Its MN state fair time and once again there is new food to be had!
The fair is referred to as the great Minnesota Get Together, but really its all about food.
My sewing guild/textile/artist friends will ask what I saw at the 4-H, creative activity center and senior center then we will discuss various entries of people we know. However most people, when you say you were at the fair, will ask "what did you eat?"
There are 261 places to buy food at the fair. Most people get mini donuts, a pronto pup, fried cheese curds and Martha's chocolate chip cookies as well as other assorted fast and diner food. I always get the same food: pink cotton candy, strawberry crepes, key lime pie on a stick, $1 mini shrimp cup, pickle on a stick and sometimes apples with caramel sauce or a lemon aid. If my parents are with me I also have corn on the cob. I always taste nitro ice cream and chocolate soy milk. Even if I go to the fair for several days I only get one of each of the above, except I occasionally get 2 cotton candies. I only get it freshly spun and from one particular vendor.
I doubt I will vary from that, but if I do, I will let you know. I have a coupon book this year so its possible, but not probable ;-)
People here like food "on a stick." One of the newest is Big Fat Bacon 1/3 lb slice of bacon fried and caramelized with maple syrup, served on a stick with dipping sauces.
The following is available for purchase this year at the fair "on a stick":
Popcorn, caramel corn, cheese corn, cotton candy, snow cones, gourmet roasted nuts, hand dipped caramel apples on-a-stick with gourmet toppings to include nuts, candies, marshmallows
Batter dipped, deep fried candy bars on-a-stick (Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeers, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups)
Shrimp (breaded, grilled, cocktail) on-a-stick
Chocolate covered cheesecake on-a-stick (vanilla, key lime)
Cajun seasoned alligator sausage on-a-stick
Deep fried Spudsters on-a-stick
Batter dipped deep fried fruit in a variety of the following combinations served on-a-stick: grapes, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, strawberry, pineapple, apple, banana, kiwi, peaches, cherries, pears
Oriental lemon chicken on-a-stick
Scones on-a-stick (caramel, chocolate, marshmallow)
Blackened Cajun steak-on-a-stick
Big Fat Bacon 1/3 lb slice of bacon fried and caramelized with maple syrup, served on a stick with dipping sauces
Lamb (burgers, gyros, wraps, leg of lamb (marinated on-a-stick)
Fresh dipped (6", 12", 1/3 lb 12" Dogzilla) corn dog on-a-stick
Grilled shrimp on-a-stick with butter garlic seasonings
Frozen key lime pie dipped in chocolate on-a-stick
Cotton candy on-a-stick, in a bag
Grilled pork chops on-a-stick
Nut rolls made on site (peanut, pecan, cashew) may be dipped in chocolate and served on-a-stick
Fudge puppies (a Belgium waffle on-a-stick dipped in swiss chocolate) topped with choices of (whipped topping, crunch coating, strawberries)
Steak on-a-stick
Caramel apples on-a-stick
Foot long pizza on-a-stick
Grilled pork chop on-a-stick
Jerk pork chop on-a-stick
Whole dill pickle on-a-stick
Ice cream on-a-stick
On-a-stick cookies and biscotti
Walleye on a Stick
Scotch Eggs on-a-stick (hard boiled egg, wrapped in sausage, rolled in bread crumbs and deep fried)
Scotch Meatball on-a-stick
Butterscotch cake (cream filled and dipped in butterscotch) on-a-stick
Cheesecake on-a-stick (regular or fresh) (dipped in chocolate, cherry or butterscotch coatings)
Frozen bananas on-a-stick dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts,
Strawberries on-a-stick dipped in chocolate
Puff Daddy on-a-stick
Thai One On sausage on-a-stick,
Pork chops on-a-stick
Chicken breast on-a-stick
Fried Swiss cheese on-a-stick
Fried jalapeno pepper cheese on-a-stick
Watermelon, frozen grapes on-a-stick
Pineapple, oranges, cherries on-a-stick,
Spaghetti and meatballs on-a-stick
Deep fried smores on-a-stick (marshmallow, chocolate, graham cracker batter)
Tater tot hot dish on-a-stick with cream of mushroom dipping sauce
Pronto Pup on-a-stick (6" flour battered, deep fried hot dog)
Pappa Pup on-a-stick (10" flour battered, deep fried hot dog)
Hot dog wrap (hot dog in a wrap deep fried) on-a-stick,
Bull Bites (blackened tenderloin tips with horseradish sauce), chicken bites, macaroni and cheese on-a-stick
Special Tator tots (hash browns formed with cheddar cheese, bacon, green onion, sour cream) deep fried on-a-stick
Chocolate covered cheesecake on-a-stick
Salmon on-a-stick
Porcupine meatballs on-a-stick (wild rice and ground pork),
Rueben on-a-stick
Green battered corn dogs with green ketchup
Corned beef and cabbage dipped in batter on-a-stick,
Cotton candy on-a-stick, in a bag
Taffy pop on-a-stick
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6 comments:
Okay, next year I'm coming up for CON and the year after that THE FAIR!!
You are welcome to come. Its 12 days of fun filled whatever....
There are nightly fireworks which are pretty good. Last night they started at 11:20 but usually they begin a bit earlier.
I live within walking distance of the fair which can be a blessing or a curse. If the wind is right, I can hear the acts at the grandstand. Last night, I could hear bits of 3 Doors down.
Wow--I was trying to imagine pie and watermelon on a stick... How do they stay on? And a THIRD of a pound of bacon?!
That what they say, a 1/3 pound! I haven't been there yet, but when I go I will try to get a picture of it on my cell phone.
The key lime pie on a stick is frozen and pretty darn good even if I am allergic to some of the ingredients ;-)
I didn't realize until yesterday but there are actually 2 different items they call pickle on a stick. One is a huge dill pickle on a stick , which I like, but the new thing is frozen pickle JUICE on a stick. Serious recycling here...
Last I saw the watermelon was cut in large rectangular chunks and skewed.
A lot of choices for food that are on a stick. But one of the most I like is the waffle on a stick . Really love to do it in home.
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