Comments on: I am Iowan. I am barn. https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/ Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507044 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:04:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507044 Love the greased pig contests!

http://youtu.be/ISKGmbyPOJM

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507043 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:01:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507043 Did you know Iowa is getting a new zoo? They’re putting a fence around Minnesota! I shall not mention the new astroturf in the college football stationer.

]]> By: John Pointer https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507042 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:06:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507042 I am a native Iowan from Davenport, and relocated to Colorado 25 years ago (We were told we could leave, so I did). Honestly, we had to drive 15 miles out of the city to see a barn. I never engaged in the â??Chicken Danceâ?, or the â??Hokey Pokeyâ?, and I wanted to thank you for not mentioning the Greased Pig contests, or the Cow Chip throwing contests that are held in various farming communities throughout the state (Iâ??ve heard that if you got one with a little moisture left in them, you got better distance). I still quiver at the thought of the little known â??Septic Tankâ? scare of the 1970â??s. The one where we found out the state of Minnesota had bought 5,000 septic tanks, and were planning to invade Iowa as soon as they learned how to drive them.
Proud to be a real American,
JP

]]> By: Iowarules https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507041 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:44:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507041 Did you know Iowa is getting a new zoo? They’re putting a fence around Minnesota!

]]> By: pornonymous https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507040 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:47:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507040 Greg,re: “He won gov here twice because of a split vote from an eat-your-own-young Democratic party.”

Wow, I was always wondering if you had noticed that trend amongst liberals–eating their young…

]]> By: Life Long Iowan https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507039 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:18:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507039

That wasn’t deep fried butter.

You’re right. That there was a foot long corn dog. When six inches of corn dog will not do.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507038 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:11:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507038 I’m from Minnesota. I know what deep fried bfutter looks like. That wasn’t deep fried butter.

]]> By: Bob Calder https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507037 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:05:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507037 This discussion must come to a halt so that the deep fried butter proposal can be settled.

BTW I took a taxi to my first AAAS meeting in the company of two retired guys from Iowa that said looking forward to the meeting was what kept them sane the rest of the year. They were like the old guys in the balcony on the Muppett Show with frayed cuffs and sticky-up hair. I have finally reached the age where I look like that too. 🙁 I was hoping it was Iowa.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507036 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:57:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507036 For those who will be at the Minnesota State Fair this year, the Deep Fried Mars Bars will be available at A Salt & Battery.

A Salt & Battery also has Fried Beets.

That thing Michele is eating is a foot long corn dog, for sure. Anything else you see in that photograph, such as a foot long slab of deep fried butter, is entirely between you and Professor Freud.

]]> By: Calli Arcale https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507035 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:30:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/15/i-am-iowan-i-am-barn/#comment-507035 Delurked Lurker:

Calli Arcale, citations please 😉

It was on KMSP (which admittedly is a Fox affiliate, though they have a great morning local news program); that’s the best I can give you. The Daily Show alluded to it, though, in their mock coverage of the event, as Asif Mondvi was depicted eating a stick of butter dipped in mayonnaise. Ew.

Did you know that some Brits, mainly Scots deep fry Mars bars!

Yes, I’ve heard of that. It’s been done at our local state fair in Minnesota as well. It seems there is no limit to what can be battered and fried. 😉 Actually, I tried the fried ice cream on a stick a few years ago, and it was pretty good. Overpriced, though, to be perfectly honest.

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