[Taltarzac725]

Sweet, savory, strange: Minnesota State Fair unveils new foods list for 2023 | MPR News

Some of these would have me running for the nearest Port-a-Potty.

[manaboutown]

Some looked pretty tasty but over 50% looked awful to me. High sodium, sugar and fat junk food for the most part.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

Some looked pretty tasty but over 50% looked awful to me. High sodium, sugar and fat junk food for the most part.

Even more so for the old standbys NOT listed here. "Heart-Attack-On-A-Stick" is always a big favorite. What is on the stick can be any one of many choices; alligator sausage, camel, pork chop, footlong-on-a-stick, fried snickers bar, "big fat bacon" (1/4 lb. pork belly impaled on your stick), etc. Fried and salty.

Going up there the last week in August to take in the fair: annual family outing usually over two days.

[manaboutown]

While growing up I always attended the New Mexico State Fair. Indian fry bread, cotton candy everything you can imagine with red and green chile on it, hot dogs, hamburgers. I went to one in Allentown, PA once which was fascinating. Lots of antique farm equipment. State fairs are fun! So are the rodeos!

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

While growing up I always attended the New Mexico State Fair. Indian fry bread, cotton candy everything you can imagine with red and green chile on it, hot dogs, hamburgers. I went to one in Allentown, PA once which was fascinating. Lots of antique farm equipment. State fairs are fun! So are the rodeos!

Amen.

And Amen.

[tophcfa]

The only thing worthy of consuming at a fair is an overpriced beer. At one fair we saw a food truck serving fried butter?

[Taltarzac725]

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[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The only thing worthy of consuming at a fair is an overpriced beer. At one fair we saw a food truck serving fried butter?

wow

[deputydoc]

I can’t wait to go up there at the end of August. It’s like a right of passage to fall every year

[Desiderata]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The only thing worthy of consuming at a fair is an overpriced beer. At one fair we saw a food truck serving fried butter?

This makes me think you’ve never been to the Minnesota state fair. There’s so many different foods to try. My must-haves are the wild rice cheeseburgers and the frozen Keylime pie dipped in chocolate 😋. The Que Viet egg rolls are also de-lish!

[Glowfromminnesota]

Lutefisk… yuck! We live 20 minutes from the fairgrounds in White Bear Lake. This year I am dragging my husband to the MN State Fair as it may be our last year in Minnesota. You either love the fair or you hate it. :-)

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Sweet, savory, strange: Minnesota State Fair unveils new foods list for 2023 | MPR News

Some of these would have me running for the nearest Port-a-Potty.

Most of the foods look pretty tasty, and some look delicious. Which ones to choose? I was interested to note that many of the dishes use cheese curds. Just a few states where those are recognized. (And Canada, of course.) Fried Lutefisk tacos? Hooray for Scandinavian ethnic foods! It’s a Minnesota thing.

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Sweet, savory, strange: Minnesota State Fair unveils new foods list for 2023 | MPR News

Some of these would have me running for the nearest Port-a-Potty.

Vegan Roast Beef? I don't understand.

[scooterstang]

You all forgot the amazing corn on the cob!!

[Keefelane66]

Food choices are local ever been to the Swamp Cabbage Festival in Florida?