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Check out this fun bit of State Fair Food trivia!
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As a long time denizen of the Pacific Northwest, who's now living on the 'wrong' coast, I remember fondly and well the great burgers with the afore-mentioned Walla Walla sweet onions. The tagline was "Do the Puyallup"...referring to the fair. You just had to do one of those burgers to properly do the fair. Although I have to admit, my all -time favorite fair foods were the corn dogs and curly fries at the LA County Fair in Pomona.

katkinsman, I gave the Hotdish-On-A-Stick a whirl today and it was a lot better than I expected. On the stick it alternates meatball, tater tot, meatball, tater tot, etc. The whole thing is dipped in some type of light batter and then deep fried. You get a side of cream of mushroom dipping sauce which you really need because otherwise it doesn't have much flavor. The meatball bites were good, but the tater tots were bland.

I also tried a double chocolate frozen mocha on a stick today. It was chocolate ice cream with espresso coated in dark chocolate. It was quite good, but too small to justify the $4.25 price tag.

I had a bite of the macaroni and cheese on a stick. They're actually little bundles of mac & cheese battered and deep fried and then strung on a stick. Again, a lot better then I thought it would be, and I don't really like mac & cheese.

My favorite thing at the MN state fair is the Fudge Puppy. Sooo good. It's a Belgian waffle (on a stick and shaped like a corn dog) dipped in chocolate. Then they put on whipped cream and sprinkles. Mmmmmm....*Homer drool*

boiled peanuts at the Florida State Fair