Minnesota State Fair's list of new foods a major letdown

• Goers not hoses, damn auto correct!

• I am a Minnesotan living in nyc, their big weird food trend is deep fried koolaide (think koolaide dough fried into mini doughnuts), surprised not to see this on the list for you fair hoses!

• The wine ice cream will be back! It's in the Ag/Hort Building!!

• i also love the wine ice cream. i am lucky that it comes from a creamery in my neighborhood...Izzys ice cream! I actually got a couple pints there after the fair last year. 

• Where was the wine ice cream?? That sounds good!

• Can't wait to try the Sweet Corn Ice Cream!

• Concessionaires DO depend on repeat customers. Even though the fair is only 12 days long once a year a good concessionaire does what they can to serve a good product so that the same customers will return annually to visit their stands.  Something doesn't have to be a "new" idea to be done well. See you at the fair!

• I saw Kimmy's Cupcakes at Grande Ole Day. Could they PLEASE be invited to the fair?? MMM mmm MMM!

• I'm glad to see a bit healthier option such as the caprese salad, but other than that the list leaves a lot to be desired. Most of it doesn't even really sound that good.

• You to make a good point as well about your approach as a critic; something I should have had in mind when I posted. Thanks for the reply, Rachel. 

• I think that's a fair point, MNCruzn: many people do go to the fair for their annual favorites that they have a hard time finding elsewhere (for me that'd be a corn dog...dreaming of it already!). As for the new foods, I'm a critic, so I'm going to be critical in the hopes that next year's list might have a few more revolutionary items.

• Am really excited to hear about the kushary! Sweet corn ice cream sounds intriguing.  Giggles has really great food despite the terrible name, caprese with late summer tomatoes should be good. 

• I absolutely love Coushari and wonder how Holy Land's version will measure up.  

• The Rice Kristie Bars have been at the Fair for 20 years and for $$$ it's still one of the best deals for the size!

• I am very underwhelmed.  I might have to just stick with my favorites from last year. But I want to know if the wine ice cream will be back.

• While I didn't see anything that was truly "Wow, never heard of that before", I thought it was a good list. I guess I don't have the same expectation as you when it comes to fair food.  I don't look at the new food at the fair as the "never before seen anywhere" situation, but more the "unique and different to the fair" situation. I appreciate you comments such as "Even the novel-seeming sweet corn ice cream was on the menu at Restaurant Alma back in, what, 2005?".  However, I don't frequent Restaurant Alma, so when I heard about the Sweet Corn Ice Cream, my first thought was "hey, I should seek that out a give it a try". I would be curious to know how other reader feel about this, because when I go to the Fair, I usually go to have things that only taste the way they do at the Fair...a Pronto Pup, an "Almost a Foot Long Hot Dog", "deep fried Cheese Curds", etc...   Yeah, I can get these things other places, but they NEVER taste the same way they do at the Fair.  It's not that they are unique, it's part of the experience.  And I'm sure it's totally different for each person. 

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