Jackson Jambalaya

It's great if you like clogged arteries.

The food might be safely prepared, but your heart and liver will hate you.

It's great whether you like clogged arteries or not. Delish! Those steak sammiches from the crazy cow! Awesome stuff!!

Queue the troll comments from people about the unhealthy choice that is fair food when we know these muthafucka's are buying Haagen Dazs from Kroger every week.

I would not let MSDH make me a glass of ice water much less trust their inspection process nor its results.

It's a Fair time to ask: Do you know where your BMI and heart are? If you wear XXXL clothing, have the physique of a pregnant water buffalo cow and waddling from one food vendor to the next is all the exercise you've had for months, I resent that you are likely consuming more of Medicaid or Medicare than you are entitled, or soon will be.

Just say no. It's poison.

I looked up the News Release because I thought it was crazy they would use a contraction like "don't" in the press release. They did not. The actual press release states:

MSDH wants fair attendees to know the food they eat was safely prepared and not to worry about counting the calories for the next two weeks.

Did they send you a weird press release Kingfish?

" I resent that you are likely consuming more of Medicaid or Medicare than you are entitled, or soon will be."

True, but with a drastically shortened life expectancy their overall cost to the health care system and to retirement plans (e.g., Medicare) is a huge savings to the rest of us.

“Orthorexia is a disorder of the mind, where obsession becomes a ‘safe place’ for sufferers. Anything outside of their food boundaries makes them feel they lack control. It’s a terrifying and controlling disorder that extends into all areas of life.”

If you have orthorexia, you might:

Worry about food quality. High levels of concern about the quality and source of foods you eat could lead to anxiety.
Avoid going out to eat or avoid eating food prepared by others out of fear that foods you don’t prepare yourself won’t meet your standards.
Fear sickness. You worry about how “clean” food is or if it’s “bad” for your health.
Show physical signs of malnutrition. When you limit the variety of foods you eat, you may not get all the nourishment you need. You could lose weight as a result.
Bury yourself in food research. It’s one thing to spend a few minutes scanning a product label or surfing the web for more information on ingredients. But with orthorexia, you may spend hours thinking about food and planning meals.
Refuse to eat a broad range of foods. It’s normal to avoid some foods because you don’t like the way they taste or the way they make you feel. But with orthorexia, you might decide to drop whole categories of foods from your diet. For example, you might stop eating grains; or any foods with preservatives, gluten, or sugar; or all foods that just don’t seem “healthy."
Fear losing control.
Be overly critical of your friends’ food choices. At the same time, you may have no rational explanation for your own.
Find yourself in a vicious circle. Your preoccupation with food causes you to bounce between self-love and guilt as you change and restrict your diet.

It's fair to say that the food shamers here have some issues beyond their diet. MYOB. And, it's a two week event. Lighten up, Francis the Food Shamer. You are overly critical of other's food choices, especially in re a fair or festival. Go away.

Who are you to decide the amount someone should receive from Medicaid, or Medicare? I'm just shy of 6 foot, and currently weigh 175, having a BMI of 23.7. I am diabetic, and have blood pressure issues. I have several specialists that treat me. I suppose you would deny me for consuming too many resources?

Good grief. It's a once-a-year event and no one is going to get fat from eating some fair food once a year. I hope they have turkey legs this year to go with my free biscuit and molasses, and the honey I will buy from local vendors in the old Trade Center.

I apologize for busting the hell out of this statistical bad health curve. I am 75 and have eaten whatever I wanted at the fair for most of my 3/4 century of life. Started with Masonic lodge sausages and pronto pups and now limit myself to only eating corndogs, funnel cakes, elephant ears, 3/4-pound porkchops, 12-inch-long sausages, grilled with onions and peppers, ice cream, Steak sandwiches, cotton candy, as many Dept of Agriculture syrup biscuits as they will give me, fries, chicken on a stick, Malone's Taffy, fried pies, and whatever new stuff they are selling this year. Oh, yes, I forgot, you need to wash it down with a couple of Schlitzweiser Blue Ribbon beers. Next day I am fine and dreaming of going back two days later for seconds. You candy butted Karens really get me. Go ahead and eat your Kale wraps. That leaves more sausage and grilled pepper rolls with double fries for me!

Yup. I merely copied and pasted. Want to see a screenshot?

I’ve worked the penns booth and helped set up others. Trust me, if you pay the $ you get the pass. I’ll only eat at the ones you can watch make the food.

Someone should ask The Hat why he hates prevents competition at the fair by controlling what food vendors can sell. Last year I mentioned that several vendors had to remove smoked turkey legs from their menu because The Hat only allows certain vendors to sell them at a very high price.

More crappy food for fat ass people.

I think a Kenny G festival with artisanal kale chips served by an inclusive wait staff in a child free environment with interpretive dance would be way mo fun than the State Fair.

I love the fair! Enjoy all of it, including the food.

I have not been to the fair in 20 years, but I plan to visit for lunch next week.
My BMI Is less than 25, so hopefully I won' be fat shamed for this rare indulgence.

Hey October 3, 2024 at 10:24 AM great post! You forgot to add: "The Doctor Is In, Five Cents Please"

That beer pavilion is the only and best place to go. Suds and live music, nothing better’n that. It’s a damned stupid thing a man can’t get a beer and walk the midway, though. That is so very 21st century, I think.

I believe you! That's crazy the press release had that language in it. They must have corrected it at some point in the later versions I saw.

True, Bubba Bob! And as Cash Cows for the Medical Industry, these people possibly lessen pressure on that industry to forcibly/involuntarily turn the rest of us into Cash Cows. There is less pressure to find ways to break OUR health, if enough people are voluntarily wrecking their own health.

So, please folks (and this only reflects my personal theories and agendas, as a hedgefunder grandma), eat lots of grain products, slathered in sugar, and fried-crispy-golden, in all-vegetable PUFA oils, which have been heated over and over and over!

And remember! That free biscuit at the gate (full of healthful carbohydrates, as shown on the infallible Food Pyramid), is perfect for getting that thrilling Blood Sugar Rollercoaster started, so you'll want more and more carbs, during your visit to the State Fair.