Our daughter, Lauren, says the Minnesota State Fair is an oasis for kids on leashes and people with 'muffin tops'(where gravity helps belly fat uniformly settle over one's waistband).
People Watching is right behind Pigging Out at any state fair.
Steve recalls that while our family was partaking in some fair fare when the kids were little, a man walked by and laughed, "...Only at the State Fair would a family be eating food right next to an overflowing, fly infested, reeking garbage can..."
In addition to the usual grease-based Heart-Attacks-on-a Stick, here is a list of some of this year's weirder State Fair foods:
Deep Fried Kool-Aid Balls (California) (What's in the Kool Aid, CA?...Next year's treat will be Deep Fried Medical Marijuana Balls)
Deep Fried Butter and Deep Fried Coke (Texas) Disgusting
Krispy Kreme Cheeseburger With Chocolate Covered Bacon (Wisconsin)
Fudge Covered Scorpion, Mealworm Covered Candied Apples, Deep Fried Crickets, and Smoked Lizards in BBQ Sauce (Arizona)
Elvis on a Stick--Reeses dipped in banana batter and deep fried. (Wisconsin)
(If Wisconsin decides to use one of their own famous citizens as inspiration--
Ed Gein or Jeffrey Dahmer--steer clear.) ©2011 Jana B Patrick
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| Arizona: Recycling in the extermination industry. |
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| Busiest time of the day at the Minnesota State Fair. Notice how many folks are at the Spam booth... |
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| California: PG 13 Deep Fried Frog Butts |
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| Arizona: Tastes like...popcorn. |
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| Minnesota: Deep fried pigs ear strips. Just like Mom used to make. |
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz_xE_VP0ig
Seriously? I thought I was making it up... http://www.marijuana.com/cooking-marijuana-recipes/5269-deep-fried-cannaballs-2.html
Love your humor. Lynne
ReplyDeleteThe fair certainly is a unique (and funny) event….
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Love all the pictures and video!
ReplyDeleteI really liked this one – and brought back fond memories of the fair growing up. The tunnel of love (which I think Steve back then bought tickets by the dozens) and of course the cinnamon mini donuts. I worked the fair one year in a cotton candy booth and became a pink, sweet wisp each day..
ReplyDeleteSee you in a couple weeks – we’ll have fun. AND why is Steve still an egg on the site? Greg
Nummy nummy worm apples... hope you enjoy the worm sucker I bought you!
ReplyDeleteWe took our twins to Como Park once in St. Paul when they were like 3 or 4 years old. We had leashes on them. What a mess! Half the time people were looking at us like we were treating our kids like animals and the other half of the time the kids were criss crossing each other and it was a big pain. The only time in our lives we ever used those leashes.
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