So it’s almost that time of year again, that bittersweet time when we’re all looking forward to fighting insane crowds and spending crazy amounts of our hard-earned money on greasy, fried, fatty foods on a stick. Yup, the 2009 Minnesota State Fair is almost upon on and it’s time to take a look at what’s new and share what have been your long time favorites.
The Minnesota State Fair’s Food Finder lists all of the stalls that have new fair food this year as well as the places you can find those foods that you’ve been enjoying for years. I have spent some time covering fair food on here and even asked what your favorite this is about the Minnesota State Fair and got a wide variety of responses including favorite places to visit.
In 2006 I apparently gorged myself on milk and cookies (milk does not agree with me so I’m quite unsure why I would have put myself and my wife through that) but didn’t really get into much else of what we ate. In 2007 I was in the thick of a serious diet where I went on to lose nearly 100 lbs and looked for the healthiest food options I could find at the Minnesota State Fair which would keep me on track. In 2008, with the Budget Nazi in full swing, I did what I could to find the best food values at the Minnesota State Fair to keep us eating cheap. Now, our favorites are still the roasted corn, the olives on a stick, fried green tomatoes, Dole Whips, Martha’s, and deep fried candy bars but I’m wondering how many of these new treats will become ones that we will return to time and time again for years to come.
This year’s notable new items (for a variety of reasons) include:
Apple Lil’s Coca-Cola flavored cheescake. For Mrs. Marcos of course ;)
Famous Dave’s Peach Glazed Pork Cheeks marinated in garlic, herbs, spices and honey then grilled and served two on-a-stick with peach chipotle glaze!
Harry Singh’s Caribbean Restaurant’s Roti Dhalpourie (soft toasted flat bread) served with jerk chicken or curry chicken. I hope it’s spicy!
Spam Burgers’ variety of new offerings including a breakfast sandwich. Mmm!
After looking at the list of new items what do you think that you’ll be going for this year, knowing full well that they’re going to be priced higher than anything else at the fair? What other foods will you be trying and how many of them have you been eating for years? Aside from the food what do you like to do when you go to the fair? Whatever you have to say about the 2009 Minnesota State Fair food or activities, go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear your comments!
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August 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Frydog!
August 20th, 2009 at 9:59 am
This looks good to me. From Green Mill–>Foot Long Desert Pizza on-a-stick (pizza dough, sweet cream cheese, cinnamon, sugar)
Too much food. Too little time.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Sorry, one more. MMMMMMMmmmmmm! At Main Street Butcher Block–>Pot Roast Sundae! A scoop of mashed potatoes, roast beef, gravy, corn, and cherry tomato.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Pocket bread with tabouli, kafta kabob, walleye fingers, CORN dog, foot long with onions, coney dog in the Original Beer Garden, Chicago Dog in the Original Beer Garden, roasted corn, Tom Thumb donuts and watching karaoke at the Beer Garden with a beer of course.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Of the new items, I’d say the pig cheeks sound the most appealing to me. I love pork.
I don’t think I have any particular must-have foods, not being a big fair person, but when I do go I just try whatever looks good.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Are they really pig cheeks? Sounds sort of disgusting. Stay with the cheese curds from the food booth.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
+1 on the pig cheecks. Tried them at pig roast this summer.. very tasty
August 20th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
It seems really hard to tell when the list of “new” stuff ends, their “old” stuff starts in their continuous paragraph format. But from what I could tell, this list pasted below is the summary, taken from each “new” listing to save everyone some time from clicking through every drop down.
Andre’s Watermelon
NEW this year! Chocolate covered watermelon on-a-stick!
Apple Lil’s
NEW this year! Funnel Cake Fries (funnel cake formed like french fries and served with chocolate dipping sauce).
Arctic Island Slushes
NEW this year! “Do it Yourself” frozen slush beverages in a mix and match of flavors including orange, cherry, blue raspberry, lime, lemon, pineapple and more!
Ball Park Cafe
NEW this year! Brat Burgers!
Blue Moon Dine In Theater
NEW this year! Fry Dogs, a French fry covered, deep fried hot dog on-a-stick.
