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What's Your Favorite Food on a Stick? It's Gotta Be Served at the Minnesota State Fair
For a selection of signs from State Fair booths, including the Puff Daddy On A Stick, see http://tinyurl.com/foodstick
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Oh, man. That looks even better than Crabby Jack's duck debris, which is my personal Great Sandwich In The Sky.
Overused Food Words
"Source" as an active verb - as in, "He's sourcing amazing herbs from a little farm he stumbled over." Derisively insider-ish and pretentious.
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opinions on women's lunch tote.
i also get leaks in my lunch. i started using the kind of ziploc plastic food container that has a screw on lid. much better.
opinions on women's lunch tote.
It is a cute bag. Looks like something you could smuggle goodies into the movies with. For other options, you might try ebags.com. I found a great messenger bag for work there, and they have everything from couture handbags to diaper bags to kids' backpacks. It's a fun website to waste both time and money.
What's Your Favorite Food on a Stick? It's Gotta Be Served at the Minnesota State Fair
I live in MN! Can't beat a corn dog at the fair, it's the first thing I get. The pickle popsicle wasn't that good, total letdown as I am a pickle person.
@maryn - great pictures!
What's Your Favorite Food on a Stick? It's Gotta Be Served at the Minnesota State Fair
I went yesterday and had the tater tots OAS and they were delicious! I also enjoyed pizza OAS but that was more like a calzone with chopsticks inside :(
Can't wait for next year's fair! Maybe we can organize an SE meet-up!
What's Your Favorite Food on a Stick? It's Gotta Be Served at the Minnesota State Fair
dammit - I wanted to post a picture of Jose Jalapeno on a steeeek
:-(
What's Your Favorite Food on a Stick? It's Gotta Be Served at the Minnesota State Fair
@kj415...Jeff Dunham is exactly who I was thinking of.
@Teri...I'm glad those tater tots were as good as I imagine they would be.
@maryn...Thanks for the link. I can't help humorously thinking that Puff Daddy on a stick sounds a bit cannibalistic, as if Sean Combs is being served up as fair food. ;)
Overused Food Words
"Yummy" - it should be prohibited for use by anyone older than 12. When grown men and women say "it's so yummy!" (especially about something they just made themselves) - ewwwwww!
Also, "reduce down" as in "we'll add some wine and reduce this sauce DOWN for 5 minutes". As opposed to what, reducing it UP?
Overused Food Words
It used to drive me insane to see "x" at the end of the word until I started to work at a hospital 10 years ago. Everything ends in x to abbreviate -- history = hx, diagnosis = dx, etc. I still hate seeing "u" for "you" and "ur" for "your/you're," which propagates the erroneous use of your and you're. ARGH! I've gotten better about "tho" and "thru."
Back to food.
- "special blend" -- yay for vagueness
- use of the word "sushi" for anything raw. FFS, sushi doesn't even mean raw!
- innards
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