iowa state fair...
felice03
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I am from Iowa and our state fair starts tomorrow....it is a virtual playground of yummy, fatty, unhealthy foods. anything on a stick is available....including, new this year, fried butter on a stick! although the initial thought is GROSS I am sure it is fabulous. The fair foods are really a summer down fall of mine, what are your seasonal downfalls?
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There are no downfalls b/c if it's not good for me I refuse to eat it.0
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mmmmm Fair food.
Fair season and Thanksgiving are my downfalls. I can't stop myself from loading plate after plate. I feel your pain.0 -
yayy Iowa State Fair!! [i'm from iowa too]0
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I love the huge turkey legs at the Renissance Festivals0
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And no we can see why mid west states tend to have a lot of overweight/obese people. You said it yourself, it's about food for enjoyment.0
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It use to be Elephant Ears, but everything at fairs have gone up so much in price it is easy to just not get anything. Nowadays I might just bite something off I buy the kids like cotton candy.0
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I make it a point to indulge in one bad item when I attend the fair. This year was the home made potato chips and deep fried artichoke hearts (I went to the fair twice).
Other than that, I had grilled chicken/veggie skewers and non-fat frozen yogurt.
My biggest downfall at the fair is BEER! And lots of it! :drinker:0 -
I just went to the Wayne County Fair this weekend and was so proud of myself when I walked right past the fried oreos, snickers and reeses cups. I did indulge in some pierogies though0
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Don't forget, The Iowa Turkey Growers (at least they used to do this) have grilled turkey loin available. It is sooo good!0
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yayy Iowa State Fair!! [i'm from iowa too]
so much fun but there are so many temptations! I did good last year so hopefully I can use my willpower again.0 -
fried butter???
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.0 -
Don't forget, The Iowa Turkey Growers (at least they used to do this) have grilled turkey loin available. It is sooo good!
Yes they do...if you search you can find some good options. but you have to make it past all the bad ones first.0 -
fried butter???
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
yes, evidently butter on a stick covered in funnel cake batter and fried. In honor of the 100th year of the Butter Cow (sculptures made yearly out of butter for the fair)0 -
Fried butter was introduced in Toronto last year, this year they are doing the Krispy Kreme Donut Burger again - eww.
I'm going to the CNE - Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Aug 21 and have already planned my day.
I'm frugal so my food treats are based on coupons that I got buying tickets in advance + I’m newly vegetarian (90% vegan) so it’s easier for me to turn down some items like corn dogs or corned beef.
On that day I’m having 2 large veggie pizza slices and 1.5 dozen Tiny Toms donuts.
So in addition to a ½ cup of all bran and soy milk for breakfast and a granny smith apple for dinner I’ll be w/in my goals after Kickboxing for 1 hour and 1.5 hours of slow walking no problem!
I’m under on everything except sodium, over by 218mg
1630 cals, 2718mg sodium, 60g fat, 214g carbs, 53g protein, 22g fiber0 -
@ninerbuff: Actually, the Midwest tends to be among the healthier regions of the country. According to America's Health Rankings (http://www.americashealthrankings.org/2010/AHR2010Edition-compact.pdf), Minnesota is #6, Nebraska is #11, Iowa is #14, North Dakota is #16, Wisconsin is #18 and South Dakota is #20.
Your home state of California is #26 -- bottom half. Sorry.
My theory? Midwesterners have to hustle to keep warm for four months out of the year, and then we want to get out and enjoy the good weather while we have it. If you live in warmer climates, I think it'd be more tempting to just lounge in the sun.0 -
Oh, and one of the most popular foods booth at the Minnesota State Fair is always the unlimited milk booth. Sure, it's calories, but it's milk. Just have to avoid the temptation to beeline from there to Sweet Martha's chocolate chip cookie stand. :P0
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