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New Mouth-Watering Food Choices This Year at the Fair
Nebraska Ag Connection - 08/23/2019

Your taste buds will be buzzing at the 2019 Nebraska State Fair. Several new mouth-watering foods are on tap for the 11-day event that runs through Sept. 2.

"We have fantastic concerts, activities and competitions, but food is always a top attraction at Nebraska State Fair," said Nebraska State Fair Executive Director Lori Cox. "Our new additions like the dilly dog, maple bacon mini donuts or a refreshing pineapple whip pina colada are sure to be on your must-try list."

Here's a look at the new foods that will be dished up at the Fair:

- Fried Beef or Cheese Ravioli -- sprinkled with parmesan cheese and served with marinara sauce.

- Wicked Witch Sandwich -- smoked pulled chicken smothered in Nebraska's own Dorothy Lynch dressing and topped with jalapenos and our house coleslaw on a brioche bun.

- Hillbilly Deluxe Burger -- a seasoned steak burger topped with creamy mac and cheese, pickles, fried onion crisps and drizzled in our house BBQ sauce on a brioche bun.

- Baja Corn Dog -- a hot dog fresh dipped in corn dog batter and slathered in a spicy mixture of mayonnaise and crema and then sprinkled with tajín, cotija cheese, cilantro and sweet pepper bits.

- Dilly Dog -- a hot dog inside a cored crunchy dill pickle and dipped in corn dog batter and fried golden brown.

- Bourbon Chicken Bowl -- sauteed chicken smothered in a super-secret sweet and tangy bourbon sauce with broccoli florets all piled high on a bed of steamed cilantro rice.

- Sparky's Wing Nuts -- rocky mountain oysters or bull fries are lightly breaded and fried to perfection and served with a three-time world champion wing sauce.

- Made it Myself Shaved Ice -- flavor your own snowball at the Imagination Flavor Station with 60+ different flavors!

- Shrimp Nachos -- hot off the grill with sauteed shrimp, onion, bell pepper and tomatoes on top of a bed of crispy tortilla chips, topped with shredded cheese and drizzled with queso blanco.

- Corn Pops -- a popcorn ball on a stick that comes in three flavors: birthday cake, original and tootie fruity.

- Pineapple Whip Pina Coladas -- a tropical drink made with a state fair favorite, pineapple whip.

- Pineapple Whip and Strawberry Whip Popsicles -- pineapple and strawberry flavored refreshing treat to cool you off on a hot day.

Other new items include maple bacon mini donuts, jalapeno popper salad, corn on the cob, and four berry and tropical sunshine smoothies.

Celebrating 150 years of entertaining families, the Nebraska State Fair is home to arguably the finest facilities in the country, hosting competitive livestock and horse shows, a milking parlor and birthing pavilion, a gift shop and a large indoor shopping experience. Featuring the state's largest carnival, guests will find more than 60 food stands, 8,000 competitive exhibits and a wide variety of equine shows and motor sports.

Raising Nebraska resides on the grounds, a remarkable agriculture education center operated by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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