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[00:00.12]State fairs are one of the great U.S. summertime traditions.
[00:06.24]Just ask Don Greiman.
[00:08.84]He has been going to the Iowa State Fair
[00:12.32]since just after he was born – 89 years ago.
[00:18.00]Greiman said state fairs started in the mid-1800s
[00:23.88]because farmers wanted to have a gathering to show off their produce each year.
[00:31.92]For example, farmers that raised cows
[00:36.39]wanted to see how their cows compared to the cows of their neighbors.
[00:42.80]Over time, state fairs evolved into bigger events. Much bigger events.
[00:50.68]"The women thought, say, you know, our husbands are proud of their livestock.
[00:55.72]We're sort of proud of our baking and cooking and maybe garment-making.
[01:01.44]So we ought to have a little fair, too. And that's how fairs started. And then
[01:05.92]somebody could maybe play a fiddle or a little entertainment with it.
[01:10.92]And that's how it sort of evolved. And they decided, ‘Well, hey, let's make this an annual event."
[01:17.08]Today, some state fairs average over 100,000 visitors per day.
[01:24.76]The nation's most popular fairs – including the one in St. Paul, Minnesota
[01:33.44]– attract almost 2 million visitors each year.
[01:37.84]Most state fairs run for a little more than a week between August and October.
[01:45.84]They have craft exhibits, lots of live music, games and rides like roller coasters and Ferris wheels.
[01:58.80]Some even have wine tastings, beer gardens, or competitions to see
[02:07.12]who can bake the tastiest cake or make the best sculpture out of butter.
[02:14.60]Above all, state fairs have a lot of interesting food.
[02:21.12]Consider a bucket of chocolate chip cookies at the state fair in Minnesota,
[02:27.64]fried butter at the Texas State Fair or a pork chop on a stick at the fair in Iowa.
[02:38.72]"We have 72 foods on a stick now, that seems to be the rage," said Greiman of Iowa.
[02:47.84]"Corn dogs, butter on a stick, Oreos on a stick."
[02:52.43]"You name it, we've just about got it on a stick."
[02:55.00]Eating is one of the most popular activities at state fairs around the country.
[03:01.76]It is where some of the most interesting cooking techniques and food creations are found.
[03:09.20]Jim Hasbrouck owns one of the popular food stands at the New York State Fair,
[03:15.68]which takes place from August 25-September 5 this year.
[03:22.08]His stand is called Fried Specialties.
[03:26.40]But he may be better known as the deep-fried guy.
[03:31.79]That is because he will put just about anything in batter and fry it in oil.
[03:39.00]He sells fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, fried pickles,
[03:46.20]fried jellybeans, fried candy bars and even fried lasagna.
[03:54.04]He has 35 items on the menu.
[03:58.52]"Everything's fry-able. Everything. I've done everything up to whiskey. Fruits.
[04:05.64]I've done everything. Everything's fry-able. It's all in the process, how you do it.
[04:10.44]If you want to take your time and come up with a process
[04:12.57]and you can toy with it, you can make it happen."
[04:16.32]This year, he has a special fried creation. It is called The Harvester.
[04:24.32]The sandwich includes mashed potatoes, stuffing,
[04:30.16]fried turkey and other items that recall the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving.
[04:37.68]Hasbrouck loves frying food so much that he sold his construction business
[04:44.04]and devoted himself to making fried items.
[04:48.64]"This is what we do full-time now," he said.
[04:53.28]Hasbrouck attends multiple fairs and festivals each year.
[04:58.72]But he is from New York and loves being at the New York State Fair.
[05:04.40]"My blood gets flowing and I feel like a kid again.
[05:07.76]It's just a great thing. And I don't think you can go wrong with going to a state fair."
[05:11.48]If you want to visit the king of all fried items,
[05:16.32]it is a good idea to pack your bags for Texas.
[05:20.68]That is where you will find Abel Gonzales.
[05:25.52]Some people call him Fried Jesus.
[05:29.32]The State Fair of Texas runs for almost a month, from September 30 to October 23.
[05:38.88]It is located in the city of Dallas.
[05:43.04]Gonzalez impressed food critics from all over when he came up with fried butter in 2009.
[05:51.36]His creation was so good that the newspaper in Dallas
[05:57.68]wrote that he should be named "Texan of the Year."
[06:02.56]Fried butter is a sweet square of butter that is rolled in batter. It is then fried.
[06:11.20]The result is something like a bite-sized bread roll,
[06:16.68]with the butter already melted inside.
[06:20.60]Gonzales won the fair's food competition for his fried butter.
[06:26.84]He went on to be featured on television shows and in food magazines.
[06:32.68]State fairs can also be a good place for politicians to meet the people they represent.
[06:39.96]The New York Times has a story of the New York State Fair in 2000.
[06:46.16]In that year, Hillary Clinton was campaigning to become a senator.
[06:51.72]Clinton and her husband, then-president Bill Clinton,
[06:56.44]stopped at a well-known food stand at the New York State Fair for a sausage sandwich.
[07:04.72]The first couple happily ate one sandwich each, according to the story.
[07:11.12]They posed for photos and joked with voters and reporters.
[07:16.88]But Clinton's top rival for the senate position
[07:21.28]did not eat the sandwich when he was offered one.
[07:25.56]Clinton went on to win the election two months later.
[07:30.88]Musical performers attract a lot of people to state fairs.
[07:36.28]The fair hires popular singers or bands
[07:40.04]to perform and draw more people to the fairgrounds.
[07:45.08]Here are some of the well-known performers coming to state fairs in the coming months.
[07:51.88]If you want to see singer and dancer Jason Derulo,
[07:56.32]you can go to the Iowa State Fair on August 14.
[08:10.36]Dolly Parton will sing at the Ohio State Fair on August 2.
[08:27.04]Bruce Hornsby will be at the New York State Fair on August 28.
[08:47.68]Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato are at the Minnesota State Fair on August 31.
[09:07.00]State fairs have many modern parts these days.
[09:11.08]But at its core, Don Greiman of Iowa says the event
[09:17.48]still aims to bring a variety of people together for a few days of fun.
[09:24.32]He says the state fair is a way for "our city cousins to look at the animals,
[09:32.24]because they don't have the opportunity to see them every day like we do.
[09:38.48]To try different food than usual
[09:42.08]– not everybody has a corn dog or butter on a stick.
[09:46.68]And then of course the entertainment.
[09:50.16]There's something at the fair you can't see every day."
[09:55.00]I'm Dan Friedell.
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