Minnesota State Fair: A Glimpse into the Lives of Vendors and Attendees

cheese I went to the state fair there was a long line nobody oh what could it be it's some food you're from Kenya okay and Kenya I'm from Liberia where the state fair right now where the international Bazaar and we're in Africa right now come on let's go not okay you better Africa before yeah that's what I'm talking about hey man I like your hat yo I love your hat what are you doing haven't I interviewed me before no I haven't okay well what are you doing at the state fair having a few drinks linking up with the friends oh linking up with a friend what have you had so far that you like fried pickles and a couple beers what are you doing at the international Bazaar ah we're getting ready for some bow some who my son to the union kitchen we're about to have a big old ball oh it's the international Passat oh I love the purple what's the purple called amethyst amethyst okay excuse is that a real sword what they're real oh oh I was about to say you're getting ready for the zombie apocalypse okay do I need a do I need a passport to come inside Africa uh dope okay what country you represent Ghana Ghana from Liberia that's it yeah website yeah the true West Africans up in here so what do you have up in here like Hey Joe yeah we've got waste beats um we've got a few people okay sleeping coffee all right from New Brighton oh beautiful yeah absolutely look at that hand woven in Africa by real Africans not not North Minneapolis what's up come up no complaints what are you sipping on today uh this is just a girl's light man okay okay all right I've seen you listening to you feeling the African Vibes I'm from Texas man okay all right what part of Texas Fort Worth Texas okay Fort Worth I was in Dallas Texas for a little bit you know so I know that area you from here from there okay so you live here now live here now okay what's your name Tony Tony what's the weirdest thing you've tried so far yet okay they got alligators you did that oh for real so you stepping your game up this year frog leg or something um besides everything Caribbean heat oh okay all right all right well when you won the 10 of your meat come see Joe and get some Caribbean heat you know what I'm saying how you doing hello how are you I'm doing wonderful we missed you when we were at the uh State Fair last time so yeah well how's it going how's Joe been he's the best we go oh we go oh you gotta go share a cookie with you for real oh hell you Sweet Martha's Cookies and you guys have coupons as well yeah I'm hungry oh no no no no no no no you guys are too kind what I'm number 25 in the Blue Ribbon books oh October 25 of the Blue Ribbon book so get the blue ribbon book into my dorm oh for real oh where you going to school I go to Augsburg University oh well congratulations thank you have you made up Jamaya what you're doing yeah so I am a Communications major and I want to go into sports broadcasting oh all right okay well let's let's role play so I just like scored a touchdown hey you want me to hold it okay when the game is over if I ask me a question [Music] so you you just scored your first touchdown pork chop on a stick shout out to Jenna it's her birthday today oh yeah it's his mom's birthday yeah all right so what can people find when they come here they can find handcrafted art from all over Mexico all right uh they can find Milagros which are on the wall there really intricate and beautiful they can find butterflies yep ceramic Arts they can find tapestries they can find um things for Dia de los Muertos the Chicago Bulls that's your favorite team the dumb luck I want it all right so we're leaving the International Fair hello thank you [Applause] how you enjoying the fair [Music] pork chop on the stick yay yay I like your shirt I'm having a great time it's beautiful day is this your first time here it's my first time here for real he's gonna come back probably okay what are you doing working yeah okay all right well enjoy it I'm Billy Billy Billy welcome to Minnesota thank you if it gets too cold don't go back home go through the first winter first I'll pray for a mile winter for you okay thank you they got real berries 34 varieties of wine grits oh wow that's a lot of wine hold up so you can't eat these they're just uh for show yeah this is for sure oh I'm hungry I was about thank you for telling me I was gonna reach in there and start grabbing do you hear you work here or no no oh you're just informative yeah you should go see the pumpkins they have like the biggest pumpkins just got here so we're just checking things out cheese curds from the food building fried ravioli oh wow okay guys what's what's weird here weird yeah like there's a dill pickle lemonade this year that seems kind of weird okay I'm gonna check it out yeah I'm not going for too much extreme but thank you for talking to me and thanks for telling me about that I need to go find the real thing now it's fake it's real foreign Association we are an information group that teaches and trains people how to grow crates okay okay let's go get some wine on the stick let's go have a good one all right yes well we're doing our flight of beer right now oh and they're very tasty all right did you eat anything you have the Nordic bacon wrapped waffle dog was delicious okay cool bacon wrapped waffle dog okay all right they have chromatic hot dogs in them okay [Music] chocolate peanut butter she's the spokesperson she got up like let me tell you let me school you whoa it's some sort of uh it tastes like strawberry Candy Apples okay so at the State Fair we're doing a lot of promotion a lot of Outreach so we have a few different groups here so we have our Minnesota growing Group which is right behind you we have different Farmers coming in every day and volunteering their time to promote their products that are grown in Minnesota I have an emerging farmer section which talk about Farmers that definitely or might not always