MN State Fair, Take Two
I visited the fair solo in the morning to catch the cooking demos by local chefs, then brought 4yo Drake back with me in the afternoon. The weather was erratic, but the cooking panels were good, as were the food samples, which I’ll describe along with yesterday’s fair food.
New. Double-dark frozen mocha dipped in chocolate on a stick. Who knew they could improve on the best fair food, the mocha on a stick? Go, Minnesota Farmer’s Union Coffee!
Tom Thumb mini donuts. The most delicious carb bomb in the world. Perfect for breakfast, and I accompanied it with a free sample of Cedar Summit whole milk, my favorite–yay!
Then other free, delicious samples:
Thousand Hills Cattle Co.’s sloppy joe
Pastures a Plenty breakfast link
Pastureland gouda and butter
For the demos, JP Samuelson, of JP American Bistro, did a coconut curry with rock shrimp and English shell peas. The chefs from the Birchwood Cafe did a summer ceviche. Both were very good, as was a squash, beet and blue cheese soup later in the day.
For lunch I had
Roast Corn. As good as always.
Honey Lemonade from the Ag building. Just $1.
Later with Drake, we had a chocolate custard cone (good, not great) from Custard’s Last Stand, and 1919 root beer, my only repeat foodstuff. Neither impaired our ability to enjoy the carousel, the skyride, or a whirling ride in Kidland.
More fun at the fair to come.