As promised: here’s the list of what I ate at this year’s fair. Every year is slightly different: I have some favorites. And, of course, have to try out new items. This year: the deep-fried bologna on a stick. Here goes.
- honey ice cream with sunflower seeds (twice)
- wine ice cream: ruby raspberry and apple cinnamon
- deep-fried bologna on a stick
- grilled corn on the cob, hold the butter
- mini-donuts
- Pronto Pup® (you may know it as a corn dog)
- sarsaparilla
- sausage sampler: swedish, tuscan, wild rice
- vanilla milk shake
- small taste of chocolate malted milkshake
- what they called a “tornado potato”: spiral fries dipped in chocolate
- Pig Lickers: bacon dipped in dark chocolate
- sweet potato “tater tots”
- 10 bottles of 20 oz. water
- Korean chicken taco
- key lime pie on a stick
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You know, I think that’s it. If something else comes to mind, I’ll add it. Doesn’t look so bad. Hahahahaha. Certainly not up to the standards of the 2005 fair.
UPDATE: I have to laugh. Looking at my post from the 2010 Minnesota State Fair – I realized that the picture is very similar to the one below – from the 2009 OREGON State Fair: involving the same basic food item: Bacon. Anyway — I experimented with posting a blog from a remote location, in this case – obviously – the MN Fairgrounds – and it seemed to work.
A little post from the fair. I’ve embraced the fun of knowing that part of the joy of weight loss is that a day of indulgence ain’t gonna hurt. I mean, what would a day at the fair be without Pig Lickers: crisp bacon dipped in dark chocolate. Spent an hour with a man who creates wooden bowls you can drink ale from. Ain’t life grand!!
Sorry, gotta run. Hear there are sweet potato “tater tots” over down the way.
When is a pigout not a binge? When you do it in the swine barn, of course!
I’m about to attend the MN State Fair where eating is not just a pasttime but a necessity. Or, as my fair companion puts it: I AM a professional.
Now, don’t get me wrong I’m not going to the great Minnesota Get-Together just to eat: there’s the crop art (pics made out of seeds and stems), the pigs and prize ducks, butter sculptures and two, count them TWO huge buildings dedicated to amazing Popeil products.
But, no doubt about it, this annual festa of food on a stick is a gourmand’s delight. Yes, gourmand. I mean: honey ice cream with sunflower seeds. Walleye fillets. Pig lickers: crispy bacon dipped in dark chocolate, served cold of course.
Still to come: the complete list and even photographic evidence.
Janet Eats 