![]() James Lileks walks the now-empty fairgrounds to remind us how its traditions live in the buildings and on the grounds themselves. ![]() Experience these six selections, curated by the Star Tribune cicerone. ![]() We chose six to sample, and we hope you'll drink along and make your own tasting notes.įall calls for heartier beers with fuller body. If it's State Fair time, it's still summer beer season. Star Tribune beer expert Michael Agnew leads a sudsy virtual tasting of some of summer and fall's best brews. With Michael Agnew, Sharyn Jackson and Chris Riemenschneider State Fair seed art champion Jill Moe offers a beginner's guide to making your crop art masterpiece. Crack the secret of seed art with these DIY instructions.No, she won't share the secret recipe, but she does have tips and tricks for making warm, gooey chocolate chip cookies. Missing your State Fair souvenirs? Make your own “Blue Ox, Blue Ribbon” keepsake with official Star Tribune felt ornamentalist, Jennifer Brooks. Jen Brooks felts a special Fair souvenir.Yes, you can carve a princess out of butterĪ State Fair master guides us through the sculpting process using a one-pound butter brick.Missing the Fair's unique crafts like carving a princess head out of butter or baking from scratch? We found instructors, including Sweet Martha herself, who can teach you to make Fair classics at home. Pop quiz! Do you know your state history? We'll be judge of that.Īfter four rounds of competition, you've chosen the champion from our grandstand final round of nine finalists: Hungry for trivia action? For this round of Fact Frenzy, we've got six questions about classic Minnesota cuisine to test your local food IQ. Minnesota stars of the screen and stage abound in this round of Fact Frenzy, the world's greatest trivia game. Fact Frenzy: Minnesota Movies and Music Edition.This round of Fact Frenzy, we challenge how well you know your Minnesota sports teams. and in this round of Fact Frenzy! How deep is your state fair love? The Minnesota State Fair may be canceled, but it lives on in our hearts. Fact Frenzy: Minnesota State Fair Edition.(We promise there's only one question about a lake.) Welcome to Fact Frenzy! This round of Minnesota trivia is all about our prized state landmarks. Fact Frenzy: Minnesota Landmarks Edition.Play along online at /factfrenzy and enter to win bragging rights and a fabulous Star Tribune prize package. Find it at several Twin Cities retailers, or order online.Ĭonsider this the Great Minnesota Quiz-Together! From the hallowed grounds of the Minnesota State Fair, we'll be serving up trivia on everything from state history and icons to movie moments and local sports. ![]() Picking up this better-than-peanut-brittle treat has been a reason to navigate the crowds inside the Merchandise Mart since 2009. (Ridgedale shopping center), Minnetonka, 61Ĭookies based on the recipe of a 108-year-old Iowa great-grandma, filled with ice cream, appear in freezer aisles across Minnesota. And yes, there’s a five-pound ($50) option.ĥ25 Diffley Road, Eagan, and 12401 Wayzata Blvd. Scaled for the excesses of the Minnesota State Fair - in other words, they’re gigantic, and then some - these plus-size cookies have more than scale going for them, they’re also delicious. In the frozen dessert aisle at many stores. The fair’s top-grossing food purveyor packages frozen dough in five flavors, pre-portioned so you can plop them on a baking sheet and have warm cookies in minutes. The booze-spiked pies with a stand in the Food Building also come in four flavors in many grocery stores’ frozen dessert aisle. (Or get a fresh one from Nordic Waffles’ stand at Potluck in the Rosedale mall). At Lunds & Byerlys, Coborn’s and on Amazon.Ī bacon, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich served on a signature waffle is frozen and sold at Lunds & Byerlys and, for a short time, at Cub. The fair stand bottles its apple syrup, which can be used to top ice cream, French toast, oatmeal and, of course, pie. Re-create the variations sold at Lynn’s Potato Lefse, a delightful Food Building destination, by picking up the Scandinavian flatbread and dressing it up with butter, cinnamon-sugar, fruit preserves and other toppings. Also, try nondairy red-white-and-blue rocket pops and oat milk pops. The fruit-and-cream pops sold from a cart in the fair’s West End come in boxes of four in stores. Missing the cart outside the Hamline Church Dining Hall? Find classic Izzy’s flavors in many grocery stores. Many of these items are sold in a variety of supermarkets check the products’ websites to see all locations.
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