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The Power Five => Big XII => Topic started by: utee94 on August 10, 2022, 03:29:34 PM
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The finalists for the State Fair of Texas have been announced-- 5 savory and 5 sweet. There are a couple here I'll probably give a go.
https://bigtex.com/plan-your-visit/food/big-tex-choice-awards/
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The ones that interest me are The Holy Biscuit:
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This mouth-watering southern explosion starts with a perfectly cooked golden-brown biscuit. Then, slow-smoked shredded brisket and ladle fire-roasted street corn queso is stacked on top of the biscuit. Then, thick-cut bacon is drizzled with Texas honey with a little bit of kick. The masterpiece is complete when it’s topped off with crispy pickle French fries. Your taste buds will go crazy with the savory-sweet crunchy combination of flavors all in one bite.
And the Ultimate Brookie Monster:
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The Ultimate Brookie Monster is the ultimate in dessert decadence. It’s like a dessert hall of fame party on one saucer. It starts with crispy, chewy chocolate chip cookies, layered with Oreos and marshmallows. Then, the creation is covered in triple-chocolate brownie batter and baked together into a super brookie. The fun begins when the brookie is then battered and deep fried. Then, the super brookie is showered in powdered sugar, and served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. To finish, it is topped with cheesecake crumbles and strawberry sauce.
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I've never liked biscuits. Even if I did, how do you eat that thing?
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With two hands.
And biscuits are one of God's great creations.
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Of course, my all-time favorite deep fried food at the state fair, is the humble corny dog.
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Pair that with a few wax-cup beers, and you've got a breakfast of champions.
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With two hands.
And biscuits are one of God's great creations.
My mouth is not large enough, even if I had 4 hands.
I'm glad God created those I guess. Keeps fewer paws on actual good bread varieties.
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yer a heathen savage
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You got me.
Man, why are you ALWAYS f'ing right?
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Fried lobster tail with champagne gravy is pretty tasty:
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That would go in my pie hole. Probably two orders.
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The deep fried seafood gumbo balls won the Grand Prize last year, and they were pretty darn tasty:
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The balls consist of a dark roux batter loaded with shrimp, stewed chicken, crab meat, and andouille sausage, then rolled in saltine and breadcrumb crust and deep fried. The gumbo balls are served with a side of roux dipping sauce.
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I don't think I could do a state fair anymore.
I hate people.
Nash Vegas was enough for me last week.
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I know what you mean. After 35 or so years of attending the State Fair of Texas, I know how to navigate it and avoid situations that I don't like.
And I'm okay managing UT home games amongst 100,000 people just fine, for the same reasons.
But I attended one day of the ACL Music Festival a couple of years ago, and it was just absolutely miserable. My days of attending music festivals are officially over, I suppose. And I'm fine with that.
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Yep, we used to go to the LaLa events back before they settled in Chicago.
Not a chance of that today.
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It's not fried, but this Texas BBQ brisket banh mi is pretty tasty:
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Texas BBQ Brisket Banh Mi is served on a lightly toasted Vietnamese baguette that is topped with chopped smoked brisket, lightly coated in our BBQ sauce, along with cilantro, cucumber and homemade pickled daikon radish and carrots. Honey siracha aioli, hoisin sauce, and fresh jalapeño slices are served on the side.
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Country fried shrimp grits:
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Grits like you have never tasted before! Deliciously rich cooked grits are infused with shrimp and cheese, formed into squares, then dipped in a light egg wash and covered with a homemade batter, deep fried to perfection. To top it off, this delicious dish is then covered with a mouthwatering shrimp and crawfish sauce. A taste so good, you’ll come back for more.
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The shrimp thing looks really good.
Not sure about the sammy above though. Seems like the meat to bread ratio is too small.
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My mouth is not large enough, even if I had 4 hands.
I'm glad God created those I guess. Keeps fewer paws on actual good bread varieties.
you watch Triple D
hunch and unhinge the jaw
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The shrimp thing looks really good.
Not sure about the sammy above though. Seems like the meat to bread ratio is too small.
Sandwich meat/bread ratio looks pretty typical for a Viatnamese banh mi, or really any sandwich I've ever had on a French roll. It's quite tasty, I assure you.
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Never been to the state fair. Hell, only been to Dallas a handful of times. Most of them I was just passing thru.
Fort Worth is more my style.
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The state fair isn't particularly "Dallas-y." We go every year, my kids wouldn't forgive me if I didn't take them.
With my oldest entering high school, there may come a year when they don't want to go. But this ain't that year, thank goodness. :)
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I remember my daughters first day in HS
When she got home I asked her how it was and she said
High School rocks dad
That was when I knew she would do just fine
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How did the State Fair of Texas come to be in Dallas, which you Horns sometimes say is practically in Oklahoma?
Seems like it would have made sense to put it in a more central part of the state, like Austin.
Did Dallas somehow steal it, like Oklahoma City stole the state capital of Oklahoma?
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Dallas is definitely Baja Oklahoma at best. :)
I don't know the history, so I looked it up. If the State Fair website and wikipedia are to be believed, the short version of the story is that the State Fair of Texas is in Dallas because back in the late 1800s a group of Dallas businessmen conceived it, founded it, and funded it.
The longer version of the story is that it was originally in Houston for the same reason-- a group of local businessman founded it and funded it. But after a few years, they were losing money and it went into bankruptcy.
A few years after that is when the group of Dallas businessmen decided to start it up again in their own city, but after a few months they were divided on where to have it. One faction wanted to host it at its current location in East Dallas and purchased and developed what would later become Fair Park, while another faction wanted it to be more accessible to farmers and preferred a location just north of the city. So the first year, they both tried to host one, and unsurprisingly, neither one of them made money. The next year they merged, and agreed to the current location at Fair Park.
They ran it for a few years but still struggled to make money, so they sold the land and the Fair as a going concern to the state of Texas, who has operated it ever since.
Lots more details to be had if you care to, and it's a pretty fascinating history. Thanks for leading me down that rabbit hole. :)
https://bigtex.com/about-us/history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Fair_of_Texas
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Thanks for the story, Utee.
