauce, and a deep fried mini Elvis (a battered and fried peanut butter cup), served in a peanut butter and chopped peanut-rimmed cup.
- Cricket nachos: all the flavor of regular nachos but are high in protein and gluten free.
- Spam fries: deep fried and served with a tasty dipping sauce.
Bonus: unicorn twinkie, frozen root beer pop and Wisconsin cheese curds & brat taco.
But - and previously - there are other state fairs serving speciality cuisine, such as Vermont where boiled maple syrup is poured over snow. Skipping over the California State Fair as their website banner is strangely devoid of cholesterol, the interesting state fair foods from around the USA this year include:
- The forthcoming Washington State Fair will offer deep fried bubble gum...
- ...while the state fair of Texas will see battle between deep fried chicken noodle soup on a stick, and funnel cake bacon queso burger. Not forgetting the Tamale donut and Oreo beer.
- Also at the Texas state fair is the "Fat Smooth" (no): three Belgian mini cream puffs on a skewer, dipped in Cafe du Monde beignet batter, then fried and dusted in powdered sugar and drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce.
- In Indiana, options include the peanut butter pineapple pork burger and the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich (Texas toasted with Havarti, Colby Jack and Cheddar cheeses). And, um, also scorpion pizza, but the egg cream soda looks more fun.
- At the recent North Dakota state fair, options included buffalo cheese curds, and Milky Way in a waffle on a stick.
- Montana has a traditional dish, Vikings: homemade meatballs dipped in batter then deep fried.
- Though arguably too vegetable-centric, the New York state fair continues to offer the hot beef sundae: a layer of mashed potatoes, topped with thin-sliced roast beef, then comes cheddar cheese, sour cream and a cherry tomato.
- Back midwest in Nebraska, the state fair offers cowboy mignon (also at the South Texas state fair): bacon-wrapped ground chuck and sausage stuffed with cheese and topped with creamy Vidalia onion sauce.
- And finally, in Kentucky they like their tator tots very much.
The posters choice? On sadly remote visual inspection only, the fried Froot Loops.
In Minnesota, the new foods for the 2017 state fair include:
- Bacon fluffernutter: grilled cinnamon bun sandwich with a bacon, peanut butter and marshmallow cream filling.
- Memphis totchos: sliced bananas and sauteed bacon over tater tots, topped with peanut sauce.
- Honey puffs (Loukamades): deep-fried dough balls crispy outside and sweet inside, tossed in a sweet syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.
- Deep fried avocado: served with chipotle ranch dipping sauce.
- Bowl o' dough: safe-to-eat raw cookie dough piled high in a bowl
Once past the sliders, the Wisconsin state fair (previously: mac and cheese cupcake) also offered several fine dining experiences, including 94 foods on a stick and:
- Apple pie nachos: cinnamon and sugar nacho chips topped with apple pie filling, caramel, whipped cream and walnuts.
- Beer-battered bacon-wrapped cheddar sausage on a stick.
- Fat Elvis shake shake shake: peanut butter cup and banana ice cream, along with fried bacon bits, blended into a milk shake then topped with whipped cream, bacon bits, chocolate sauce, and a deep fried mini Elvis (a battered and fried peanut butter cup), served in a peanut butter and chopped peanut-rimmed cup.
- Cricket nachos: all the flavor of regular nachos but are high in protein and gluten free.
- Spam fries: deep fried and served with a tasty dipping sauce.
Bonus: unicorn twinkie, frozen root beer pop and Wisconsin cheese curds & brat taco.
But - and previously - there are other state fairs serving speciality cuisine, such as Vermont where boiled maple syrup is poured over snow. Skipping over the California State Fair as their website banner is strangely devoid of cholesterol, the interesting state fair foods from around the USA this year include:
- The forthcoming Washington State Fair will offer deep fried bubble gum...
- ...while the state fair of Texas will see battle between deep fried chicken noodle soup on a stick, and funnel cake bacon queso burger. Not forgetting the Tamale donut and Oreo beer.
- Also at the Texas state fair is the "Fat Smooth" (no): three Belgian mini cream puffs on a skewer, dipped in Cafe du Monde beignet batter, then fried and dusted in powdered sugar and drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce.
- In Indiana, options include the peanut butter pineapple pork burger and the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich (Texas toasted with Havarti, Colby Jack and Cheddar cheeses). And, um, also scorpion pizza, but the egg cream soda looks more fun.
- At the recent North Dakota state fair, options included buffalo cheese curds, and Milky Way in a waffle on a stick.
