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What I didn't realize is that Jerry plants his corn just for this moment, the 12 days of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, and all of that corn we enjoy at the fair is hand-picked!

Of the hundreds of foods available for purchase at the Minnesota State Fair each year, few can be considered nutritious. Jerry Untiedt contends that his homegrown roasted corn is one of them.

These are the best all-time, classic foods at the Minnesota State Fair—the ones we go back to consume year after year.

Eating them all is the easy part — deciding which ones to elevate to icon status is another story.

With seven days left until the Minnesota State Fair, the countdown is on, but vendors say they’re ready to welcome back pre-pandemic crowds.