Interesting stuff. We should all be glad that the Houston fair failed. The RRS would never have become what it is with the State Fair of Texas in Houston.
Sort of a pocket history of America in there. Stories of the good and the grand as well as not-so-much of either.
I would have sworn that the Big Tex fire happened during the RRS, but it happened 6 days later. Fallible memory at work again.
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Oklahoma has two state fairs--one in OKC and one in Tulsa.
Neither comes close to approaching the size and scope of the Texas State Fair.
As far as I know, neither has anything special in the way of food.
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Sort of a pocket history of America in there. Stories of the good and the grand as well as not-so-much of either.
Agree that it's a mix of some good and some terrible. Obviously I didn't even get into the history of segregation at the State Fair. It's ugly business that I'm glad has ended. Racism persists (as does bigotry in many other forms), but at least it's becoming less codified and less acceptable in large parts of society.
My kids have a delightful lack of vocabulary to describe people of color, and I'm glad about that.
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Agree that it's a mix of some good and some terrible. Obviously I didn't even get into the history of segregation at the State Fair. It's ugly business that I'm glad has ended. Racism persists (as does bigotry in many other forms), but at least it's becoming less codified and less acceptable in large parts of society.
My kids have a delightful lack of vocabulary to describe people of color, and I'm glad about that.
That's a very good thing. You and your isc&a Aggie wife should take some satisfaction in that.
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So, I was wondering why Fletcher's calls 'em "corny dogs" and the whole rest of America calls 'em "corn dogs."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_dog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_dog)
Fletcher's seems to have the best claim for first offering them for sale, as opposed to providing cooking products that might be able to make them. And, of course, the Fletchers called them "corny dogs."
There are interesting names for them in other countries: Pluto Pup, Dippy Dog, American Dog, Yankee, etc.
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One of my biggest memories while raising my children was the time we were in a department store being waited on by a sales lady who was of color
We had our little 4 year old daughter with us who stood there listening to what was going on when the sales woman looked down at her and said hi
My daughter looked up at her and said "You're black" and I nearly fainted
The lady laughed hard and said "Yes I am dear and God loves us all"
That was a teaching moment in many ways
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not a fan of corny dogs, but I'm not a big fan of hot dogs in general
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I love corny dogs but really only eat them at the state fair. It's not something I come home and say, "Hey honey you know what I want for dinner tonight? Corny dogs!"
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not a fan of corny dogs, but I'm not a big fan of hot dogs in general
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet!!
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I like hot dogs too but rarely eat them.
When the kids were younger it was something they'd eat with no complaint, so we ate them more often.
Now the 14yo girl will make her own dinner as often as not, and the 12yo boy loves sushi and Asian food above all else, so not many hot dogs consumed at my place anymore.
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I remember as a kid Friday nights were "shopping" night so my parents did not cook
it was almost always hot dogs and Hawaiian punch for dinner
Those were the days
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hotdogs on a skewer over a campfire are the best dogs
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Oh yeah, we ALWAYS have hot dogs for dinner one night, when we're camping. And then s'mores for dessert.
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Looks good. Gonna need an explanation/description on that.
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Depression dogs from Gene and Jude's in River Grove, IL.
Steamed bun, simmered snappy Vienna beef dog, mustard, relish, onion, sport peppers and hand-cut fries.
Simple, but amazing good. And DO NOT ask for ketchup. They will kill you.
Menu:
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Depression dogs from Gene and Jude's in River Grove, IL.
Steamed bun, simmered snappy Vienna beef dog, mustard, relish, onion, sport peppers and hand-cut fries.
Simple, but amazing good. And DO NOT ask for ketchup. They will kill you.
Menu:
(https://i.imgur.com/iPba0op.png)
I believe you.
When in line at a hot-dog vendor in Chicago, I witnessed the following exchange:
Patron: Oh, could I please have some ketchup packets?
Vendor: F**k your ketchup!
Patron: It's for my kid...
Vendor: F**k your kid!
That was pretty much where that ended. I personally prefer ketchup on my hot-dog, but Illinois evidently has views.
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It's a Chicago thing.
There is McD's next door that charges $0.50 for one packet of ketchup. Not kidding.
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I don't do ketchup on a hotdog. I do like mustard.
And I loathe relish, because I despise pickles.
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I feel this way about ketchup
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I guess, when you're the Sausage King, ketchup is kinda like putting A1 on a steak. It blots out the actual taste of the food. It's insulting to the preparer.
Really, I eat Oscar Myer outta the package. I prepare it in the time honored method of guys everywhere - which is nuking them in the microwave until they explode. If I have a package of buns, good. Otherwise, it can ride on a slice of bread WITH KETCHUP and cheese.
This isn't meant to be fine dining. They're tubes of food-dyed fatty gristle that keep me from being hungry for a few hours. With any luck, there's Funyans and a coke as well.
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Mustard, chili, and cheese is my favorite hot dog.
I don't like relish. Never have. I'm not sure why, because I like most varieties of pickles.
I don't like raw onions--chopped or otherwise--either. Sauteed, or in onion soup, they're fine. Seems like I've seen some variety of hot dog that had sauteed onions on it.
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Mustard, chili, and cheese is my favorite hot dog.
I don't like relish. Never have. I'm not sure why, because I like most varieties of pickles.
I don't like raw onions--chopped or otherwise--either. Sauteed, or in onion soup, they're fine. Seems like I've seen some variety of hot dog that had sauteed onions on it.
You'd love a Maxwell Street polish, I think.
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Lots of folks in Texico put raw onions on top of a chili dog. I suppose that's because lots of folks in Texico put raw onions on top of a bowl of chili, too.
I certainly do, for both.
Also, raw onion is a classic topping for Tex-Mex enchiladas.
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Brazilian and other South American versions of the hot dog, will include cooked onion. But it's not sauteed-- rather, it's stewed in the hot dog broth, along with tomatoes bell pepper and other stuff. They also top them with all sorts of crazy stuff like whole kernel corn, green peas, shoestring potatoes, and almost anything else you can think of.
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You'd love a Maxwell Street polish, I think.
Yeah, I think it was some kind of Polish dog that had them. It was good.
