Croissants wilted. Chips staled. Ice cream melted. Cotton candy rained. A disastrously hot forecast never quite materialized for Day 1 of the fair, but the severe humidity was enough to make a challenging day of eating a little more swampy, and to make food a little more texturally fraught. Still, the Taste Team worked its way through a record 100-plus bites of new foods — including the 34 .
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With such offerings as lutefisk, pickles and hamloaf, there's something for everyone in the Minnesota State Fair's new 2023 foods. We've tried many of the new foods and have ranked them from the tastiest to the most skippable.