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One thing that people expect
at a fair is a considerable quantity and variety of food. |
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The Cafe Caribe, which fits
into a row of food stalls. |
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Andy's Grill sits off behind
a tree lined avenue. |
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A view of a line of food stalls.
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Nothin' on a Stick. A food stand
which flaunts State Fair tradition. |
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Bayou Bob's Gator Shack.
This is not exactly a traditional Minnesota dish; but this is the Fair, and
anything goes, regarding food. The prospective diner (or is that dinner)
in front is not Bayou Bob, but my brother Chris. |
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There are a number of church
dining halls here at the fair. The Lutheran and Catholic faiths are very strong
here, as is the sense of community. |
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The great 1919 root beer
stand. The root beer, the ice cream, and the floats here are great. Just
the thing on a hot day. |
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Every fair has it's own traditional
food, which becomes an icon of the fair. In this case, it is ice cream, floats,
sundaes, and shakes. |
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Getting in line at the Dairy
Town ice cream parlor. |
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Another church diner. I saw
a half dozen of these at the very least. |
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As I mentioned, there are
numerous church diners at the fair. The prices are reasonable, and the food
is fairly good. |
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The inside of one of the
church dining halls has all of the feel of eating in the church basement. |
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This is the inside of the
huge exhibit hall which is the food building. There are stalls, and kitchens
filling the place, and filling the place with the aromas of a hundred different
styles of cooking. |
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More of the food building.
people mill around, trying to decide what to eat next. |
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Left: More area filled with people standing and sitting while eating. Below: The Route 66 Roadhouse Cafe. I had to take this picture, considering my affection for the old road. I love Route 66. |
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Above: A variety of food stalls sell a selection of different foods. Left: Catfish, walleye, and nearly anything that swims, walks or flies, and can be eaten. |
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A classic old working engine.
These original motors were works of art, and craft, as well as of engineering. |
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Some other old engines, still
in prime operating condition. These provided the motive power for a number
of turn of the century machines, generally by running a belt. |
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The Big Four, kerosene powered tractor.
This is a well preserved example of early 20th century high tech, and was
certainly the pride and joy of it's original, as well as it's current, owner.
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A fleet of venerable old tractors.
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Some original old John Deer tractors. Note that
these used metal spades, rather than rubber tires. |
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More old tractors, some with accessories. This
is the machinery that helped to make the United States the breadbasket of
the world. |
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The Sky Glider presses on over the field of century
old farming machinery. |
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A threshing machine, designed to automate the
labor and time intensive task of separating the wheat from the chaff. |
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An old tractor with a power take off provides
the energy to run the machine. |
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