- Montana has a traditional dish, Vikings: homemade meatballs dipped in batter then deep fried.
- Though arguably too vegetable-centric, the New York state fair continues to offer the hot beef sundae: a layer of mashed potatoes, topped with thin-sliced roast beef, then comes cheddar cheese, sour cream and a cherry tomato.
- Back midwest in Nebraska, the state fair offers cowboy mignon (also at the South Texas state fair): bacon-wrapped ground chuck and sausage stuffed with cheese and topped with creamy Vidalia onion sauce.
- And finally, in Kentucky they like their tator tots very much.
The posters choice? On sadly remote visual inspection only, the fried Froot Loops.
bacon
2010 called; it wants its fad back
posted by thelonius at 8:48 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
2010 called; it wants its fad back
posted by thelonius at 8:48 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
That Pork Almighty basically looks like poutine. But then the touch of genius; putting it on top of a giant cup of soda. So you can slurp your sugar water inbetween mouthfuls of pork, cheese, and greasy potatoes. But even better the whole assemblage marks it as an individual size portion, not to be shared. Those two pounds of poutine are for one American alone.
posted by Nelson at 8:53 AM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 8:53 AM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
I don't really get the "oh my god it's so bad for you! fucking americans!" bent to this. It's food that's really only going to exist at a state fair, not daily eating things. Let people have their bacchanalia.
posted by Ferreous at 8:57 AM on August 21, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by Ferreous at 8:57 AM on August 21, 2017 [5 favorites]
Oh I'm not scolding, I'm marveling.
posted by Nelson at 8:58 AM on August 21, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 8:58 AM on August 21, 2017 [6 favorites]
Sigh. I miss the Iowa State Fair; one of the best things I've done in previous American adventures. And zero regrets to trying the deep fried butter on a stick, which was pretty good (honey and cinnamon flavoring). I wish our fairs and carnivals had more foods akin to those of American state and county fairs.
* Also, that "Fat Elvis shake shake shake" - yeah, I would. Just once, but I would. These things usually taste good because they are designed to taste good and therefore sell. Some (not all) of my English friends do not get this point (partly through fear of the different and cultural repression, but through other reasons as well). And they recoil and don't believe me when I describe how good e.g. the chocolate lard milkshake I had many years ago somewhere out towards Santa Monica was.
** There is more than a grain of wisdom in the age-old advice of "Try everything once except line dancing and hard drugs".
posted by Wordshore at 9:13 AM on August 21, 2017
* Also, that "Fat Elvis shake shake shake" - yeah, I would. Just once, but I would. These things usually taste good because they are designed to taste good and therefore sell. Some (not all) of my English friends do not get this point (partly through fear of the different and cultural repression, but through other reasons as well). And they recoil and don't believe me when I describe how good e.g. the chocolate lard milkshake I had many years ago somewhere out towards Santa Monica was.
** There is more than a grain of wisdom in the age-old advice of "Try everything once except line dancing and hard drugs".
posted by Wordshore at 9:13 AM on August 21, 2017
Lileks does a Minnesota State Fair food rundown every year, always fun to read. [FAKE]
posted by chavenet at 9:17 AM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 9:17 AM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
I am hung up on the bacon fluffernutter -- made from a cinnamon roll? WTF?
posted by suelac at 9:21 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by suelac at 9:21 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
the New York state fair continues to offer the hot beef sundae: a layer of mashed potatoes, topped with thin-sliced roast beef, then comes cheddar cheese, sour cream and a cherry tomato.
I will walk right past the hot beef sundae to put some Gianelli in my belly, preferably at the Gianelli stand, and not the Dinosaur BBQ stand.
(Most of us from Syracuse take Fair food very seriously, and we don't like to mess with tradition, although I am looking forward to Mexican corn this year. I've been planning my food and drink route out for at least a month now.)
posted by lyssabee at 9:26 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
I will walk right past the hot beef sundae to put some Gianelli in my belly, preferably at the Gianelli stand, and not the Dinosaur BBQ stand.
(Most of us from Syracuse take Fair food very seriously, and we don't like to mess with tradition, although I am looking forward to Mexican corn this year. I've been planning my food and drink route out for at least a month now.)
posted by lyssabee at 9:26 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
Pork Almighty y'all!
posted by Oyéah at 9:28 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Oyéah at 9:28 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
hurf durf butter sculptors
posted by komara at 9:29 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by komara at 9:29 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
I am at the stage of the year where I am thinking of possible projects for my final year undergrads. The pork almighty video really makes me think someone should be writing a thesis on the history of the bucket in American cuisine.
posted by biffa at 9:32 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by biffa at 9:32 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
So am I just irredeemably disturbed that my first though on reading about the hot beef sundae would be to go get a bunch of these to create the "hot beef injection"?