have the opportunities others may have working to highlight our farm to Ford path which is just showing the different paths from Farm to Fort including the inspections and all the roles of the Department of agricultural place and then also the section behind us which is Minnesota egg in the classroom which does a lot of Outreach getting agricultural in classrooms we're here at the station Faith oh Sweet Martha's Cookies [Music] I can't wait for some food best thing you want the jerk chicken okay I'll do the jerk chicken but there's no pork in there right okay I'll do that how spicy like you want to make me sweat my mouth gonna burn I don't know if I want that spicy oh yes please thank you if you come here make sure you come to Harry sinks Original Caribbean restaurant and get some jerk chicken you know okay you got any rice or anything no rice okay uh do you have it can I get some wings as well I am hungry uh yes fries with that the words hey can I get one of those uh can I get two of those uh juices which one is a good one okay perfect thank you thank you and I'm gonna get out of the people away I don't know hey how's it going good how you doing man I'm doing wonderful are you enjoying this uh big Minnesota sweat together all right very well yeah it's expensive you better tell your dad thank you you know how much it costs you know how much he has to work thank you thank you you gotta do some chores be good in school but you got to do something to pay this man back how much would you say you've spent so far to the right this fair is the best of old school Phoenix Jersey I like that who's number one for Phoenix hold up let me see uh uh oh man you messed it up for me I thought it was like old old school that's your team yeah you think they're gonna do good this year okay I I hope the slim Reaper come through you know I'm saying yeah yeah he got to come through man he gotta come through yeah so you've been a phoenix fan for a long time hell yeah okay when they play with the Timberwolves You're Gonna Go always I feel you well you got season tickets nah you just said I ain't like that ain't balling like that I got enough money for the fan that's it right how you like the deep fried Oreos it's good all right that's a ringing endorsement where did you get it from okay I don't want to ask a weird question but how is it going it's going great okay anytime so uh you hear that November can come at any time so what's the what's the baby's favorite food so far cause they can eat what you eat right oh yeah he's like yeah I remember I like uh poutine is number one breakfast food right now okay that's what you're craving yeah all right okay do they have any breakfast on the stick I didn't get no breakfast on a stick did you try the Oreo cookies though yeah I took a bite though okay all right did the baby like it oh yeah what is it a boy or girl do you know yet oh nice congratulations all right you as well thank you [Music] I'm ready um but if you're ready we ready what are you doing what am I doing you got to do anything you want to do what are you what are you promoting uh we're just talking to people about the fair and what they're having how many how many have you had so far number two oh number two that's not wrong with that that road that I like your glasses Jefferson Jefferson you look like a smooth player you look like you should be in Miami right now MSB excited Spanish yeah that's what I'm talking about we International so so far what's your favorite thing about the fair man so far man I love the fact that we're able to be here and it's just a great opportunity to get to meet people right right right it's great I just tried some uh some um something deep fried mac and everything a lot of deep fried everything here is deep fried man yeah what about you uh I just have the jerk chicken at the uh Caribbean it's like Caribbean food yeah okay I just got here that's not good so I'm just trying to get to the goal all right see what it's gonna be how long you gonna be here for all day baby all day baby that's what I'm talking about we're gonna say hey slow down on the drinking you know what I'm saying every day you gotta get the food of your stomach yeah yeah yeah you gotta pace yourself hey you want to see the fireworks go off later on yeah yeah yeah yeah but nice to meet you and what country are you from Kenya okay and you're in Kenya I'm from Liberia I know I ain't ask you where you from where your beef was from like North Minneapolis yeah for this part of Kenya [Applause] what would you tell people to come here and enjoy what type of food would they like to eat like cheese cheese curds cheaters she said anything on the stick including alligators yeah okay where you from okay from Minnesota all right all right well you guys got school tomorrow or something or no what are you doing out here man you know I'm just you went to the National bizarre yeah I get my rating on you know you know what I'm talking about finish her I mean him all right where your parents are they at home did you make sure you tell them thank you for this because you know African parents they everything that I work for you're gonna spend it at the State Fair huh and you're not bringing back nothing you know that's taking back anything to them or no no no oh man you're here for about uh 45 minutes or so oh for real yeah yeah you gotta spending your parents money not taking it back anything that's a great way to go I know look at that y'all bring me a face that's the Ganesha that's that okay that's beautiful look what y'all been eating all day or what yeah come over here we just got here yeah you can tell they work out together look at the arms nah yeah yeah yeah she lift me up when I'm down you know what I'm talking about that's good and man don't spend too much more money man you know you're gonna be you're gonna be having to take a bus home you know we are taking the bus home oh the big bus right but you parked though you parked and fly me sitting here