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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #154 on: August 20, 2023, 04:20:58 PM »
Some photos from the Arts Festival today, the food truck section.  I didn't have anything.






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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #155 on: August 20, 2023, 04:23:52 PM »



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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #156 on: August 20, 2023, 04:24:21 PM »

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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #157 on: August 20, 2023, 04:38:22 PM »
I think mostly these are just food trucks who come to these fairs, nothing really special.

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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #158 on: August 24, 2023, 09:08:40 AM »
So, I have never tried "state fair food", it's not food trucks, it's something different.  In Cincy, they had events called "Taste of Blue Ash" or other town that were fun.  Restaurants would serve small food items to reflect what they served normally.  Our place would do it, our chef told me it was a pain.  

We do have a state fair here, as I noted, but I don't think it's a major event.

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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #159 on: August 25, 2023, 11:32:26 AM »
Austin is a big food truck town.  I like a lot of them because they're often doing something different, maybe an ethnic food that we don't see around town all that much, or more often, some kind of fusion.  There's one called "Chi'lantro" that's a fusion of Korean and Mexican and American.  Kimchi fries, Bulgogi tacos.  It's really delicious.

As for State Fair food, it really just depends on which one.  The Texas and Minnesota state fairs, are famous for all of new innovative concepts that are introduced each year.  The Texas State Fair even has a competition for new entries, and rewards the winners with cash and prizes and publicity.  But of course the old standbys still carry tremendous weight.  I can't miss having at least a couple of Fletcher's corny dogs, whilst at the State Fair of Texas.

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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #160 on: August 25, 2023, 11:55:34 AM »
We used to have a lot of food trucks, but not so much any more, routinely.  There used to be 7-8 in a parking lot near us, but they paved the lot and maybe it's "fancy" now.

I tried several of them and decided they were a bit expensive, and I now prefer the local restaurants.  I agree, some of them were interesting fusion types.  We haven't hit a food truck in ages now.  We are getting more and more restaurants opening up in walking distance, maybe that chased them out.

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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #162 on: August 26, 2023, 10:22:27 AM »
who is "we"?

that's a lot of food to eat and rank

did they send the gopher football team?
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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #163 on: August 26, 2023, 10:58:31 AM »
"They" probably looked at the menus, and maybe tried some that looked interesting, be my guess.

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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #164 on: August 26, 2023, 11:17:03 AM »
maybe the Minnesota state fair is limited to 12 food trucks
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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #165 on: August 26, 2023, 11:25:36 AM »
Well, imagine they do somehow.  Each truck has maybe 10 options (low side), so that's 120 separate dishes someone has to try.  And if you have 30 people doing it, you have 30 disparate opinions on 4 items they "tried".


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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #166 on: August 26, 2023, 01:37:11 PM »
I believe those are just the NEW items, not ALL items.  "Same thing happens for new items at the Texas State Fair, and the "we" is a committee whose purpose is to sample and rate the new food offerings.

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Re: State Fair Food
« Reply #167 on: August 26, 2023, 01:42:05 PM »
A committee, huh?  I used to know about those.


 

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