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Lots of folks in Texico put raw onions on top of a chili dog. I suppose that's because lots of folks in Texico put raw onions on top of a bowl of chili, too.
I certainly do, for both.
Also, raw onion is a classic topping for Tex-Mex enchiladas.
The standard "Coney Island"-style hot dogs in Tulsa (started by a Greek immigrant in the 1920s) have mustard, chili and raw onions. You pay extra for cheese.
Lots of people here have chopped raw onions on their chili too.
I am not in synch with the majority.
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I like all types of onions on almost everything
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I like all types of onions on almost everything
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I'd eat it all with a little salt and pepper and spices (TABASCO® Green Jalapeño Sauce or better yet, TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce)
don't need the dipping sauce
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I don't mind the sauce. It's basically a ranch with a little more WHANG.
But sure, I like hot sauces too.
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I like that a lot.
I've got to eat it early in the evening, though.
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I don't mind the sauce. It's basically a ranch with a little more WHANG.
But sure, I like hot sauces too.
Cannot find Siracha in any store right now. The chili garlic paste is also a no-show.
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Cannot find Siracha in any store right now. The chili garlic paste is also a no-show.
Yeah same here. For some reason we had a couple large bottles put away, before the shortage began. But we're almost out.
My buddy Bald Greg has an Asian cookbook with a recipe for homemade sriracha. I'm pretty close to attempting to make it homemade.
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sriracha isn't my "go to" and I have a large bottle in the fridge
I'll be OK
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I like sriracha with Asian foods. I prefer other hot sauces with other styles.
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yup, I don't "cook" Asian food in my kitchen often
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yup, I don't "cook" Asian food in my kitchen often
We do it pretty often these days. Asian foods are probably my 12yo son's favorite style at the moment, and we've taught him how to stir-fry, make Asian noodles like ramen, and a few other things. In fact both kids are doing a lot of cooking recently.
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yup, years ago, when my daughters were young, I'd use the electric Wok and do fun Asian meals
guess I'm too lazy now, or just can't do Asian as well as the Asians
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Food Network asserts that the best state fair food in Iowa, is the pork chop on a stick:
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And the selection for Oklahoma is the Indian Taco:
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well, there's nothing wrong with a good Iowa chop
not sure it's the best fair food in the state, but it's good
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I've never had an Indian taco. They sell them at Mayfest in downtown Tulsa. And probably at the Fair too.
Last time I went to Mayfest--pre-Covid, pre-my friend Greg's death--there was a truck selling "Moink on a Stick."
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I wondered if there was a state fair here, there is apparently.
Georgia State Fair | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Sep 30 - Oct 9, 2022 (https://www.georgiastatefair.com/)
It doesn't seem to get much pub. Or I don't pay attention.
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State fairs are great. I hear the one in Minnesota is a really big deal, too. Higher average daily attendance than the Texas State Fair and second in total attendance. Maybe @GopherRock (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=47) has been and could chime in with some info about the Fair foods that are popular up there.
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We might go this year, I've never been to one. It's cheap to get in.
On the other hand, they have weekend festivals across the street nearly all the time and they might be similar with respect to food items.
Welcome to the Piedmont Park Arts Festival » Piedmont Park Arts Festival (http://piedmontparkartsfestival.com/)
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State fairs are great. I hear the one in Minnesota is a really big deal, too. Higher average daily attendance than the Texas State Fair and second in total attendance. Maybe @GopherRock (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=47) has been and could chime in with some info about the Fair foods that are popular up there.
Yup, the Minnesota State Fair is a really big deal. As a lifelong attendee, I know how to navigate the Fair on stupid busy days, and I have the things I like to see and places I like to get chow from. I also only live fairly close to the fairgrounds.
Last year's top 10 grossing food stands:
- Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar, 3 locations - $3,281,049
- Mouth Trap Cheese Curds, Food Building - $ 926,476
- Fresh French Fries, 2 sites - $844,096
- Corn Roast, Dan Patch Avenue - $717,356
- Midwest Dairy Association, 2 locations - $646, 251
- Preferred Pickle, Dan Patch and Liggett - $643,079
- The Blue Barn, West End Market - $513,210
- Carousel BBQ, West Dan Patch Ave. - $502,264
- Giggle's Campfire Grill, Lee and Cooper - $467,866
- Miller's Flavored Cheese Curds, Nelson St. - $419,242
It helps to have a reason to be there. Our family has shown horses there since the mid 60s. I showed for a few years in the late 90s/early 2000s, and I still help run the western show over Labor Day weekend. My wife never went to anything like the Fair in any of her stops prior to moving 1/2 mile from the fairgrounds. It took several years of explanation and observation for her to figure out why I like the Fair so much.
I also work some shifts at the MnDOT booth. I rather enjoy it. This year we're bringing one of our snowplows, and the public can clamber around in the cab.
As for the other food in this thread, I love biscuits, but I prefer a big bold jam or preserves (I like raspberry) to using it as a base for a sandwich. Corn dogs > pronto pups. And there ain't a damn thing wrong with a pork chop on a stick.
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Dan Patch Ave.
That takes you back in history. And the history of American musical theater too.
https://youtu.be/LI_Oe-jtgdI?t=93 (https://youtu.be/LI_Oe-jtgdI?t=93)
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https://twitter.com/MinnPost/status/1560295872809893898?s=20&t=vEsEO2o2uyhjgcrhbFQQTg
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As a lifelong attendee, I know how to navigate the Fair on stupid busy days, and I have the things I like to see and places I like to get chow from.
I definitely identify with this. I've missed maybe 5 over the past 35 years. I always scan the website and the news for any new foods or exhibits I'd like to see, but in general I know exactly where I'm going, what I want to eat, what I want to do, and how much time and money it will take.
