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Giant Produce at the Alaska State Fair
Even if you've seen giant watermelon and pumpkins and such at other fairs, nothing compares to this. The Alaska State Fair this year had pumpkins as large as 786 pounds (!). One of the cabbages weighed in at 86 pounds. There were giant zucchinis, paddy pans, and root vegetables of all sorts, along with giant flowers the size of basketballs.Top 10 Eats at the Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair
Crazy fair foods are nothing new. We found several great new fair foods, a couple of scary ones, and one new fair delight that won't disturb your waistline.Happy Foods-on-a-Stick Day!
Today is a special day for stick-food lovers. Thanks to SE:Talk, we learned that it's Something on a Stick Day. What qualifies as a stick-food? Corn dogs, yakitori, kebabs, pie pops, fondue, and really anything else that's stabbable with a stick.Hot Dog of the Week: Pennsylvania Farm Show Hot Dogs
The Pennsylvania Farm Show ends this weekend. It's an amazing spectacle—a weeklong extravaganza of the best that the state's farmers (and farmers in training) have to offer. Along with cooking demos, square dancing, prize roosters and pineapple upside-down cake contests, there are also two massive food courts with stands cranking out fair food all made with the bountiful harvest of Pennsylvania agriculture, including the hot dogs. Have you ever eaten a hot dog with a cow and pig staring right at you?Top 10 New Foods at the Arkansas State Fair
The Arkansas State Fair, which lasts until October 17, is in full swing in Little Rock. Like many other regional fairs, Arkansas boasts a lot of unusual (and usually deep fried) foods in its food court and on the midway. Here are ten new items joining local favorites like deep fried pickles and okra, Hubcap burgers, fried gator on a stick, and pineapple whips.Video: Boy Dances After Eating Deep-Fried Butter
What's inside deep-fried butter balls besides butterfat? Something funky that possesses little boys to break loose and shake it. The Texas State Fair's deep-fried butter (what can't you throw into a deep fryer?) inspires this boy to hunch over and get his boogie on. Are there some sort of deep-fried butter gods controlling his every move? Sure looks like he's under a spell, not to mention the happiest kid ever. The video, after the jump....Photo of the Day: Mermaid Potato at the Humboldt County Fair
[Flickr: Extreme Craft] Because we really don't have enough diorama coverage on Serious Eats, check out this mermaid spud (mer-spud?) in a box from the annual Decorated Potato Contest at the Humboldt County Fair in California. Garth Johnson of the blog Extreme Craft shares photos of the starchy entries on his Flickr page. Since 1896, the whole county has come together with toothpicks and glue—and as crafting technology has advanced in recent years, googly eyes—for the event. The categories are divided by age of the potato dioramist and number of potatoes used. [via Craftzine] Related Alaska State Fair Cabbage Tops Guinness World Record Video: Minnesota State Fair's Food on a Stick Are Potato Peels Really Good for You?...Video: Minnesota State Fair's Food on a Stick
If it can be shoved on a stick, the Minnesota State Fair probably has it. In this video from Wallet Pop, Jason Cochran tries to find as many foods-on-sticks as possible, from the basic corn dog to Swedish meatballs to Scotch eggs. Methinks I need to plan to go to next year's fair. Watch the video after the jump....Alaska State Fair Cabbage Tops Guinness World Record
[Photograph: Dean Phipps] There are cabbages and then there are 125.9-pound CABBAGES. Every year the Alaska State Fair holds a giant cabbage weigh-off where people battle for vegetable-growing prowess. This year, reports the Anchorage Daily News, Wasilla resident Steve Hubacek won for his green monster (the leaves span five feet!) beating the previous cabbage world record set in the UK in 1989 for 124 pounds. Related Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off at Alaska State Fair, 2008 Duchess Camilla Gets a Big Cabbage for Her Birthday Copious Cabbage [Talk]...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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