15 July 2019

The Minnesota State Fair will NOT offer "doughnuts with syringes"


[from 2015]:

The Minnesota State Fair has announced its new foods for the 2015 season.  Personally, I would favor the Walleye Stuffed Mushrooms (above).
Jumbo mushroom caps stuffed with flavored cream cheese spread, walleye, three cheeses, red pepper, panko breadcrumbs and a special sauce.
I'd also be tempted by the Minnesota Wild Rice Benedict Muffin (right)
A wild rice English muffin cup with sliced ham and a soft-cooked egg, covered with hollandaise sauce.
Or perhaps the Breakfast Burger (below):
Seasoned sausage and hamburger on a corn-dusted bun with applewood-smoked bacon, caramelized onions, melted provolone cheese, fried egg and a tomato slice.

Reposted from 2015 to add news from 2019:


One of the new foods for 2019 has been drawing mounting controversy since it was announced last month, thanks to an unusual accessory to the dish. The Wingwalker Donut Flight of fill-your-own doughnut holes comes with three fillings: Bavarian cream, chocolate custard and Minnesota lingonberry jam. Each of the fillings was to be served in a plastic syringe.

“Incredibly wasteful,” “a gimmick,” and “gross” were some of the comments on the Minnesota State Fair’s Facebook page. Both the environmental impact of single-use plastics and the optics of drug paraphernalia littered on the ground at the fair drew complaints...

Today, the fair announced, the syringes are no more, and the doughnuts have been dropped from the Official New Food List (with a new replacement).

"We understand the impact food packaging has on the environment, and The Hangar, along with the fair, has decided that plastic syringes will not be used as part of the Wingwalker Donut Flight," the fair said in a statement.

Instead, the cake doughnut holes will be served in a compostable tray with three compartments holding the different fillings. Instead of filling the doughnuts, customers can now dunk them.

Additionally, the vendor is "changing all of their food service trays and boats to 'eco trays,' a post-consumer recycled paper product; utensils made from wood will be given to guests instead of plastic forks and knives; and they will continue to use eco-friendly napkins made from recycled paper products."

6 comments:

  1. I just ate dinner, and this is making me hungry!

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  2. Replies
    1. Walleye is a kind of game fish popular here in Minnesota

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  3. :-) how come you picked all the healthy ones? :-)

    i thought the italian nachos sounded pretty good, as long as the fruit was ripe.

    I-)

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  4. do they call those donuts ... 'dunking doughnuts'? :-) :-)

    I-)

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