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Speaking of food, I just saw this:
5 Under The Radar Restaurants In The Budding East Atlanta Neighborhood - Secret Atlanta (https://secretatlanta.co/restaurants-east-atlanta/)
I am pondering whether I'd prefer the SF and its food vs just going places like these. We've yet to visit the Gunshow:
This restaurant’s unique dining experience will surely have guests coming back for more. At the Gunshow, customers have their meals presented to them by the chefs and cooks who created the dish. Part of the owners goal was to create a sense of transparency, so the space is designed to allow patrons to see straight back into the kitchen. Now for the good stuff…the food! This is another restaurant where the menu changes from day to day in an effort to provide a unique and individualized experience for its guests. Gunshow does provide their customers with multiple culinary options, from pork, chicken, seafood or vegetarian – there is something here for everyone. So, what are you waiting for?! Check out what dish they can dazzle your tastebuds with.
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Well that doesn't sound like State Fair food at all!
To get this back on track:
Totchos (Tater Tot Nachos) courtesy of Minnesota State Fair:
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Kentucky Hot Brown Tater Tots courtesy of Kentucky State Fair:
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All Day Breakfast Tots courtesy of Wisconsin State Fair:
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The place next to us claims to have invented Totchos. Maybe so.
The Nook on Piedmont Park – Midtown’s true neighborhood tavern (thenookatlanta.com) (https://thenookatlanta.com/)
I recall during COVID I was ordering lunch from them on many days to try and keep them in business. Now it's hard to find a table there at dinner. This is their 45 minute challenge version.
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I guess I could see them being the first place to ever CALL them "Totchos" maybe?
But down here in Texico we've been loading nacho fixins' onto tater tots for as long as I remember, so at least 40 years or so.
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Whatever they are, they are tasty, the have 5-6 variations and used to be $10 each which is more than I could eat.
Or should eat.
The “totcho” portmanteau likely also originates from the Pacific Northwest, as determined by reporter Ben Waterhouse for the Oregonian in 2015 after “several hours of searching periodicals, cookbooks, and the Internet.” As legend goes, it probably starts with the late Jim Parker, a craft beer brewer and former ...Apr 23, 2019
(https://www.eater.com/2019/4/23/18412291/totchos-mexifries-tater-tot-nachos-origin#:~:text=The “totcho” portmanteau likely also,craft beer brewer and former)
In Celebration of Totchos, a Mexican Tater Tot Fiesta - Eater
(https://www.eater.com/2019/4/23/18412291/totchos-mexifries-tater-tot-nachos-origin#:~:text=The “totcho” portmanteau likely also,craft beer brewer and former)
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The Meteoric Rise of Totchos - The Stranger (https://www.thestranger.com/food-and-drink/2015/03/18/21915440/the-meteoric-rise-of-totchos)
I'm thinking the Nook menu claims "Home of the Totcho" which is not exactly the same as claiming inventorship. This place is great for finding answers to questions I never knew to ask.
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Yup I like a good tater tot nacho amalgamation.
But for nachos themselves, I prefer the single-chip with toppings directly on it method, rather than what I call the "pile o' crap" nachos. The ratio of toppings to chips is never correct with a pile o' crap nacho, and the top chips get soggy while the bottom chips are drier than the Arizona desert.
This is my preferred style of nacho:
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A thing I like about "Tex-Mex" is the blend of flavors. Every bite is different in balance.
I think we have some "authentic" places out Buford Highway, at least all the patrons nearly are Hispanic.
One kind of funny thing about a local BBQ place here is the owners are all black and the servers are nearly all white. It stays crowded and they have music nights, but I prefer Fox Bros for the food.
World Famous Barbecue and The Blues - Fat Matt's Rib Shack (fatmattsribshack.net) (https://fatmattsribshack.net/)
I presume the State Fairs will have some really good Q.
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I presume the State Fairs will have some really good Q.
Actually they don't, at least in my experience. The time it takes to cook proper BBQ, and the appropriate equipment, just don't translate well to the relatively short-cooking processes that work best for a Fair presentation.
Now some of the dishes that incorporate BBQ, cooked offsite, as a minor ingredient in a larger dish, turn out pretty well.
But straight-up BBQ isn't something we commonly see, at least at our own state fair.
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Huh. We have a local "farmer's market" Saturdays, and the first two years there was a guy there selling BBQ and it was awesome. I got a plate every time we went and got to know him a bit. Then he said he was retiring, bummer. I gather he barbecued it ahead of time and brought it and reheated it in his smoker. There are other food vendors present that would have lines to get served, and his would have 0-1-2 people ordering, it was a bit odd, but I gather this "urban" environment is full of folks who think Sloppy Joes are BBQ.
There is one stall that sells fancy crepes that are good. During COVID the market would have few people present and I'd order a crepe with eggs and spinach and whatever.
This time of year they have booths selling peaches and apples that are good. Today is the Arts festival in the park and probably no market. I'm sure we'll walk through the zillion artsy booths they have set up, it looks like a lot of work to me. We have often bought something in the past. But we don't have much space left now, as I keep reminding my wife.
My kids gave me a large painting of Ringo's INT in the CG which I have on my wall.
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You can find BBQ at our state fair, but it's not particularly great, or sought after.
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Well, OK then.
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Deep fried butter, on the other hand, is highly sought after. People will fry anything at the Texas State Fair.
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People will fry anything.
Deep fried bacon is pretty good also.
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Here's a numbered list ranking various fairs and festivals.
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I suppose that's only fairs and not festivals.
It says "Fairs" and does not include the New Orleans Jazz Festival, which would make any Top 50 list.
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we've got fairs and festivals.
Festival be good for you
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I suppose that's only fairs and not festivals.
It says "Fairs" and does not include the New Orleans Jazz Festival, which would make any Top 50 list.
Well there are three rodeos included in the Top 10, and although they often have carnival rides and whatnot, I wouldn't classify any of those as "fairs" which is why I called out both fairs and festivals.
You can see they're ranked by attendance and many of them run for 3 or 4 weeks. I believe Jazz Fest is only around 7-10 days so it would make sense that it doesn't bring in as many total visitors.
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Iowa with a population of just over 3 million at #12
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Iowa with a population of just over 3 million at #12
not a whole lot else to do there
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Oklahoma has two state fairs: Tulsa, at #10, and OKC, at #18.
