Every year in late August / early September Minnesota holds its state fair. It reminds me of the agricultural show in my hometime of Charleville, Ireland but super sized! The fair is held in impressive grounds which accomodate the hundreds of thousands that visit during the course of the week. Highlights include the birthing barn (not for the sqeamish), lots of fried food such as cheese curds and deep fried pickles, all you can drink milk for a quarter and many other delictible treats (chocolate covered frozen key lime pie was my favorite) and beer galore to wash it down.
There's a beauty queen competition and butter busts of the queens sculpted from 90 lbs blocks of butter - each county winner gets to take their bust home!
Its quite the experience but not surpising from the state where huge food companies such as Cargill and General Mills are based.
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