Food on a Stick?

[Numo]

The subject line of the post below asking if you can put a computer on a stick baffled me at first, then got me thinking about the Minnesota State Fair, where there is always a competition to see who can come up with a new type of food on a stick. I assume many state fairs also do this, but for the fun of it, here is a list of food on a stick served at this year's Minnesota fair. Call me a Ludite, but I always buy the grandfather of them all when I go to the fair: Pronto Pup.

Andre's Watermelon: Chocolate Covered Jalapeno Peppers on-a-stick. New for 2011.
Axel's: Breakfast Lollypops - sausage patty dipped in corn muffin batter, deep-fried and served on-a-stick with maple syrup. New for 2011.
Bayou Bob's: Cajun seasoned alligator sausage on-a-stick.
Big Fat Bacon: one-third pound slice of bacon fried and carmelized with maple syrup, served on-a-stick with dipping sauces.
Boulevard Grill: pancake battered maple sausage on-a-stick.
Candy Factory: hand-dipped caramel apples on-a-stick with gourmet toppings including nuts, candies and marshmallows.
Caramel Apples, Cotton Candy, Sno Kones: caramel apples on-a-stick.
Carousel BBQ: grilled pork chops on-a-stick.
Chan's Chicken on a Stick: Teriyaki marinated white chicken grilled on-a-stick. New for 2011.
Cheese on a Stick: Cheese on-a-stick, fried Swiss cheese on-a-stick, fried jalapeno pepper cheese on-a-stick.
Chinatown Minnesota: teriyaki ostrich on-a-stick, Spicy Szechaun shrimp on-a-stick, pork and cabbage egg roll on-a-stick.
Colonial Nut Roll Company: nut rolls dipped in chocolate and served on-a-stick.
Corndogs/Lemonade: fresh dipped (6", 12", 1/3 lb. 12" Dogzilla) corn dog on-a-stick.
Cotton Candy: cotton candy on-a-stick.
Deep Fried Candy Bars: batter dipped, deep fried candy bars on-a-stick - Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeers, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.
Der Pretzel Haus: Pretzel Dog - a hot dog wrapped in fresh pretzel dough and baked to a perfect pretzel texture, served on-a-stick. New for 2011.
Dino's Gyros: Greek meatballs on-a-stick
Farmers Union Coffee Shop: cookies on-a-stick
Fish & Chips: salmon-on-a-stick, shrimp-on-a-stick, lobster-on-a-stick, scallops-on-a-stick,
French Fried Mushrooms: baby potatoes on-a-stick
Fried Fruit: batter-dipped deep-fried fruit on-a-stick:
Giggles' Campfire Grill: Northwoods salad on-a-stick (mozzarella cheese, grape tomatoes and dressing served over chilled wild rice. New for 2011. And, salmon on-a-stick, porcupine meatballs on-a-stick (actually wild rice and ground pork).
Granny's Cheesecake & More: cheesecake on-a-stick, frozen bananas on-a-stick dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts; strawberries on-a-stick dipped in chocolate; combination of strawberries and bananas on-a-stick dipped in chocolate; and sliced ice cream on-a-stick dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts.
Granny's Kitchen Fudge Puppies: White Razzy Puppies - a Belgian waffle with white chocolate baked into the waffle then dipped in a dark chocolate and drizzled with a Swiss style raspberry sauce. New for 2011. Also, Fudge Puppies (a Belgium waffle on-a-stick dipped in Swiss chocolate) topped with choices of whipped topping or crunch coating.
Green Mill: Pizza Kabob - three individually flavored Green Mill pizza rolls served on-a-stick. New for 2011. Also foot long pizza on-a-stick, pizza kabob on-a-stick
Grilled Shrimp: grilled shrimp on-a-stick with butter garlic seasonings or cajun seasonings
Holy Land Deli: Kufta kabobs on-a-stick, lamb or beef kabobs on-a-stick, shrimp on-a-stick, gyro on-a-stick.
Isabel Burkes Olde Tyme Taffy: Taffy pop on-a-stick.
