The Minnesota State Fair is the Bell Labs of novelty booth food.
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Wisconsin State Fair has something similar, but with donuts instead of the uncrustable
And in general so many "on a stick" items too. Have only been once since I'm from several states away, but that was absurd in the best way.
That burger was gross. Huge regret and I only ate half of it.
Ok, i was gonna ask wtf is "an uncrustable", but nvm.
It's two pieces of bread, crusts cut off, with jelly filling.
Frozen, premade, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that thankfully came out when I was too old to be given such things.
that's inhuman
Sounds like a worst-of-both-worlds situation.
I think a hot tea beer would be worse, but yeah I agree
I'm partial to the dill pickle beer from Giggles' myself. So refreshing on a hot day!
Also, I know it's a reddit thing, but I always got a kick out of the MN karma train
Pickle beer is the best when it's hot out!
All aboard!!! Choo choo
Choo Choo mother fucker!
I’m assuming it’s non-alcoholic? Alcohol’s freezing point is -10F / -23C, which sounds uncomfortably cold to eat.
Beer is mostly water, and the water freezes before the alcohol does. This fact is used in freeze distillation to make "ice beers" that are stronger than what you get from the initial fermentation.
"ice beers" that are stronger
Is that in ABV or in flavour? Because every "ice beer" that i ever tried - and it's a short list, mind - tasted like mildly dirty water.
It increases alcohol content.
Soft serve is effectively a partially frozen emulsion foam colloid. It's one of the easier ways to trap liquid alcohol.
It’s alcoholic. I haven’t tried it myself, but it looks pretty much like any other soft serve cone.
A nation that does that to beer, should not be trusted with atomic weapons.
god that is peak. I want some
I should have got one this year.