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not a whole lot else to do there
true, about the same as kansas, olkahoma, and Texas
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true, about the same as kansas, olkahoma, and Texas
you comparing Iowa to Texas is really funny
dream on
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whatcha doing this afternoon that I can't do in Iowa?
besides flick boogers at Okies across the state line
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whatcha doing this afternoon that I can't do in Iowa?
besides flick boogers at Okies across the state line
Oklahoma is so far away from LH320 and myself that we almost never even think of it.
Somebody told me something a few years ago that stuck with me. They said that in most states, within a 2-3 hour drive you can drive to another state, and sometimes go through several states. And while that is true for me visiting Louisiana, it takes a pretty dang long time for me to get out of Texas, especially when heading North.
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so, you have little reason to concern yerself with the dirt burglars
me either
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whatcha doing this afternoon that I can't do in Iowa?
besides flick boogers at Okies across the state line
Im not shoveling my driveway
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As a Texan living near the southeastern border, I can drive into town and get some pretty authentic Cajun food, or I can just hop the state line and get the real thing from my people pretty easy.
Can't do that up there in the frozen tundra.
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I can easily get some pretty authentic Cajun food
and youse poor suckers are missin out on the white stuff
many more and enjoyable activities with snow and ice than just cleaning the driveway
I might go out this afternoon and walk on water
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I can easily get some pretty authentic Cajun food
and youse poor suckers are missin out on the white stuff
many more and enjoyable activities with snow and ice than just cleaning the driveway
I might go out this afternoon and walk on water
I think your brain is frozen
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I can easily get some pretty authentic Cajun food
Or you think you can.
I'll have to try it out, otherwise I ain't buying it.
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had two real life born and bred cajuns livin in my small town of 250 people
they were up here for around ten years working
little Timmy and Cowboy Pat - damn good cooks
unfortunately, both have moved back to Louisiana
miss those guys
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whatcha doing this afternoon that I can't do in Iowa?
besides flick boogers at Okies across the state line
play golf year round
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well, we can. I've done it. Takes plenty of 100 proof stuff for antifreeze
and that's not fair season
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well, we can. I've done it. Takes plenty of 100 proof stuff for antifreeze
and that's not fair season
and it also takes a frozen brain
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you're not wrong
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not a whole lot else to do there
So, is it good to have big attendance at the state fair or not?
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depends on where you're standing
it's really good if you're a food vendor
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depends on where you're standing
it's really good if you're a food vendor
Seems like, if you're standing in Texas, it's a good thing that reflects well on the people of your state.
OTOH, if you're standing in Iowa, it's a bad thing that just proves that the people of your state have nothing better to do.
;)
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Seems like, if you're standing in Texas, it's a good thing that reflects well on the people of your state.
OTOH, if you're standing in Iowa, it's a bad thing that just proves that the people of your state have nothing better to do.
;)
sounds logical to me
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rich, arrogant Horn logic
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rich, arrogant Horn logic
excuse me butt face
the dirt grabber said it not me
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rich arrogant horns don't even want to be excused
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rich arrogant horns don't even want to be excused
go back and grow your corn and milk some cows while youre at it
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kinda busy rooting for Brock Purdy and the 9ers
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kinda busy rooting for Brock Purdy and the 9ers
Well I'll certainly root for them against the putrid iggles.
Heck I'd root for a mass conglomeration of aggies, sooners, notre dame, and the new york yankees, against the eagles.
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Santa Claus doesn't even root for the EAGLES
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Santa Claus doesn't even root for the EAGLES
Well yeah. Mostly because they pelted him with battery-packed snowballs.
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I just found out that this is a thing. Seems like it would be right at home at a state fair:
(https://i.imgur.com/jxcuRlQ.png)
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It's about "fair season" around here, which means various festivals in the park on weekends for jazz, art, more art, one is the PRIDE festival (for folks who are proud I guess), etc. They bring in a plethora of food trucks which offer what might be similar to "state fair food" (or not). OTOH, I've sampled a few and they aren't particularly good for the $$ in my view. Funnel cakes seem to do well. They have trucks offering Greek and Thai and "BBQ" and hotdogs (which must be a profit winner), and fried everything.
We used to have 7-8-9 food trucks in the neighborhood each day for lunch in one parking lot, but that has mostly ended, I see the occasional one about still, but no mass of them. One place they congregated is now a building. I want to see if our favorite Italian place is open now, the former location was demolished and they moved a block or so away rehabbing a 1930 house, which promises to be pretty neat.
Pasta da Pulcinella (https://pastadapulcinella.com/#home-section)
Looks like the move is still in progress.
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There are a lot of "food truck parks" around here. Big lots or fields where several food trucks park permanently, with some outdoor tables and stuff in between them.
Seems to kind of defeat the point of having a mobile food operation, but I guess if they weren't making money, they wouldn't be doing it.
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Fox Brothers has an "outlet" of sorts across from the Sweetwater Brewery place (which I like a lot) with some picnic tables, but it's not a truck, more like a shed made from a container apparently.
The call it a "Que-Osk", which is somewhat clever.
(https://i.imgur.com/9fBnQxL.png)
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The region’s popular food trucks gather every Friday at Pearl Street Park downtown Sioux City to serve tasty lunch choices during the summer season. Bring a friend and enjoy lunch outside from 11:00 am -1:00 pm! Presented by Seaboard Triumph Foods, in collaboration with Downtown Partners and the City of Sioux City.
To check out the weekly lineup of food trucks, click here!
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no permanent parking spots around here
they do a special city parking lot reserved on Fridays
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Spring Georgia State Fair | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Apr 28 - May 7, 2023 (https://www.georgiastatefair.com/?fbclid=IwAR1mLfUPneagm-m-aiH21arCZ3FDMDcZPKiRreuK9V3FnYA9FANyiVCg7ew)
So they do have one here, and it's now. I have a notion the food options are the same as we see at various festivals in the park.
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The Iowa State Fair, one of the largest in the country, has been held nearly every year since 1854, and it’s been located on the same Des Moines fairgrounds since 1886. Not only are there roughly 200 food stands to choose from, but the New York Times wrote a breathlessly fascinated 2012 feature specifically focused on the Iowa State Fair’s deep-fried foods on a stick—the event’s signature serving style. More than 50 different treats come on a stick each year.