Key Lime Pie Bar: Frozen key lime pie dipped in chocolate on-a-stick.
Lamb Shoppe: marinated leg of lamb on-a-stick.
Luigi Fries: hot dago on-a-stick.
Mike's Hamburgers: deep fried hot dog wraps on-a-stick.
Mini Melts/Wonder Bars: Fiddlestix - premium vanilla ice cream, hand sliced, skewered on-a-stick, dipped in chocolate and rolled in chopped nuts.
Netterfield Food Court: deep fried bologna on-a-stick.
Ole and Lena's: Tater tot hot dish on-a-stick with cream of mushroom dipping sauce.
Oodles of Noodles: spaghetti and meatballs on-a-stick, deep fried smores on-a-stick.
Peters Hot Dogs: porketta on-a-stick.
Pickle Dog: whole dill pickle on-a-stick.
Poncho Dog: Poncho Dog on-a-stick (6" corn meal battered, deep fried hot dog).
Pork Chops & Chicken: pork chops on-a-stick, chicken breast on-a-stick.
Potato Man and Sweetie: deep fried bacon cheddar mashed potatoes on-a-stick.
Preferred Pickle: pickles on-a-stick.
Pronto Pups: Pronto Pup on-a-stick (6" flour battered, deep fried hot dog), Pappa Pup on-a-stick (10" flour battered, deep fried hot dog).
Ragin Cajun: blackened cajun steak or chicken on-a-stick.
Root Beer Hut: caramel apples on-a-stick.
Sausage Sister and Me: Twisted Sister on-a-stick (Italian sausage wrapped in breadstick dough),
Puff Daddy on-a-stick (Thai sausage wrapped in puff pastry).
Scotch Eggs: Scotch Eggs on-a-stick (hard boiled egg, wrapped in sausage, rolled in bread crumbs and deep fried), Scotch Meatball on-a-stick, butterscotch cake (cream filled and dipped in butterscotch) on-a-stick.
Snacks: pickles on-a-stick.
Sonnys Spiral Spuds: Ooey Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough on-a-stick. New for 2011. Also, Tornado Potato (a potato spiral-cut on-a-stick).
Spaghetti Eddie's: Italian-style chicken on-a-stick, Italian meatball on-a-stick.
St Martins Olives: olives on-a-stick.
Super Dogs: Batter dipped deep fried hot dogs on-a-stick (6", 12", 18").
Texas Steak Out: Texas Steak Dinner on-a-stick (cubed steak, potatoes, onion, peppers and a dinner roll), Texas tater or sweet potato twister (spiral cut potato on-a-stick), sausage on-a-stick
Tino's Pizza on a Stick: pizza on-a-stick.
Ultimate Confections: chocolate covered cheesecake on-a-stick, chocolate covered marshmallows on-a-stick, S'mores on-a-stick.
Veggie Pie: frozen grapes on-a-stick, pineapple, oranges, cherries on-a-stick,
Vescio's: ice cream on-a-stick.
Walleye On A Stick: walleye on-a-stick, catfish on-a-stick.
West Indies Soul Food: jerk pork chop on-a-stick.

[testcase]

:barf:

[Black]

[freeradical]

A stick must be cheaper than a plate.

[Black]

freeradical wrote:
A stick must be cheaper than a plate.

Well, at the risk of stating the obvious, the idea is that you can walk around and enjoy the sights and the sounds of the fair while savoring your food on a stick.

I ate my first corndog in years at the IL state fair a few weeks ago . . . and observed--
1) For the most part, all of the food was segregated off to one area, similar to the various music festivals I've been to recently-- so there's not really any walking around with your food and observing things, unless you find the other food vendors captivating
2) I would venture to say Americans have evolved considerably in the speed at which they can consume food over the past half-century or so, so anything you can fit on a stick is probably going to be gone before the consumer can get more than 10 feet from the stand.

I think the natural next step in the process is for someone to develop a way to dispense food directly into people's mouths.

[haikuman]

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[GGD]

Ammo wrote:
Vescio's: ice cream on-a-stick.

That doesn't seem very new or original.

[trisho.]

This is why we're fat.