Agosto 12, 2013

"There are sixty-four foods available on a stick at this year's ongoing Iowa State Fair."

"Wisconsin's recently concluded state fair, however, had ninety-five, including country-fried bacon on a stick with gravy."
Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 3:46 PM
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9 (na) komento:

The Godfather ayon kay ...

Sounds good but messy.

8/12/13, 4:32 PM
AaronS ayon kay ...

Are those locally-sourced and sustainable sticks?

8/12/13, 4:46 PM
MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Anything you can do, I can do better.

Pretty easy to say that when you're from Wisconsin and you're talking to someone from Iowa.

8/12/13, 4:59 PM
ngtrains ayon kay ...

Our paper published a calorie count for 5 items from turkey legs to funnel cakes. The numbers were large.

How do they do gravy on a stick?

8/12/13, 6:06 PM
Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Sounds like the word "food" is being used very loosely.

8/12/13, 10:57 PM
RiverRat ayon kay ...

Tree killers, all!

8/13/13, 1:35 AM
Clyde ayon kay ...

You would think that it was sticks that were being subsidized in Iowa rather than corn ethanol!

8/13/13, 6:50 AM
Unknown ayon kay ...

Surprised there's no David Foster Wallace tag here.

8/13/13, 7:22 AM
Tibore ayon kay ...

The shocking thing is their creation of Deep Fried Butter:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/dining/at-the-iowa-state-fair-deep-fried-butter-on-a-stick.html

To be clear, the article from last year shows that the whole centering on butter is a marketing gimmick: It is indeed a stick of butter at heart. But it's dipped in a sweet batter, then fried, so the effect is really a fried, sweet-tasting funnel-cake-like concoction that's super buttery in the middle.

But still... talk about rich. I'm fighting off a diabetic coma just thinking about it.

8/13/13, 8:45 AM

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