For the past several years we have heard friends from Minnesota talk about how wonderful the Minnesota State Fair is. Being a connoisseur of fried food, Lelaine has been dying to go. That is why we were pretty pleased when the stars aligned - our good Minnesota friends moved back to Minnesota and our friends Kevin and Meagan decided to get married in the upper Midwest the weekend of the fair.
Allen, Heather, Doug, Lelaine, and I flew out Thursday night and stayed with our Minnesotan college friends, Ryan and Kari (who we visited in San Francisco a few years ago, and have since added a little one named Evan), and Maile and Rob, who flew in from KC. Friday morning we woke up with one goal in mind - eat everything in sight. We accomplished that goal.
Over the course of the day I had a mere 22 different food items. We were well prepared - in addition to the wisdom imparted on us by our knowledgable hosts, two work friends, native Minnesotans, and fair aficionados Lisette and Emily gave us a list of the must haves. Lisette even has her own bench, with her and her husband's name on it, at the fair.
Here is the list in chronological order (I only had a bite or two of two-thirds of these) and judged on a scale of 1-5:
Allen, Heather, Doug, Lelaine, and I flew out Thursday night and stayed with our Minnesotan college friends, Ryan and Kari (who we visited in San Francisco a few years ago, and have since added a little one named Evan), and Maile and Rob, who flew in from KC. Friday morning we woke up with one goal in mind - eat everything in sight. We accomplished that goal.
Over the course of the day I had a mere 22 different food items. We were well prepared - in addition to the wisdom imparted on us by our knowledgable hosts, two work friends, native Minnesotans, and fair aficionados Lisette and Emily gave us a list of the must haves. Lisette even has her own bench, with her and her husband's name on it, at the fair.
Here is the list in chronological order (I only had a bite or two of two-thirds of these) and judged on a scale of 1-5:
