State Fair: Beyond on-a-stick

Camel burgers! Lamb testicles! New State Fair foods aim for the exotic.

September 11, 2012 at 9:10PM
Lamb Fries Traditional Middle Eastern dish of lamb testicles marinated with Holy Land spices. Served grilled with saut̩ed onions or deep fried in a crumb coating and served with traditional dill sauce. Holy Land Deli, Located in the International Bazaar, southeast corner
Lamb Fries Traditional Middle Eastern dish of lamb testicles marinated with Holy Land spices. Served grilled with saut̩ed onions or deep fried in a crumb coating and served with traditional dill sauce. Holy Land Deli, Located in the International Bazaar, southeast corner (All/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

What are the new foods at the Great Get-Together? Here's the list of this year's new entries. Surprisingly, there are few on-a-stick new foods, but several exotics, including camel meat and lamb testicles, among the more than 34 new offerings.

Alere's Featured Salads: Three (Asian, classic tossed and garden). At Veggie Pie, in the Food building.

Bacon Ice Cream: Yep. The real thing, candied and dropped into ice cream. At Rainbow Ice Cream, with five locations.

Beef Tongue Caramelos (tacos): Only available from Aug. 27-30 at Sonora Grill in the International Bazaar.

Breakfast Sliders: Trio of sliders (steak, Cajun sausage and ham) served with scrambled eggs at Ragin Cajun, in the Garden.

Camel Burger Sliders: Only available Aug. 31-Sept. 3 at Safari Express in International Bazaar.

Cereal Killer Ice Cream: Two flavors (chocolatey or honey and nutty) served in a bowl with a little milk and dry cereal. At Blue Moon Dine-In Theater.

Cheeseburger Sticks: Hamburger, cheese and more in pizza dough. At Green Mill.

Chicken Nachos On-a-Stick: Chicken breast with corn chips and more. At Tejas in the Garden.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Puppies: Crushed peanut butter cups baked in Fudge Puppy and dipped in chocolate. At Granny's Kitchen Fudge Puppies, outside Food Building.

Classic Walleye Roll: Fresh walleye with wild rice. At Giggles' Campfire Grill in the North Woods.

Cranberry Wontons: Only available Aug. 23-26. Cranberry-infused cream cheese in crisp wonton shell with chocolate sauce. At Pham's Deli in International Bazaar.

Duke's Poutine: French fries topped with hot gravy and cheese curds. At Duke's Poutine.

Eggplant Caramelos (tacos): Only available Aug. 27-30. At Sonoro Grill in International Bazaar.

Eggplant Fries: Only available Aug. 27-30. At Sonora Grill in International Bazaar.

French Dog: One of three types of sausage on French baguette. At Sonny's Spiral Spuds in Food Building.

Gluten-free Chicago-style or State Fair-style Hot Dog: Quarter-pound hot dog. At Chicago Dogs in the Garden.

Gluten-free Risotto Peppers: Arborio rice balls with black beans and more, dipped in crushed corn tortilla chips. At French Meadow Bakery.

Great Balls of Fire: Hot and spicy pork sausage balls. At Sausage Sisters in Food Building.

Grilled Wild Alaskan Salmon Sandwich: Salmon served plain or with BLT fixings on bun. At Smokey's Charbroiler.

Hibiscus Iced Tea: Only available Aug. 27-30. At Sonora Grill in International Bazaar.

Lamb Chop On-a-Stick: At Lamb Shopped in Food Building.

Lamb Fries: Lamb testicles served with onions or deep-fried.

Minnesota Wine Bistro: Grilled Portabello Mushroom Bar (toast with garlic sauce and mushroom), Antipasto Plate (bison sausage, cheeses and more) and Wine Smoothies. At Minnesota Wine Bistro.

Ole's Cannoli: Cannolis with toppings or with chocolate-dipped shells. At Ole's Cannoli, inside Heritage Square.

Paul Bunyan Bar: Two flavors of ice cream bar. At Ice Cream Parlour, inside Heritage Square.

Ragin' Ankles: Pork shanks. At Famous Dave's.

Red Velvet Funnel Cake: At Smoothies and Jurassic Dogs.

Scone with Sausage Gravy: At French Meadow Bakery.

Spaghetti Eddie's Super Stick: Stick of pepperoni and cheese in batter, deep-fried. At Spaghetti Eddie's.

Spaghetti Sticks: Spaghetti noodles, sauce and cheese wrapped in pizza dough, served with sauce. At Green Mill.

Sushi: California roll and tempura shrimp roll. At Shanghaied Henri's in International Bazaar.

Sweetie's Delights: Mashed sweet potatoes on-a-stick, battered. At Mr. Potato & Sweetie.

Waffle De Liegne (Belgian Street Waffle): At Blue Moon Dine-In Theater.

Yosemite SAMwich: Spicy taco meat on bun with BBQ sauce and more. At Frontier Bar.

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