New foods at the 2023 Iowa State Fair
Here’s the full list of the new foods to get excited about this year. Some of them are delightfully devoid of explanation, so we’ll have to use our imaginations:
Vietnamese Sandwich (Banh Mi)
Salted Coffee (Café Muoi)
A-Hootenanny ice cream
Amish Donuts
Apple Pie Cookie Ice Cream
Bacon and Sweet Corn Lobster Rolls
Bacon Cheddar Pretzel Dog
Bauder’s Cherry Dream Ice Cream
Berry Bowl Frozen Sorbet
Birch Beer Soda
Blueberry Mini Donuts
Bubble Tea
Bucket of Soda
Buffalo Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries
Burrito Bowl
Butterbeer Ice Cream
Byrd Dawg Crispy Chicken Sandwich
Caramel Apple Cake Pops
Catfish in a Boat or on a Stick
Chicken Salad Hoagie
Chopped Brisket Sandwich
Chopped Italian Chicken Hoagie
Chopped Italian Ham Hoagie
Chopped Italian Roast Beef Hoagie
Citrus Boost Energy Drink
Cookie Dough Sundae
Cotton Candy Art
Cotton Candy Cheese Cake
Craft Link on a Stick
Crunchy Cool Ranch Pickle on a Stick
Deep Fried Bacon Brisket Mac-N-Cheese Grilled Cheese
Deep Fried Strawberry Shortcake on a Stick
Deep Fried Sweet Corn Nugget
Dill Pickle Flavored Cheese Curds
Dough Crazy (Chocolate Chip, Cake Batter, Brownie Batter, Brookie, CC Dough w/o CC, Monster, Cherry Chocolate Chip, Cookies and Cream) Sweet Stick
Fried Caramel Apple Cow Tail
Grilled Shrimp on a Stick
Grinder Ball
Hot Stuff Grilled Cheese
Iowa Sweet Corn Sundae
Iowa Twinkie (Jalapeno Filled with Pulled Pork, Corn and Cream Cheese, Wrapped in Bacon, Smoked with Sweet and Sticky BBQ, Finished with Ranch)
Korean Bacon Egg Dog
Korean Egg Dog
Lamb Gyro Salad
Made from Scratch Bacon Maple Monkey Bread
Orange (with Peppermint) Sipper
Orange Float
Orange Slush
Orange-Frosty
Oreo Brownie Blast
Peanut Butter Cream Donuts
Pop Corn Shrimp
Pork Belly Pinwheel
Raspberry Chipotle Grilled Cheese
Shrimp Ceviche
Shrimp Poke Bowl
Shrimp Tacos
Soft Serve Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundae
Southern Fried Corn on the Cob
The Ooey Gooey All American Grilled Cheese
Ube Funnel Cake
Walking Banana Dessert
Walking Smores Dessert
Walleye in a Boat or on a Stick
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New foods at the Minnesota State Fair.
https://www.mnstatefair.org/new-this-year/food/
Some look great, some others I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole.
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New foods at the Minnesota State Fair.
https://www.mnstatefair.org/new-this-year/food/
Some look great, some others I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole.
Lotsa those look good!
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Finalists for new food at Texas State Fair have been announced!
https://bigtex.com/plan-your-visit/food/big-tex-choice-awards/
The oxtail rolls and the deep fried pho look really good, from the savory offerings.
(https://i.imgur.com/1dg1LoG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kriPpQ2.jpg)
For the sweet, the bourbon banana caramel sopapillas definitely caught my eye.
(https://i.imgur.com/6Z09dsl.jpg)
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the beer can tarnishes the top two
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the beer can tarnishes the top two
Those are Budweiser brands, they slopped their advertising all over it. So you're right, Budweiser sucks. :)
But the food looks good.
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Yup, another shitty Budweiser product.
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I know that was uncalled for
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I think I'd be a hard pass on SF food.
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Wow, I'm the opposite. State Fair food is delightful. It's certainly not something I'd eat every day, or every week, or every month. But once per year? Yeah, bring it on.
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yup
better than McDonalds
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(https://scontent.ffod1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/367415879_6652180358153433_7443248285131085431_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0bb214&_nc_ohc=Qar9R5K2nfMAX8id7ek&_nc_oc=AQlS6DEfRGdckIzJ1AM3-j7USb60u1zkj4u6K2uwmXIR_2goJW9doXUHuYWPGn3AB38&_nc_ht=scontent.ffod1-1.fna&oh=00_AfA1mYPXQceIrGX7RxNvYsNSQg2CuWvXN4q8-91sHXJ7uQ&oe=64DD0BCF)
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(https://scontent.ffod1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/367415879_6652180358153433_7443248285131085431_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0bb214&_nc_ohc=Qar9R5K2nfMAX8id7ek&_nc_oc=AQlS6DEfRGdckIzJ1AM3-j7USb60u1zkj4u6K2uwmXIR_2goJW9doXUHuYWPGn3AB38&_nc_ht=scontent.ffod1-1.fna&oh=00_AfA1mYPXQceIrGX7RxNvYsNSQg2CuWvXN4q8-91sHXJ7uQ&oe=64DD0BCF)
Based on my own experience I'd say that's about right.
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Tacoes have really proliferated into all sorts of different things, some of which are not "authentic" and still delicious. Maybe the only common theme is the flour or corn "crust" on the outside?
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I don't know about any "crust." The definition of a taco is pretty simple.
A taco must consist of some kind of filling, within a tortilla. The tortilla can be flour or corn, and it can be soft or hard-fried.
The definition doesn't need to be any more specific than that.
Although I'd add that in the case of a fried tortilla, the taco filling goes in after the frying is complete. If you put the filling in first and then fry the whole thing, you're moving into flauta/taquito/chimichanga kind of territory.
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By crust I meant tortilla, the outer shell or wrap. It's basically a "wrap". I don't know all the lingo.
The place near me sells a "Baja burrito" which works for me though my neighbor claims that isn't a good place, it's a block away. The other places involve driving. Pretty often we make them at home however we want, usually with a leftover. That works for me.
