Over 30 Brand New, Out-Of-This-World Foods Were Just Announced For The Minnesota State Fair

It's one of the largest fairs in the country, with an average daily attendance of around 150,000 people.

The first two themes are pickles and donuts, which together, comprise a large percentage of this year's flavor profiles.

Take, for instance, Hamline Church Dining Hall's new paletas (think of them as Mexican popsicle-style treats). They come in two flavors: mini donut and dill pickle lemonade. Now, do you see what I mean?

These include birthday cake mini donuts (pictured); donut delights (mini donuts on a stick, wrapped in bacon, topped with peanut butter and raspberry sauce); and Amish donuts from Peachey's Baking Company (a new vendor this year). Although they're not exactly donuts, I'm going to throw the stuffed churros, from Churros & Aguas Frescas, and the fruity cereal milk biscuit from LuLu's public house into this category. A churro is just a straight donut; and if you make a sweet biscuit, drizzle it with icing, and top it with cereal, it may as well be a donut.

You've got the dill pickle lemonade paletas, but you've also got dill pickle lemonade from a completely different vendor, Nordic Waffles. Then there's the Miami mango pickles, as seen above, and pickle fries. Plus, you've got the Sota-cuterie board and the bacon-wrapped waffle dog - both served with pickles.

Cheese curds have long been a staple at the Great Minnesota Get-Together, and this year folks seem dead-set on messing around with this classic. In addition to the pickle-cheese curd tacos, at this year's fair you'll also find a cheese curd stuffed pizza pretzel and cheesecake curds. I'm also going to include The Blue Barn's hot honey cheese sticks in this category because, at base, it's breaded hot cheese.

It's a traditional Hmong-style bun that's stuffed with egg, ground pork, and spices, then steamed and served with a sauce. I'll have to get this either first or last... (The length of the line will probably make up my mind for me).

Sure, there's an Asian twist, but there's not much that screams "Minnesota!" more than lutefisk from Minneapolis-based Olsen Fish Company - the world's largest purveyor of the Scandinavian "delicacy." (I'm a little afraid of this one...)