Man I haven't been to the Fair in years. And no way in hell would I go this year.
38 thoughts on “August 26, 2021: Fair Days”
I saw a note this morning that our old friend, Adam Brett Walker II, hit a walkoff two-run homer for the Milwaukee Milkmen of the American Association last night.
I wanted so badly for him to pan out as a Twins player, but glad he is still playing ball somewhere.
Me too, and also because it would have been fun to abbreviate as ABW2.
He's having a really good year for the Milkmen. .322/.369/.638 with 29 homers in 367 at-bats. He's even cut down some on his strikeout rate, with 73 Ks.
The Justice's diet is mostly black beans, scrambled eggs, and pasta.
The Poissonnière’s primary sources of protein are black beans, peanut butter, pepitas, and cheese. I haven’t had much success with eggs served on their own yet.
We really lucked out as parents. While the Boy went through a "NO TOMATOES" phase (for, umm, a decade), he ate almost everything else, albeit sometimes under pressure (our "two-bite rule"). The Girl was adventurous and was willing to try everything until she hit her vegan phase as a pre-teen. She now eats fish, eggs, dairy.
But our kids loved the whole array of vegetables (tomatoes excluded as noted above): broccoli, brussels sprouts, eggplant, etc. As adults, they both have very wide palates.
I don't know how much of that was nurture (repeated, relatively low-stakes introductions) or dumb luck.
We’ve had pretty good luck with veggies & fruit. The Poissonnière devours tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, and green beans, in particular. She tends to prefer veggies raw — cooked carrots have been a no-go, no matter how I’ve dressed them up. We’re starting to think it’s a texture thing, as much as anything.
She & I have been talking a bit recently about where meat comes from — not just which animals, but what parts of an animal’s body, if it’s a particular cut — that sometimes people like to eat unusual parts of an animal. When we were visiting friends in Gary recently we ordered tacos for supper one evening. I offered her some meat from one of mine; she accepted. When she finished, I asked her if she liked it. I got a big thumbs-up, so I asked if she wanted to know what part of the cow it came from. It was lengua.
mmmm, lengua.
I prefer cabeza, but, lengua is mighty tasty. Also a big fan of pastrami-style smoked tongue. Sadly, it has been years. You really need a good NY-style deli for that.
Our 7-year-old is similar with fruits and veggies. If they are raw, he'll eat just about anything, and lots of them. Cooked or dressed he will often pass, but if we offer just plain raw vegetables, he's almost always game. One day this summer he ate about a quart of plain lettuce as a snack.
Nothing wrong with being a Communist
that's within 15 miles from the farm where I grew up
It looks like the thing to do is some arbitrage and find the category with the fewest entrants and practice that for next year.
Looks like your two best bets would be
Class 1006 — Bread, potato Entries in class: 9
Class 1011 — Coffee cake, apple (no rings) Entries in class: 8
Magoo, always looking for the market inefficiencies. Look for his new book Moneybaking
I like your style (wow, that's a lot of banana bread). I'd have to go with the bread because that seems like less of a pain to bake(/train) and the coffee cake would be too sugary for me to consistently eat.
Younger daughter got a fifth place at the fair for a photo she submitted several years ago. She calls it her last place ribbon.
I got a 2nd place ribbon at the 2019 Wright Co Fair for this
Both my kids got blue ribbons for Dioramas during junior high. However their mother and aunt should have gotten the ribbon as they put a lot more effort into it than the kids did.
Awwww, man. Salt in the wound. I spent my vacation day in management training and then hurricane preparation. I'm really, really, truly, seriously wishing I was at the fair today. I'll go eat worms now.
This is an excellent, if quite long, article on The Atlantic League, Manfred, pitching from 61-1/2', minor leaguers being guinea pigs of some sort.
I mean the slight is real but it really makes me proud to be from minneosta for some reason.
We are eschewing the state fair again this year because of COVID risk. Organizers seem way more interested in mollifying the death eaters than ensuring a healthy, safe environment for all.
We were going to have an open house with friends in a couple weeks in celebration of six-oh, but I think we're going to table that, too.
I saw a note this morning that our old friend, Adam Brett Walker II, hit a walkoff two-run homer for the Milwaukee Milkmen of the American Association last night.
I wanted so badly for him to pan out as a Twins player, but glad he is still playing ball somewhere.
Me too, and also because it would have been fun to abbreviate as ABW2.