We now have three "south American" restaurants in walking distance. They are more interesting I think, and pricier by a lot.
The "state fair food" really looks to me like the food options at the festivals they have across the street. It's very popular judging from the lines. And pricey, to me, and I prefer having somewhere to sit when I eat. I've tried some of it and it's, well, mediocre, to me. They bring in these large trailers equipped to cook, or large tent. They offer all sorts of types. It's kinda fun seeing the various types. Often I'll see the same kind of outfit in 2-3 different places, so they are chains of a sort.
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Yup, I'd say tacos are a subset of the superset called "wraps."
Except for tacos with hard-fried tortillas, those don't really seem to classify as "wraps" to me.
And I can't speak for any other festival or fair, but the food vendors at the Texas State Fair are all unique, they're not some kind of franchise that follows around various fairs. Many of them are owned and operated by people who also own local restaurants in the DFW area, so in some cases you could consider them "chains." Fletcher's corny dogs, for example, has had some various brick and mortar restaurants over the years. But they don't pack up when the Texas State Fair is over, and move on to the Oklahoma State Fair, or the Dallas County Rodeo, or anything like that.
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maybe not different state fairs, but from county fairs to the state fair and from food truck fridays to the county fairs and with multiple food trucks in multiple states such as https://onthehookfishandchips.com/ (https://onthehookfishandchips.com/)
coming to a location near you in 15 states
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We have some food vendors at our local farmer's market, they clearly are family type operations, one does crepes, one does pupusas, one does Morrocan food plates. A few more do various kind of teas. They are fun, but we usually just buy vegetables from vendors. There is a bread guy there with a huge crowd, he's French, his stuff is good. He used to be by himself and now he has 5-6-7 workers handling business.
The peach crop was hammered this year, as was apples.
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Deep-fried grilled cheese wins top new food award at Iowa State Fair
The team behind the Iowa State Fair’s best new food begins work before most fairgoers are awake, preparing mac and cheese and other components by 6 a.m. each day.
The deep-fried bacon brisket mac-n-cheese grilled cheese, a gooey, crispy, dense bomb of flavor from What’s Your Cheez, won the Best New Food award at the state fair on Wednesday.
Joni Bell, the owner of What’s Your Cheez and the creator of the new dish, declined to take the credit for winning the award.
“It's not all about me," she said. "It's all our team here that makes this thing happen. There's a lot of work that goes into this."
Tony Guerrero, who runs The Rib Shack, a stand nearby that Bell also owns, begins by cooking up the mac and cheese at 6 a.m. The stand will go through as many as 160 pans in a day, Bell said. Then, the fresh baked bread from Urbandale’s Big Sky Bakery is brought in.
The sandwich is served with a raspberry chipotle sauce, which Bell said elevates the flavor.
The stand’s employees build sandwiches right away, and they go in the fryer at 9:30 a.m.. The vendor sold 14,000 sandwiches at $12 each as of Wednesday.
(https://i.imgur.com/eCp8BlH.jpg)
More than 8,000 people voted from three options to crown the winner, and 47% of votes were for the deep fried sandwich.
The other options were the “Iowa Twinkie” from Watcha Smokin’ BBQ & Brew — a bacon-wrapped stuffed jalapeno pepper — and the “Grinder Ball” — a blend of bacon balls and mozzarella cheese, wrapped in bacon.
This isn’t Bell’s first time taking the top prize at the Iowa State Fair. She won the same honor last year for “The Finisher,” a loaded baked potato sold at the Rib Shack. And she’s won the award two other times over her 12 years of cooking greasy favorites at the fair.
The Rib Shack has been selling a bacon brisket mac-n-cheese dish for years. The innovation this year was putting it on bread and tossing it in a deep fryer. The inspiration for that, Bell said, was “spaghetti sandwiches” she ate as a child.
“We had to eat that, because we were poor,” she said. “So we had spaghetti sandwiches on the farm.”
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By crust I meant tortilla, the outer shell or wrap. It's basically a "wrap". I don't know all the lingo.
And okay, I get this. I thought you were trying to expand the definition of a taco, to just ANY old crust. Like, I don't think toppings shoved onto a pizza crust, make a taco. That thing already has a name, and that name is "pizza."
Although I have made a pizza taco before. And I've also had taco pizza.
What was I saying?
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Yeah, a taco pizza would be pretty good I think. I may have had one once, way back, probably at a pizza hut kind of place.
They are all just sandwiches to me.
How many items combine a kind of bread with other stuff? A lot. French onion soup is just a sandwich. Beef Wellington? Sandwich.
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Take it to the sandwiches thread!!! :)
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There is a large festival across the street today, I guess we're headed over shortly. Maybe I'll snap a few photos of the food vendors.
Piedmont Park Arts Festival (http://piedmontparkartsfestival.com/)
We got to be friends with a fellow there last year who had a very nice jewelry booth. We bought stuff, and this year he told us he didn't pass muster somehow and was rejected.
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Some photos from the Arts Festival today, the food truck section. I didn't have anything.
(https://i.imgur.com/JM6O50L.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/y7Wtiao.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/3QuNr99.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/64VJWXZ.jpg)
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I think mostly these are just food trucks who come to these fairs, nothing really special.
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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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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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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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https://twitter.com/mspmag/status/1695159334622134414?t=7zBoAXPsj44axD5GWP_qBw&s=19
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who is "we"?
that's a lot of food to eat and rank
did they send the gopher football team?
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"They" probably looked at the menus, and maybe tried some that looked interesting, be my guess.
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maybe the Minnesota state fair is limited to 12 food trucks
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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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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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A committee, huh? I used to know about those.
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does the "committee" consist strictly of "experts"?
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does the "committee" consist strictly of "experts"?
Yes, indeed, TOP experts, in government, TOP TOP experts.
Raiders of the Lost Ark Top Men! - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylJfYaYDCB8)
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does the "committee" consist strictly of "experts"?
Dunno. It consists of employees of The State Fair of Texas. I suppose that probably makes one expert enough to evaluate Fair Food.
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How does anyone know what is "new" and what was there last year?
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How does anyone know what is "new" and what was there last year?
