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The Most Boring 2024 Minnesota State Fair Food Post Ever

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST BORING 2024 Minnesota State Fair FOOD REVIEW. 

I was NOT going to try any new foods.

Just the classics – a Turkey To Go, a Demetri’s Gyro (the good gyro at the fair), roasted corn, roti from Harry Singh’s, Mouth Trap cheese curds, Rick’s pickle pizza, of course all washed down with a few sips of someone else’s lemonade and a MN Wine Country slushy.

Inflation/Shrinkflation is making me cranky this year. What would each new food cost this year? $14? $15? $16? $17??? What is this? A ___ for Ants?

I was going to leave it to the food critics to blow money on gimmicky, bad food. Plus, I’m still mad about the lutefisk buns.

Each fair, our local food critic reviews vary wildly vary. One team will say a new food is a SLAM DUNK while another calls it disgusting. If most agree that a certain food is good, it typically is. However, you should never ever trust anyone who said anything nice about the lutefisk buns last year.

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Something Old

Does anyone read blogs anymore?

I’m not even sure.

At least a year before the pandemic, the answer was a clear, not really?

I found myself at an influencer event where nobody blogged anymore.

I was basically Tom the dinosaur MySpace guy.

The reality is that I’m just not a Tik Tok girlie. I’ve created with it, but I don’t really like want to. I like blogging, but I want to try something else.

Maybe email subscriptions the future for people like me who liked to blog, but don’t enjoy making video content.

Anyway – I started a Patreon and am going to try shifting to publishing here, via email. I would love if you would consider signing-up! It’s free.

There is a paid membership level for those who would like to support food reviews.

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I Spent $40 So You Didn’t Have To: Reviewing Chef Gordon Ramsay’s Frozen Appetizers

I swore I wouldn’t do this again, but here we are.

Last fall, I reviewed four of Chef Gordon Ramsay’s frozen meals and Guy Fieri’s frozen meal line available at Walmart.

Guy’s meals pushed me over the edge and I immediately halted my frozen celebrity chef meal quest because they were so bad. Fieri’s Sweet & Sour Pork is truly nightmarish stuff.

Walmart is also offering Chef Ramsay’s line of five appetizers. Each costs a head-shaking $7 per box ($6.97 to be exact), which is $.73 more than each entree. And Walmart is now charging $.34 more per entree than last October.

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