He's having a really good year for the Milkmen. .322/.369/.638 with 29 homers in 367 at-bats. He's even cut down some on his strikeout rate, with 73 Ks.
The soybean market is collapsing.
Nope. Black bean.
fine. those ones are gross anyway.
Communist.
Black beans are delicious.
Seconded.
The Justice's diet is mostly black beans, scrambled eggs, and pasta.
The Poissonnière’s primary sources of protein are black beans, peanut butter, pepitas, and cheese. I haven’t had much success with eggs served on their own yet.
We really lucked out as parents. While the Boy went through a "NO TOMATOES" phase (for, umm, a decade), he ate almost everything else, albeit sometimes under pressure (our "two-bite rule"). The Girl was adventurous and was willing to try everything until she hit her vegan phase as a pre-teen. She now eats fish, eggs, dairy.
But our kids loved the whole array of vegetables (tomatoes excluded as noted above): broccoli, brussels sprouts, eggplant, etc. As adults, they both have very wide palates.
I don't know how much of that was nurture (repeated, relatively low-stakes introductions) or dumb luck.
We’ve had pretty good luck with veggies & fruit. The Poissonnière devours tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, and green beans, in particular. She tends to prefer veggies raw — cooked carrots have been a no-go, no matter how I’ve dressed them up. We’re starting to think it’s a texture thing, as much as anything.
She & I have been talking a bit recently about where meat comes from — not just which animals, but what parts of an animal’s body, if it’s a particular cut — that sometimes people like to eat unusual parts of an animal. When we were visiting friends in Gary recently we ordered tacos for supper one evening. I offered her some meat from one of mine; she accepted. When she finished, I asked her if she liked it. I got a big thumbs-up, so I asked if she wanted to know what part of the cow it came from. It was lengua.
mmmm, lengua.
I prefer cabeza, but, lengua is mighty tasty. Also a big fan of pastrami-style smoked tongue. Sadly, it has been years. You really need a good NY-style deli for that.
Our 7-year-old is similar with fruits and veggies. If they are raw, he'll eat just about anything, and lots of them. Cooked or dressed he will often pass, but if we offer just plain raw vegetables, he's almost always game. One day this summer he ate about a quart of plain lettuce as a snack.
Nothing wrong with being a Communist
that's within 15 miles from the farm where I grew up
Another fifth-place ribbon for Sheenie.
Congrats!
It looks like the thing to do is some arbitrage and find the category with the fewest entrants and practice that for next year.
Looks like your two best bets would be
Class 1006 — Bread, potato Entries in class: 9
Class 1011 — Coffee cake, apple (no rings) Entries in class: 8
Magoo, always looking for the market inefficiencies. Look for his new book Moneybaking
I like your style (wow, that's a lot of banana bread). I'd have to go with the bread because that seems like less of a pain to bake(/train) and the coffee cake would be too sugary for me to consistently eat.
Younger daughter got a fifth place at the fair for a photo she submitted several years ago. She calls it her last place ribbon.
I got a 2nd place ribbon at the 2019 Wright Co Fair for this
Both my kids got blue ribbons for Dioramas during junior high. However their mother and aunt should have gotten the ribbon as they put a lot more effort into it than the kids did.
Awwww, man. Salt in the wound. I spent my vacation day in management training and then hurricane preparation. I'm really, really, truly, seriously wishing I was at the fair today. I'll go eat worms now.
This is an excellent, if quite long, article on The Atlantic League, Manfred, pitching from 61-1/2', minor leaguers being guinea pigs of some sort.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/how-mlb-pushed-back-the-atlantic-league-mound-and-pushed-fed-up-players-to-the-brink-of-a-work-stoppage/
LOLWUT?
O.M.G.
I mean the slight is real but it really makes me proud to be from minneosta for some reason.
We are eschewing the state fair again this year because of COVID risk. Organizers seem way more interested in mollifying the death eaters than ensuring a healthy, safe environment for all.
We were going to have an open house with friends in a couple weeks in celebration of six-oh, but I think we're going to table that, too.
Ugh. This is the kind of hard hitting crop art that I'm missing.
mlb.com seems to have made all the games today free tv games. I don't know why, but we might as well take advantage of it.
Tell the team to make it worth our while!
You can watch the other teams if you choose to.
Or take a stroll over to the historic Broadmoor Hotel!