Category: mn state fair

It’s finally here, Adult Day at the fair, a day for friendship and fair efficiency!

no opening selfie today, we’re heading straight for the calories.

waiting for adult redfreshment time and friends to arrive, we started with lulu’s public house, a place I reluctantly have accepted as a fair tradition. reluctant because I miss the old west end but oh well, progress is progress; and I admit the area is much more useable now.

all three were good, the standout was the cheesecake curds. No idea how they did that but reminds me of both cheese curds and cheesecake. I loved them.

I am not a drinker but this was Adult Day after all, so several were consumed by the party.

reviews for these, the ginger suntan was a winner, everyone seemed to like it and found it refreshing. M thought the peachy keen tasted like feet. the mead was ok apparently, although carbonated which I’m told was weird.

maui-sota sticky ribs from rc’s bbq. everyone thought they were good, just not unexpectedly so. the sauce was tasty, and the ribs, while not the fall off the bone style that I like, were still very good chewy style (whatever you call it). not exactly a must-try though.

maybe my favorite of the day. this was very tasty, salty, buttery (in a good way) ice cream over crispy cinnamony sweet toast. I’d totally eat some right now. we were with one of my oldest friends, so funny story.. years ago the two of us were at dairy queen and he tried to order a butterfinger blizzard. either he misspoke or was misheard because they whipped him up a blizzard with whatever that petroleum substance that they roll onto the bread.

who knew that 20 odd years later we’d wind up enjoying butter ice cream once again. love you buddy, what stories..

at cafe carib, right across from blue moon. M thought the chocolate rim was the best part, otherwise meh.

corn, always good but this is what they gave me when I asked for it burnt.

stopped by the hanger, M liked the strawberry but didn’t try the pineapple. apparently they were both good because they were both gone.

sausage dog was good too. nothing exactly surprising about it but I’d totally order a kids meal with like 3 of them.

I’m kinda mad about these. they could have been great but ours were cold. if they had been warm this would have been really good. sauces were all tasty doughnut dips, but the damn things were just too cold.

this could be runner up for the day’s favorite. weirdly enough the best bit was the sandwich part, not the whipped cream. who thought a candy sandwich could be so tasty.

giggles campfire is never on my list for some reason, but it probably should be. these really weren’t bad, good sauce (remulade maybe?). I wore some in my beard for the rest of the day.

uh, this was adult day so not sure what this loser was on. I’ll always get the egg coffee, it’s just a damn good cup of coffee, nothing eggy about it.

none of us were exactly thrilled to be stopping by o’gara’s. the place always has something new and it usually kinda sucks; but it is a reliable place for a drink. this year however, the drinks were forgettable and the food redeemed the place.

while M picked up an alcoslush I figured I’d try a new food, and our companion, C bought the reuben things. both were better than expected. the pickle thing is getting a bit played out so I was grateful that they were not overpowering. the dill came forward which worked well with the cheese and they weren’t as greasy as they looked. the reuben rolls were just a competently executed little fried reuben bite.

nicely done o’gara’s.

I get this every year, if only I could remember where it’s from.

kidding of course, the farmers union is one of my favorites, right there next to the dfl booth. not to be too political but it’s always one of my favorite stops as well. gotta get me a Wellstone shirt one of these days.

tried this one last time and had the cilantro sauce, this time my butter buddy got the hot sauce. it was much better with the spicy stuff, otherwise it’s a nice steamed bun that I’d be happy getting anywhere. the chili crisp was what made it though. I think I’m still picking pepper flakes out of my teeth.

I really need to hit up the union hmong kitchen outside of the fair. ugh, I used to go try things, nowadays I’m a middle aged loser who only gets out once or twice a year.

we were taking a selfie but our dear friend K offered to take it for us. thanks K, you did a great job. this here is in the AG building, another of my favorite place at the fair. I still need to see this years seed art!

for some reason the worlds creepiest shreck is in the AG building this year.

I do love me some garlic fries, another fair favorite that for some reason I don’t often get. besides, despite not being a sports fan, one of the best activities at the fair is hanging out with friends at the ball park.

today we all got hung up on pronto vs corn, which came first? butter friend knew the history of pronto off the top of his head. apparently they started in oregon in 1947? corn dogs on the other hand had a patent filed for them in 1929 (applied for in 1927).

our other dear friend K (yes, they share a name) has never been on ye olde mill; so we had to introduce her to the majesty. M and I had a lovely time 😉.

it’s so much fun introducing her to all our awful but beloved MN traditions.

what kind of loser takes a picture of food! but seriously, I’ll bet they gave K the wrong thing because the cherry thing sure seemed to have a lot of watermelon in it.

No idea about the duck one but butterman sure enjoyed his drinkin’ buddy.

from here we headed back to the west end, where sadly M and I had to depart. we have the kids school open house to attend, and so are heading off leaving behind 4 of the best friends anyone could hope for. I treasure Adult Day.

disclaimer – this is not a food* blog, but in the interest of pseudo anonymity this seems like the best way to remember the day.

*autocorrect initially changed this to “good” – touche’