Famous Dave’s Barbecue
NEW food this year: Peach Glazed Pork Cheeks marinated in garlic, herbs, spices and honey, then grilled and served two on-a-stick with peach chipotle glaze!
Giggles’ Campfire Grill
NEW food this year: Sunfish filets in a boat!
Green Mill Restaurant
NEW this year: Foot Long Desert Pizza on-a-stick (pizza dough, sweet cream cheese, cinnamon, sugar).
Harry Singh’s Caribbean Restaurant
NEW this year! Roti Dhalpourie (soft toasted flat bread) served with jerk chicken or curry chicken, Jamaican jerk chicken wings, Trinidadian “doubles” (two pieces of bara bread filled with curried chick peas, hot sauce and chutney), peanut punch, Caribbean punch, ginger beer.
Huckleberry
NEW this year! Wild huckleberry products including jams, syrups, ice cream topping, pie fillings, pancake mix, vinegar, chocolate candies, honey, wild game sauce, barbeque sauce, and coffee.
Lynn’s Lefse
NEW food this year: Swedish Meatballs and Gravy! Lefse (with butter, white or brown sugar, cinnamon sugar, peanut butter, lingonberries, or whipped cream), individual jars of Lingonberries.
Main Street Butcher Block
NEW food this year: Pot Roast Sundae! A scoop of mashed potatoes, roast beef, gravy, corn, and cherry tomato.
Mini Melts/Fiddlesticks
NEW this year: Fiddlestix (premium vanilla ice cream, hand sliced, skewered on-a-stick, dipped in chocolate and rolled in chopped nuts).
Ole and Lena’s
NEW foods this year: Deep Fried Norwegian Banana Split (banana wrapped in lefse, deep fried and topped with ice cream, chocolate, pineapple and strawberries) and Krumkake, made fresh and rolled into a horn shape then filled with whipped cream and topped with your choice of fresh fruit!
Patinella’s Chicken Grill
NEW this year: Chicken and rice bowls with grilled chopped chicken breast and yellow rice.
Ragin Cajun
NEW food this year: Beignets! A fried, square donut.
Sonny’s Spiral Spuds
NEW food this year: Tornado Potato, a spiral cut potatoe on-a-stick or in a boat (sweet and regular potatoes) with seasonings (sea salt, sour cream, barbecue, white cheddar, malt vinegar, cajun), optional dips (french onion, spicy chipotle, roasted garlic and herb).
Spam Burgers
NEW food this year: Breakfast sandwiches (Spam, egg and cheese) and Spamwiches (Spam, cheese, cream of mushroom soup) grilled open face. Spam hot dogs, Spamburgers (fried Spam served on a bun with cheese and/or pineapple), Spam curds (Spam and cheese battered and deep fried) are also available.
Texas Steak Out
NEW this year: Texas Steak Dinner on-a-stick (cubed steak, potatoes, onion, peppers and a dinner roll) and Texas Tater Dogs (a spiral cut potato wrapped around a course ground sausage).
August 21st, 2009 at 9:49 am
John: Thanks for putting this in a usable format. The fair website is a bit unwieldy. This is much better. I’d say the food from Harry Singh’s sounds great. Least appetizing: pot roast sundae. Maybe I’d like it, but not on a hot day at the fair, and it sounds a bit “heavy” – not something I’d feel like having and then walking a lot.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:58 am
all you pork lovers will see more two legged porkers in one place at the fair than any other place during the year:) check the cheese curd stands!
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August 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
I am thinking someone should submit some of these food items to “This is Why You’re fat” http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:45 pm
I’m still a deep fried turkey sandwich guy, but will definitely try FamDave’s pork cheeks. C’mon, Hannibal Lecter can’t be wrong: The cheeks are the most succulent of morsels…
August 26th, 2009 at 2:08 am
It all sounds good, that’s why I have to go twice.
September 4th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I will def. try the pork cheeks and hit up Harry Singhs, that sounds amazing. This will only be my third time at the Fair so I will continue my tradition of Mouse House cheese curds as well. ^_-
I have figured out that really what I should do is just split everything with my husband. I get full fast. Ha ha ha.
August 21st, 2011 at 6:51 am
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