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The Minnesota State Fair’s Doggies of the Wild West is brought to audiences in HD: “Hound Dog Definition,” said Old West Marshal “Rowdy Yo,” or Gary Noel when he isn’t overseeing his rescu
“Miracle,” my ass!
You know, it’s the video cameras that really cross the line here.
Sure, and where’s this crowd going to be when I’m off to the ol’ slaughterhouse next year?
One down, 13 to go. God, I hope that first one wasn’t just the runt.
Pink. Again?!
If one more kid yells BA-RAM-YU!, I’m going to shoot the next piglet straight into his sno-cone.
He worked at Mike’s Hamburger Stand. She worked at the Giant Slide. It was inevitable they would meet and fall in love.
Paul is DEAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!
ChimichAAAAAAAAAAAAANGAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
I am the GREAT CORNHOOOOOOOLLLLIIIIOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
I feel BLOOOOOAAAAATED!!!!!!
I brought my own potato sack from HOOOOOOOME!!!!!!
WHYYYYYY GOD WHYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!
I’m single and I have a GREAT CREDIT SCOOOOOORRRRE!!!!!!
Baby got SAAAAAAACK!!!!!
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The 58th Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Mary Zahurones, climbed back into a 40-degree rotating glass cooler Thursday afternoon at the Minnesota State Fair’s Dairy Building after a warm-up break.
“The seventh time is the charm,” declared sculptor James Freid to a group gathered around his piece, Spinn Cycle, at the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Preview Aug. 23.
Little girls in Minnesota grow up knowing who Princess Kay of the Milky Way is—that darling of the State Fair immortalized in churned creamy goodness, wholesome as a glass of fresh Minnesota milk. We also grow up believing there’s nothing weird about having your head carved in butter. If anything, it’s something to aspire to.In the middle of the country, 11 years into the new millennium, we still hold high that idea of a dairy princess—as well as both the human and butter embodiment of it—as something integral to our Minnesotan culture. Of course there’s a Princess Kay. Of course she has her head carved in butter.Each year, a new Princess Kay is crowned on the eve of the Minnesota State Fair’s opening. Continue Reading
Tubs of margarine thrown through your windows
Awkward family dinners for months while you use up the butter
Tasteless “on a stick” jokes
You always wonder whether you’d look better salted
People saying, “They sure do know how to butter you up!”
Getting mooned by fairgoers while you pose in the refrigerated booth
Agriculture is still the foundation of the Minnesota State Fair, with people coming from all over the state to showcase livestock, horses and crops. More than 30,000 meals are served to 4-Hers and staff during the 12 days of the fair.
Last year in Noshin’, I expressed a ton of JewFolk love for the Minnesota State Fair. With the 2011 Great Minnesota Get Together now upon us, I want to both reflect and look ahead to some good eats, great people watching, and all out fun.
First the reflection. I ended last year’s mid-fair report with a wish list for 2011. Here it is:
My top 5 goals for the 2011 fair: