FAIR FOOD!!!

potatogirl741

I will be attending 3+ times in order to try the new foods and the standards I get every year. Not new, but I dream about the Caramel Apple Pie Beer. It's my favorite time of year.

astronaught

Exactly 6 weeks until the Sonoma County Fair. We lag far behind the MN fair in fried food because of all the hippie dippy health nut farm to table people here, but there is still a good selection. Of course, while the fair may lack in fried food we do have an abundance of very ugly dogs.

SuzySunshine99

Deep fried cookie dough...looks gross, tastes A-MAZING!

sgt1372

Just attended a local county fair. Almost broke down an bought a fried Twinkie -- have wanted to try one for some time -- but shared a WAY overpriced smoked turkey leg and a roasted corn on the cob w/my GF instead. The only "cheats" were a couple of beers which I also shared w/my GF.

CrabNebula

I think I put the MN state fair on my bucket list just now. I'm also really hungry right now.

leanitup123

CrabNebula wrote: »

I think I put the MN state fair on my bucket list just now. I'm also really hungry right now.

Best in the country!

PaulaWallaDingDong

I just need some fried oreos and one of those donut bacon cheeseburgers and I'll be on my way.

earlnabby

leanitup123 wrote: »

CrabNebula wrote: »

I think I put the MN state fair on my bucket list just now. I'm also really hungry right now.

Best in the country!

Oh, I don't know . . . the Wisconsin State Fair is pretty awesome and they have Creampuffs!

(Then again, Minnesotans and Wisconsinites are kind of like half-siblings anyway. They have more wheat farmers and Lutherans and we have more dairy farmers and Catholics but otherwise we are very similar.)

grubb1019

cross2bear wrote: »

there is a television show out now called Carnival Eats. Its like a train wreck to me - I know I shouldnt stare, but I cant tear my eyes away.

Some (most) of the food on offer looks absolutely disgusting. Deep fried everything - literally, pick something weird and chances are its been deep fried at a fair.

And portions sizes are big enough to feed a family of 4 - I dont get it.

I hate to disappoint everyone, but Carnival Eats has the people they spotlight on their show exaggerate what they really sell. At least the one that was filmed here locally. The one done on a local vendor was a breakfast sandwich, it originally had sausage, bacon, and egg. The people from Carnival Eats had him show it as three sausage patties, three pieces of bacon, and three eggs and called it the three little pigs (or something similar to that). I don't watch it anymore because I know it is mostly made up.

SuzySunshine99

leanitup123 wrote: »

CrabNebula wrote: »

I think I put the MN state fair on my bucket list just now. I'm also really hungry right now.

Best in the country!

Indiana is pretty awesome as well.

cross2bear

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

cross2bear wrote: »

there is a television show out now called Carnival Eats. Its like a train wreck to me - I know I shouldnt stare, but I cant tear my eyes away.

Some (most) of the food on offer looks absolutely disgusting. Deep fried everything - literally, pick something weird and chances are its been deep fried at a fair.

And portions sizes are big enough to feed a family of 4 - I dont get it.

You sound fun.

Your insightful comment comes at a perfect time, when I have been struggling with a decision.

This helped.

Cheers.

AFGP11

cross2bear wrote: »

there is a television show out now called Carnival Eats. Its like a train wreck to me - I know I shouldnt stare, but I cant tear my eyes away.

Some (most) of the food on offer looks absolutely disgusting. Deep fried everything - literally, pick something weird and chances are its been deep fried at a fair.

And portions sizes are big enough to feed a family of 4 - I dont get it.

I kind of agree that I wish all places, not just the fair, served normal sized portions. It has tricked soooo many people into thinking that you are supposed to eat a whole serving when what they really give you is enough for a family. That said, anyone with a reasonable IQ can figure that out as an adult and still enjoy a reasonable portion of tasty fair food. I know I always do. Give me those fresh cut french fries and a funnel cake and I am one happy woman. But yeah, in restaurants and other places, I hate getting enough food to feed an army. I usually don't want to take food with me because I am going to do something active after my meal. Plus, let's be honest, the quality almost always goes down as the quantity goes up. I guess most people are doing what I used to do when I was very overweight: go straight home after stuffing themselves to suffer from being too full on the couch. Which is how people get fat. I mean, that kind of eating pattern is what got most of us here, isn't it? Is this person really a wet blanket for pointing out that binge eating is a problem?

Chef_Barbell

AFGP11 wrote: »

cross2bear wrote: »

there is a television show out now called Carnival Eats. Its like a train wreck to me - I know I shouldnt stare, but I cant tear my eyes away.

Some (most) of the food on offer looks absolutely disgusting. Deep fried everything - literally, pick something weird and chances are its been deep fried at a fair.

And portions sizes are big enough to feed a family of 4 - I dont get it.

I kind of agree that I wish all places, not just the fair, served normal sized portions. It has tricked soooo many people into thinking that you are supposed to eat a whole serving when what they really give you is enough for a family. That said, anyone with a reasonable IQ can figure that out as an adult and still enjoy a reasonable portion of tasty fair food. I know I always do. Give me those fresh cut french fries and a funnel cake and I am one happy woman. But yeah, in restaurants and other places, I hate getting enough food to feed an army. I usually don't want to take food with me because I am going to do something active after my meal. Plus, let's be honest, the quality almost always goes down as the quantity goes up. I guess most people are doing what I used to do when I was very overweight: go straight home after stuffing themselves to suffer from being too full on the couch. Which is how people get fat. I mean, that kind of eating pattern is what got most of us here, isn't it? Is this person really a wet blanket for pointing out that binge eating is a problem?

In a thread about fair food.. Yes.

Penthesilea514

My sister and I went to the NC State Fair and split the "must have" food of the fair- it was a bacon-wrapped grilled cheese sandwich. The line was long (40+ minutes) but we got our sandwich. It was just okay, but the bread was almost entirely turned into mush- not only from the grease, but since it was so popular, the booth had to start "precooking" them and just essentially were warming them up as they were ordered so the bread had been soaked in grease for hours.

Still ate it though Bacon and cheese is not a bad combo, just wasn't a "must-have" in my book.

AngryViking1970

leanitup123 wrote: »

CrabNebula wrote: »

I think I put the MN state fair on my bucket list just now. I'm also really hungry right now.

Best in the country!

Respectfully disagree. The Great New York State Fair is where it's at.