Ill see myself out of the thread now . . .
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 9:34 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
Ill see myself out of the thread now . . .
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 9:34 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
I ... kinda think the Thanksgiving balls sound like a good idea. It is, at least, an exciting formulation.
posted by penduluum at 9:49 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by penduluum at 9:49 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
It's food that's really only going to exist at a state fair, not daily eating things
You'd think that, but don't underestimate an American's penchant for excess at all times.
posted by ananci at 9:56 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
You'd think that, but don't underestimate an American's penchant for excess at all times.
posted by ananci at 9:56 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Nine friends and I went to the Wisconsin State Fair recently -- it's relatively manageable if one goes with a large group because then you all can share orders of things like, say, ravioli but made with bacon instead of pasta, and you're only having one...
posted by AJaffe at 10:39 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by AJaffe at 10:39 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
the egg cream soda looks more fun
I take a great deal of umbrage with that being described as "a traditional egg cream."
posted by uncleozzy at 10:48 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
I take a great deal of umbrage with that being described as "a traditional egg cream."
posted by uncleozzy at 10:48 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
I take a great deal of umbrage with that being described as "a traditional egg cream."
Agree! for a large homemade version: 1 inch Fox's U-bet, 1 inch milk, fill with seltzer.
I am willing to consider slight variations. (Very thirsty now but I only have Nesquick.)
posted by Botanizer at 10:58 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
Agree! for a large homemade version: 1 inch Fox's U-bet, 1 inch milk, fill with seltzer.
I am willing to consider slight variations. (Very thirsty now but I only have Nesquick.)
posted by Botanizer at 10:58 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
Poutine, maple taffy, cretons... US state fairs are basically a normal weekday in Quebec it seems.
posted by GuyZero at 11:06 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by GuyZero at 11:06 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
where are the frybread tacos
posted by poffin boffin at 11:41 AM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 11:41 AM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
Apple pie nachos sound delicious!
posted by SisterHavana at 11:41 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by SisterHavana at 11:41 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
The post mentions the MN State Fair in the past tense, but it doesn't start until Thursday the 24th.
/pedant
posted by mefireader at 11:49 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
/pedant
posted by mefireader at 11:49 AM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
My family went to the Illinois State Fair every year when I was a kid. I always loved it. Haven't been back since...I really should do it again someday.
posted by SisterHavana at 11:52 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by SisterHavana at 11:52 AM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
frybread tacos
The MN State Fair is one the only place I see them for sale, but I am usually far too full by the time we get near the stand. It is over by the Scotch Egg stand near the midway.
posted by soelo at 12:40 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
The MN State Fair is one the only place I see them for sale, but I am usually far too full by the time we get near the stand. It is over by the Scotch Egg stand near the midway.
posted by soelo at 12:40 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
The Minnesota state fair is one of the things I miss about the US. Another regret is never attending either the Iowa and Texas State fairs. The thing is are state fairs combine walking, eating outrageous food items including, 18 inch corn dogs and cheese curds done right, making happy memories and did I mention a wealth for Pokémon Go players? I wear fat pants and walking shoes because you got to commit to a state fair.
posted by jadepearl at 1:35 PM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by jadepearl at 1:35 PM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. "Stunt Food" is invariably a regrettable choice.
posted by mikelieman at 1:38 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mikelieman at 1:38 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
The post mentions the MN State Fair in the past tense, but it doesn't start until Thursday the 24th.
/pedant
Fixed via the mods; thanks. My mind was starting to wander/wonder at that point of FPP construction as to the viability of deep fried Walnut Whips on a stick.
posted by Wordshore at 3:31 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
/pedant
Fixed via the mods; thanks. My mind was starting to wander/wonder at that point of FPP construction as to the viability of deep fried Walnut Whips on a stick.
posted by Wordshore at 3:31 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Ok, I will go for the cricket nachos if I *have* to, but NOT, NOT, NOT with the whole cricket garnishes as shown. Just no.
posted by mollymillions at 4:47 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mollymillions at 4:47 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Lest America think it has a monopoly on stunt foods: the 10 most outrageous foods coming to the CNE
And in a only-in-Toronto offering: black velvet funnel cakes topped with charcoal ice cream.
posted by GuyZero at 5:02 PM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
And in a only-in-Toronto offering: black velvet funnel cakes topped with charcoal ice cream.
posted by GuyZero at 5:02 PM on August 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
I'm laughing at their list of "healthy options": BBQ served up in a waffle cone and a deep-fried shrimp corn dog.
posted by Kangaroo at 5:11 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Kangaroo at 5:11 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Almost all of these sound pretty gross and/or silly to me, but this caught my eye:
the New York state fair continues to offer the hot beef sundae: a layer of mashed potatoes, topped with thin-sliced roast beef, then comes cheddar cheese, sour cream and a cherry tomato.
