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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Big Tex, State Fair of Texas icon.
[Photo: Paula Forbes / Eater.com]
The State Fair of Texas opened last week and will run til October 17, and, as promised, they threw every food imaginable into the deep fryer basket. Back in the day, state fairs were about celebrating agriculture: they were an opportunity for people for rural areas to take a break from their grueling, every day existence and maybe earn a ribbon or two to show for it.

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