Here is the third and final part of my review of our trip to the Minnesota State Fair. In part one I told you about our Pronto Pup, cheese curds and mini donuts. In part two we had some great frozen custard, a hotdish on a stick and some big fat bacon. That’s six food items down and we have three more to go. Here they are.
After some more strolling around, Joan spotted the following stand:
We needed to stop here. Joan was going to get some crepes and I wasn’t going to get anything. Well I spotted the chocolate and banana crepes as we hit the order counter so I added one of those to our order. The crepes were not too heavy and the chocolate and banana mixing together was just what I needed (OK I guess I didn’t NEED it, but it was just what I wanted at that moment). Here’s what they gave us:
After the crepes, we took another extended food break. After a good bit of wandering around, it was time for “dinner.” I put that in quotes because in a day of continual food consumption, who’s to say exactly when “dinner” is and when it’s just another unnamed snack/meal. Anyway, this we’ll call dinner. Now remember the fact that at the Minnesota State Fair, they put EVERYTHING on sticks. Since the beginning of the fair, I noticed a coupon in our coupon book that I HAD to try, the Steak Dinner on a Stick. Now this name was to conform to the “everything on a stick” mantra; what I actually got was more of a shish-ka-bob. It was chunks of sirloin alternating with vegetables and potatoes and topped with a dinner roll. I didn’t get a picture of the stand, but here’s what I got in my basket:
After a long day at the fair, walking all over the place and eating a lot of great food, we needed one more thing to top the whole day off. One final coupon in our coupon book caught our eye, the hot apple dumpling. We walked down one street and around a corner and here’s what we saw:
We ordered one Hot Apple Dumpling covered with ice cream. Here’s what we got (notice the two spoons):
What we had was a pillow of pastry filled with a hot apple filling and covered with a cinnamon sauce. The ice cream was then added on top and as it began to melt, it mixed with the apple and cinnamon sauce and gave it a great vanilla taste. Overall it was the perfect end to a long day at the fair.
So that’s the end of our culinary adventures at the Minnesota State Fair. If you find yourself in the Twin Cities area in the eleven days before Labor Day, take a day to check it out. There are so many shows, activities and of course food vendors to check out that it will be well worth your while.
Next up is our last food stop of our Minnesota
Until next time,
Mike
The Particulars
Location: 1265 North Snelling Avenue N , St. Paul , MN
Website: www.mnstatefair.org
Date of Visit: August 29, 2011
Time of Visit: All Day Long
Has It Been on TV?: Probably on local TV News broadcasts.
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