{"id":910,"date":"2009-08-17T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T01:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2009-08-17T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T01:06:08","slug":"minnesota-state-fair-food-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=910","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota State Fair Food Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody thinks their own State Fair is the granddaddy of them all, but Minnesota always sets the pace with the &#8220;food on a stick&#8221; segment. )Long before Jose Jalapeno emerged!)   Be sure to stop by any (or all ) of the following outlets:<\/p>\n<p>Big Fat Bacon &#8211; One-third pound slice of bacon fried and carmelized with maple syrup, served on-a-stick with dipping sauces.<\/p>\n<p>Andre&#8217;s &#8211; Chocolate covered watermelon on a stick.<\/p>\n<p>Bayou Bob&#8217;s &#8211; seasoned alligator bites on a stick.<\/p>\n<p>Dino&#8217;s &#8211; Greek meatballs on a stick.<\/p>\n<p>Fudge Puppies &#8211; Belgian waffles dipped in swiss chocolate.  Yes, on a stick!<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Gara&#8217;s &#8211; Reuben on a stick<\/p>\n<p>Scotch Eggs &#8211; scotch eggs on  a stick<\/p>\n<p>New this year? Spam burgers, spam curds, deep-fried banana split, brat burgers, sunfish filets in a boat, walleye fries, peanut butter hot dogs, and a hot dog wrapped in french fries, on a stick!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnstatefair.org\/2009_pdf\/MSF_09_Grid_Map.pdf\">Download your map to fair ground food here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The fair starts August 27!  Geez, I just noticed Jeff Dunham is one of the headliners.   Maybe my remark above about Jose Jalapeno was right on target!   Jose, meet the deep fryer.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnstatefair.org\/\">Minnesota State Fair<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/state-fair-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-911\" title=\"state fair png\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/state-fair-png.png\" alt=\"state fair png\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody thinks their own State Fair is the granddaddy of them all, but Minnesota always sets the pace with the &#8220;food on a stick&#8221; segment. )Long before Jose Jalapeno emerged!) Be sure to stop by any (or all ) of the following outlets: Big Fat Bacon &#8211; One-third pound slice of bacon fried and carmelized&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=910\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minnesota State Fair Food Preview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35],"tags":[1410,2320,3322],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}