I would totally eat this on a daily basis.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:59 PM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
the New York state fair continues to offer the hot beef sundae: a layer of mashed potatoes, topped with thin-sliced roast beef, then comes cheddar cheese, sour cream and a cherry tomato.
I would totally eat this on a daily basis.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:59 PM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
This is my favorite post that anyone has ever made.
I'm not really a bucket list person, but one of the few things that I feel real strongly about is spending a month doing an American road trip with my partner. Itinerary is determined by when state fairs are, and how many of them we can realistically get to. It's gonna be amazing.
posted by mishafletch at 9:04 PM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
I'm not really a bucket list person, but one of the few things that I feel real strongly about is spending a month doing an American road trip with my partner. Itinerary is determined by when state fairs are, and how many of them we can realistically get to. It's gonna be amazing.
posted by mishafletch at 9:04 PM on August 21, 2017 [3 favorites]
The post mentions the MN State Fair in the past tense, but it doesn't start until Thursday the 24th.
/pedant
posted by mefireader at 3:49 AM on August 22
[1 favorite +] [!]
And someone has finally distilled metafilter down to its pure essence.
(Not snark, this comment made me unreasonably happy)
posted by Literaryhero at 12:59 AM on August 22, 2017 [4 favorites]
/pedant
posted by mefireader at 3:49 AM on August 22
[1 favorite +] [!]
And someone has finally distilled metafilter down to its pure essence.
(Not snark, this comment made me unreasonably happy)
posted by Literaryhero at 12:59 AM on August 22, 2017 [4 favorites]
*sigh*
I so miss the MN State Fair. As a kid, we went twice every year, sometimes three times. Every trip we spent our pockets dry on wonderful, terrible food.
My dad always has a chocolate shake at the Diary Barn. My oldest brother introduced me to the Foot-Long Chili Cheese Dog one year, and that went on the list. I always need deep-fried cheese curds -- and, now that I am of age, a couple of beers. I did All You Can Drink Milk on a hot day once. Once. It did not make the list.
The list is pretty long now, and the last time I made it to The Fair, I only managed to eat a few of the things. Still good to have a goal..
posted by wenestvedt at 6:47 AM on August 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
I so miss the MN State Fair. As a kid, we went twice every year, sometimes three times. Every trip we spent our pockets dry on wonderful, terrible food.
My dad always has a chocolate shake at the Diary Barn. My oldest brother introduced me to the Foot-Long Chili Cheese Dog one year, and that went on the list. I always need deep-fried cheese curds -- and, now that I am of age, a couple of beers. I did All You Can Drink Milk on a hot day once. Once. It did not make the list.
The list is pretty long now, and the last time I made it to The Fair, I only managed to eat a few of the things. Still good to have a goal..
posted by wenestvedt at 6:47 AM on August 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
I would go eat that Breakfast Buddy Bowl right damn now, if I could find one in downtown Providence, RI.
posted by wenestvedt at 6:48 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by wenestvedt at 6:48 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
I did All You Can Drink Milk on a hot day once. Once.
Would you classify it as a bad choice?
posted by uncleozzy at 6:56 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
Would you classify it as a bad choice?
posted by uncleozzy at 6:56 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
This thread comes up in recent activity for me thanks to my one throwaway shitpost contribution above and the words 'state fair' are in my head and suddenly I realize ... I have no idea when or where Louisiana's state fair takes place. Like, none at all.
so I go and look it up and it is in Shreveport of all places. Seriously? Why not just call it the Arkansas State Fair instead?
okay in all honesty I probably wouldn't attend even if it were over in Baton Rouge just an hour away. I mean, heck, I can barely be bothered to leave Orleans Parish just to visit my in-laws in the suburbs one parish over and that's mainly because that's where the nearest Target is as well.
but seriously though - Shreveport? Couldn't they have at least aimed for the middle of the state and given all of us some reason to ever go to Alexandria or something?
Now I feel like I have to go look up the location of every state fair and see if anyone else is similarly inconvenienced, like if the Wyoming State Fair takes place out in Thermopolis or something.
posted by komara at 6:59 AM on August 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
so I go and look it up and it is in Shreveport of all places. Seriously? Why not just call it the Arkansas State Fair instead?
okay in all honesty I probably wouldn't attend even if it were over in Baton Rouge just an hour away. I mean, heck, I can barely be bothered to leave Orleans Parish just to visit my in-laws in the suburbs one parish over and that's mainly because that's where the nearest Target is as well.
but seriously though - Shreveport? Couldn't they have at least aimed for the middle of the state and given all of us some reason to ever go to Alexandria or something?
Now I feel like I have to go look up the location of every state fair and see if anyone else is similarly inconvenienced, like if the Wyoming State Fair takes place out in Thermopolis or something.
posted by komara at 6:59 AM on August 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
One of our local TV stations had a recent segment on how the MN fair stacks up to the rest of the country. Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania don't even have state fairs. Idaho has two!
posted by soelo at 7:22 AM on August 22, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by soelo at 7:22 AM on August 22, 2017 [3 favorites]
I did All You Can Drink Milk on a hot day once. Once.
Would you classify it as a bad choice ?
Oh, God, yes. The shiny steel tanker truck is usually parked pretty close to the large animal barns, and on a really hot summer day, the temperatures plus the manure smell can make even an iron stomach turn itself inside out, right on the pavement.
I think the free square on this bingo card is "Vomit by the AYKD milk truck."
posted by wenestvedt at 9:44 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
Would you classify it as a bad choice ?
Oh, God, yes. The shiny steel tanker truck is usually parked pretty close to the large animal barns, and on a really hot summer day, the temperatures plus the manure smell can make even an iron stomach turn itself inside out, right on the pavement.
I think the free square on this bingo card is "Vomit by the AYKD milk truck."
posted by wenestvedt at 9:44 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania don't even have state fairs.
As a person born in MN who lives in RI, I weep over that fact every damn summer.
(And no, Massachusetts's "Big E" doesn't count.)
posted by wenestvedt at 9:45 AM on August 22, 2017
As a person born in MN who lives in RI, I weep over that fact every damn summer.
(And no, Massachusetts's "Big E" doesn't count.)
posted by wenestvedt at 9:45 AM on August 22, 2017
komara: but seriously though - Shreveport?
See? It's exotic! It's strange! It's an opportunity to learn more about a place you wouldn't otherwise go! (Of course, that also implies it's a long, stomach-sloshing drive home afterwards, so you might have to temper your dining adventure if your tummy is prone to fits.)
Go take some photos, for goodness sake! :7)
posted by wenestvedt at 9:51 AM on August 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
See? It's exotic! It's strange! It's an opportunity to learn more about a place you wouldn't otherwise go! (Of course, that also implies it's a long, stomach-sloshing drive home afterwards, so you might have to temper your dining adventure if your tummy is prone to fits.)
Go take some photos, for goodness sake! :7)
posted by wenestvedt at 9:51 AM on August 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
Andrew Zimmern is an annual visitor to the MN State Fair, and posts about it often (2017, 2016, etc ...)
posted by ZeusHumms at 10:05 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by ZeusHumms at 10:05 AM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
Aw, I looked at Zimmern's photos and now my stomach is rumbling!
posted by wenestvedt at 1:02 PM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by wenestvedt at 1:02 PM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
"It's food that's really only going to exist at a state fair, not daily eating things."
Guy Fieri's State Fair Foods coming soon to a mall near you!
posted by Marky at 4:03 PM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
Guy Fieri's State Fair Foods coming soon to a mall near you!
posted by Marky at 4:03 PM on August 22, 2017 [2 favorites]
Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger wins big at State Fair of Texas fried food awards.
Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger
Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger
Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger
It beat out the "Sweetened Froot Loops folded into marshmallow, dipped in batter, and fried" and The Tamale Donut.
posted by Nelson at 8:51 AM on August 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger
Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger
Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger
It beat out the "Sweetened Froot Loops folded into marshmallow, dipped in batter, and fried" and The Tamale Donut.
posted by Nelson at 8:51 AM on August 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
That looks like a deep-fried autopsy.
posted by uncleozzy at 8:54 AM on August 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by uncleozzy at 8:54 AM on August 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
Sweetened Froot Loops
Anything that spells Fruit like Froot has got to have enough sugar in it already. Please don't add more.
posted by soelo at 10:15 AM on August 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
Anything that spells Fruit like Froot has got to have enough sugar in it already. Please don't add more.
posted by soelo at 10:15 AM on August 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
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