The vendors are constantly innovating and they submit their new dishes to the committee intentionally. Like I said, there is cash, prizes, and publicity for those who win.
It's possible that some vendors bring new dishes to the Fair and don't submit them ahead of time. In that case they wouldn't be considered for the rewards, and they wouldn't have the benefit of the State Fair publicizing their booth in its maps and marketing materials.
The New Foods are a big deal at the Texas State Fair. Fairgoers grab a map and plan a route through the Fair with the sole purpose of sampling as many of the new foods as possible, plus their old favorites.
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Ah, that makes sense, to me now. They submit them to some panel, got it.
Seems like a fun concept, really, now that I get it.
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marketing!
$$$
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If MSP Magazine is anything like the other media outlets in town, the new foods were picked by the staff in a snake draft and eaten in rapid succession.
As for the committee, it probably ended in a hung jury.
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Nebraska State Fair
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Fan Favorite contest at the fair is the New and Unique Food Contest that was held Friday. Be sure to come try out the winning food!
Savory:
Jac Mak (Winner): Cactus Jack’s FP#701 – Creamy Mac ‘n Cheese, loaded with slow smoked brisket (or pulled chicken), topped with jalapenos, and drizzled with BBQ sauce.
Birria Melt (Runner Up): Leon’s Food Truck FP#306 – Our golden crisp Birria Melt is the perfect combination of classic American grilled cheese sandwich with a Mexican twist. In between two slices of Texas toast, we add our own traditional savory Birria, onions, cilantro and mozzarella cheese. Once the mozzarella cheese has melted and the Birria Melt has toasted to perfection, dip your Birria Melt into a side of our flavorful consume.
Sweet:
Peachy Pig (Winner): Pig in A Bag Pinnacle Bank Expo Concessions – Peaches, pieces of peach flavored cake, cheesecake topping, caramel sauce, and bacon!
Dole Whip Split (Runner Up): Hawaiian Chill FP#505 – Coming to the 2023 State Fair, The Pineapple Whip Split. The split consists of Dole Pineapple soft serve, Dole Strawberry soft serve, whipped topping, gummy bears, chocolate caramel & strawberry sauces, pineapple wedges, sprinkles, and a cherry to finish it off!
(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/370830874_306201391995102_4058949588596697050_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=1H9XRH3LhhQAX-WMdrt&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=00_AfDI7aoBmKH1Z6tRRArbca_J2lUEBbfc4XGahFee5wY4tA&oe=64F3880B)
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Nebraska State Fair
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Fan Favorite contest at the fair is the New and Unique Food Contest that was held Friday. Be sure to come try out the winning food!
Savory:
Birria Melt (Runner Up): Leon’s Food Truck FP#306 – Our golden crisp Birria Melt is the perfect combination of classic American grilled cheese sandwich with a Mexican twist. In between two slices of Texas toast, we add our own traditional savory Birria, onions, cilantro and mozzarella cheese. Once the mozzarella cheese has melted and the Birria Melt has toasted to perfection, dip your Birria Melt into a side of our flavorful consume.
I'm all for brisket loaded onto mac and cheese, but this Birria Melt sounds like something I'd REALLY dig.
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Chili Cheese Corn Dog
(https://scontent.ffod1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376581153_277126578468747_7948166361983094302_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=49d041&_nc_ohc=RyzCiHXbQggAX8hoWmH&_nc_ht=scontent.ffod1-1.fna&oh=00_AfCgfuzgkaeK_Ql85P7PhIP7j7wBwO4ms_9krYmbtQToIw&oe=650BAF63)
https://hannase.com/?s=Chili%20Cheese%20Corn%20Dog&fbclid=IwAR16vaRJqOvpDLiXVAJGvGq39Vj42osbuxW04qbqfzHtzZ8XXyfTQ5_gjV0 (https://hannase.com/?s=Chili Cheese Corn Dog&fbclid=IwAR16vaRJqOvpDLiXVAJGvGq39Vj42osbuxW04qbqfzHtzZ8XXyfTQ5_gjV0)
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The Korean place near us serves mac and cheese with kimchee and bacon bits.
It is awesome.
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Chili Cheese Corn Dog
(https://scontent.ffod1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376581153_277126578468747_7948166361983094302_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=49d041&_nc_ohc=RyzCiHXbQggAX8hoWmH&_nc_ht=scontent.ffod1-1.fna&oh=00_AfCgfuzgkaeK_Ql85P7PhIP7j7wBwO4ms_9krYmbtQToIw&oe=650BAF63)
https://hannase.com/?s=Chili%20Cheese%20Corn%20Dog&fbclid=IwAR16vaRJqOvpDLiXVAJGvGq39Vj42osbuxW04qbqfzHtzZ8XXyfTQ5_gjV0 (https://hannase.com/?s=Chili Cheese Corn)
I won't knock it, but for me, the brilliance of food on a stick, is that you can eat it standing up, walking around, with no utensils or even a napkin being necessary.
You can not eat those things standing up without utensils or napkins.
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well, you could, but it might be messy
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Georgia State Fair | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Sept 29 - Oct 8, 2023 (https://www.georgiastatefair.com/)
Not very informative as to food items or much else.
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Georgia State Fair | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Sept 29 - Oct 8, 2023 (https://www.georgiastatefair.com/)
Not very informative as to food items or much else.
Hmmm, looks like there's something called the "Georgia National Fair" as well.
https://www.georgianationalfair.com/
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Oxymoron?
Down in Perry, looks more like a 4H kind of thing, sorta.
(https://i.imgur.com/kNB1Obw.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/2A17Gi1.jpg)
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Which of those look appealing to you?
Blooming onion seems like a thing that's been already.
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Which of those look appealing to you?
Deep fried surf and turf empanada looks good, and the deep fried birria. Bao bun taco trio, too, although that's not really classic Fair food, seems more like fusion food truck food. Still looks good though.
Blooming onion seems like a thing that's been already.
Yeah it's been around in various forms at the casual dining chains for decades. I'm assuming it's never been done at the Texas State Fair before, which is why it made the list. I don't feel the need to seek it out.
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Fried Texas BBQ shells might be interesting.