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5. Pork Strip Basket, Iowa State Fair, near the southwest corner of the fairgrounds (Aug. 16)<\/strong><\/p>\n “Three delicious Chuckie\u2019s Pork Strips<\/a>, made from center cut pork loin; hand breaded with Chuckie\u2019s Famous batter, seasoned waffle fries, creamy cheese sauce, bacon bits and topped off with savory chives.”<\/p>\n Worth every single one of the 10 minutes I had to wait. I could eat this once a week and then have to spend the other six days burning the calories from it. It wasn’t among the finalists for\u00a0best new fair food<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the finalists were just a wee bit “out there” for me \u2014 but I hope this one becomes a tradition.<\/p>\n Supper was a\u00a0Gizmo<\/a>\u00a0(video), which I’ve had before, and despite being almost freshly served the meat was a bit too cool. But it was still tradition-laden food at what, as far as I’m concerned, is one of the best places on Earth.<\/p>\n Travels in Iowa 2019: 150-plus towns, 52 counties,\u00a011 separate days including front\/back ends of trips, 2 Little Mermaid statues, 1 previously visited state capitol photographed, 0 presence north and east of Webster City.<\/p>\n Weird flex cross: Shelby County, which I hadn’t been in since 2014, got two separate visits about 30 days apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 5. Pork Strip Basket, Iowa State Fair, near the southwest corner of the fairgrounds (Aug. 16) “Three delicious Chuckie\u2019s Pork Strips, made from center cut pork loin; hand breaded with Chuckie\u2019s Famous batter, seasoned waffle fries, creamy cheese sauce, bacon … Continue reading