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MN State Fair – 8/26/14

Once again, I am late at posting my fair blog. Which, really, should come as no surprise at this point.

This time I went with Nick, Whitney, and Jake from the gym. Rob met up with us later that night. New foods we tried included:

  • Beef Sticks
  • Deep-Fried Buckeyes
  • Blue Cheese & Corn Fritz
  • Jonny Pop
  • Caribbean Style Lobster Roll
  • Deep Fried Breakfast on a Stick (this was technically Jake’s, but I had a bite)
Poncho Dog (corn dog)
Henry’s Kettle Korn
Lemonade
Beef Sticks
Sweet Corn Corn Dog
Buckeyes
Cheese Curds
Black Currant Ice Tea
Blue Cheese Corn Fritz
Jonny Pop
Lobster Roll
Big Fat Bacon
Deep Fried Breakfast on a Stick

MN State Fair – 8/21/14

Nick, the Murderses, and I ventured out to the Great Minnesota Get Together on opening day this year. Our normal parking lot had been converted into the new West End Market, so we parked in the old bus lot, which felt pretty weird actually.

Nick kicked off the evening with an About a Foot Long hot dog as tradition goes. I had a corn dog. It was everything I’ve been dreaming of for the past year. Whitney and I did a wine flight again. I was not impressed. It was better than last year’s, but not by much. This may be the last time I have wine at the fair.

For new fair foods, we tried the pretzel curds from O’Gara’s, which were excellent but not in a get-these-every-year way, and the SnoRibbons from Blue Moon. I liked the SnoRibbons, but I wish I’d waited for a better flavor, as my choices were churro or mango, neither of which I’m a fan of. I’d like to try them again, but there are so many other ice creamy type things on my list that I don’t know if I will this year. I guess it depends on which flavors they have when we return.

I have a long list of favorite foods to eat as well as new foods to try. Time will only tell what’s next!

Corn Dog
Pretzel Factory
Tiny Tim’s
SnoRibbons
Cold Cheese Curds (blech)
Friend Pickles
Team Jacob
Topiary Garden
Butcher Boys
Pretzel Curds
Wine Flight
Raspberry Malt
Pizza
Ye Old Mill
Ye Old Mill
Ye Old Mill
Not a Corn Dog

MN State Fair 2013

Once again I’m a litle behind on my blog, but I very well can’t let the year go by without a MN State Fair post! Here are most of the delicious things I ate over a span of three fair visits, as well as some other stuff. It’s all in a nifty new mosaic gallery too, complete with image captions. Enjoy!

Deep fried pickles
Corn dog
Sheep
Bunnehs!
Grilled glazed donut
Fish pond
Egg rolls
Corn
No corn
Comet corn
Tiny Tim!
Freak show
Turkey leg
More mini donuts
Corn dog
Mini donut batter (and some berry) flavored ice cream!
Deep fried bread pudding
Pork sliders
Twist cone
Ole’s Canollis
La Creperie
Black currant iced tea
Oh, crepes!
Sweet Martha’s
Military Appreciation Day
Military Appreciation Day
Empty streets
Empty streets
Empty Tilt-A-Whirl
Minimal line at the fry booth
Empty streets
Cinnamon roll
Corn dog
Owls
Topiary garden
Dippin’ Dots rootbeer float
Crepes!
Steak sandwich
Guitar string necklace
Fair renovations
More deep fried pickles
Sweet corn ice cream
Fried taco from El Sol
Nick and Jordon
Grape ICEE!
Simpsons pinball
Clown garbage can . Yikes.
Henry’s Kettle Korn
Lumberjack show
Lumberjack show
Twist cone
Baby McNuggets!
Pretzel w/cheez
First time on Ye Old Mill
Cheese curds
Listening to Depeche Mode from the poor man’s seats

Recipe: Paleo Meatballs

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One of our favorite things to eat these days are paleo friendly meatballs. After some trial and error, Nick perfected this recipe. They are good alone or with marinara sauce. I get excited whenever we make these. I barely even miss the pasta that should rightfully accompany them.

Nick doesn’t measure things, so the ingredient amounts are all estimations. It’s a pretty forgiving recipe. Let us know if you make any!

Ingredients:

  • 1–2 cups Italian parsley leaves, medium chopped
  • 2 pounds ground meat, your choice (Italian sausage, beef, bison, lamb, veil, pork, etc. Mix and match for unique flavors!)
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2–4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 medium onions, finely chopped (or substitute 1 onion for 1 green pepper)
  • 2/3 cup almond meal
  • 2 tablespoons oregano
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/4 cup meatball seasoning (we like Wee Willy’s Classic Homemade Meatball mix)
  • Extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except the olive oil and mix thoroughly.

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Roll the mixture into balls. We like to make them a little bigger than golf balls.

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In a frying pan, heat olive oil and brown the meatballs on all sides.

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Place meatballs in a baking dish lined with non-stick aluminum foil. You’ll want to leave a little bit of space between them. Bake for 20–30 minutes depending on size.

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Makes approximately 24 (1.3 ounce) meatballs.

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