going man wire in here judging people you're judging people that's not Minnesota nice like you from Minnetonka Minnetonka Prior Lake Prior Lake okay close enough right I was it's good to judge you know judging at the fan if they just the animals right and they just uh I saw some uh fruits and stuff over there might as well adjust the people there should be a people judging Booth too that's what I did that's the smart thing to do you don't be driving around here looking for parking yeah and it gets scary at night time man here no I'm just messing around yeah you're good that's Minnesota they're nice they'll rob you and they'll pay you back later you good y'all take it easy all right Africa for life what can you tell the people that like what's the best time to come okay when it's not it's not and it's not hot today was the day you make sure you gotta have a hat right and some and some lip gloss and some water yeah yeah good knees good knees cause you're gonna be walking a lot first time second time 13th time I would say it's the 20th time 20th times you go to you know the organizers or something new Mortal Kombat fighter oh yeah I'm the Latino version [Applause] I was in the same vicinity and my husband was a singer he won the first Talon contest in Minnesota Steve Miller yeah you can tell they work out together look at the arms no yeah yeah yeah she lift me up when I'm down you know what I'm talking about that's good happy birthday to you looking young looking like you 23 years old man what's up how you enjoying your day I'm enjoying my day so much this is my first state fair this is great we're up here from Atlanta Georgia okay what would you say a price range for one of these right now yeah so leave here with one yeah so these start at uh seven thousand okay and that's two benches with a Wood-Fired stove and you got a A Asana and a coffee place and a sleep place and uh there's so many people here it's overwhelming yeah yeah it's a lot of people yeah and the thing that you hear about Minnesota where it's like it's cold you gotta wait but it's warm right now right there's not a lot of black people you see a lot of Blackness yeah we appreciate that so what else you got planned for the birthday oh well today we're gonna we're gonna hang around here all day we're going to the concert later on to see Chaka Khan okay all right yeah yeah all right now what's your favorite boys to Man song oh man uh End of the Road oh no we've come do you know what I realized about that song what that is a song for stalkers is it really yes although we've come to the end of the road and I can't let go you belong to me I belong to you you don't tell a person that you don't tell a person you belong to me I belong to you what if I gotta go y'all belong to nobody right is that the truth right that is the stuff of Anthem we've been yeah we've been jamming girl I know so uh I saw you in the movie babe and you were amazing what's your name again my name is John John hey what's your name I am retribution retribution retribution like you really serious [Laughter] check a con check a con check a con I can't wait to Chicago I wish Kanye was here to sing Through the Wire with her oh yeah yeah thank you guys but yeah boy some men gonna be dope Kanye and uh whoever else right what are the members again this is Ronnie New Edition brother she said she's getting ready you ready for your close-up oh look at you oh oh all right knock on wood spend more time outside wow this is fine Woody that'll be a local Salt Company at Eden Prairie okay spicy yeah we got smokes all those spicy this is really real ity we're going patent whoa this is amazing it even has a kitchen in it so what's going on what's this yeah so these are North UPS okay uh North up is the name of the sound of my precious seven-year-old daughter named it oh okay and basically what we have is a sauna that also works as an alternate space okay so you can sauna from it you can eat from it or you can sleep from it oh yeah so pretty much most of our stuff is all going to be inflatable okay it's right behind you with the white trim are going to be our fiberglass board hold up these are inflatable they are wow yeah I was hot and then you fold them just like that yep then they're gonna go right in the bag there you know I love the Rice Minnesota is proud to be the first producer of it oh cultivator wow I would come back I'm gonna try some wild rice what's your excuse to not get one of these or two of them I know right that is so easy it's complicated we've got a website we do so we're at paddle North so paddle north.com you'd be able to check us out there we have a lot of fun small good stuff but the biggest stuff is going to be our inflatable paddle board and then we have these guys they're swim platforms also inflatable okay and those are uh Inflatables as well they are so what do you you guys carry the pump as well for them yep so if you buy one of The Kayaks or the paddle boards you're gonna get the whole kit with it so it's gonna be the backpack the pump the board yeah you don't want to be using it without food yeah just start during the Spring and end up in the wintertime and let me register real quick trying to give me some free something I wish you guys had a river here with a demo that I could try it oh yeah oh nice oh we were told by the sauna man to come over here and talk to you okay so the benches are convertible okay yeah you don't have to sleep on your couch no more if your wife kick you out the house yeah this is a better place yeah it is yeah very good I'll be doing stuff to get kicked out the house on purpose exactly you weren't yeah awesome these are good people yeah yeah yeah definitely good people so what what what's the what is it called riffs it's riffs it's make it on the go so it's a fully smoked piece of bacon oh wow packaged so it's already cooked all you have to do is heat it and eat it like you have no excuse like no don't say I don't have storage you got an apartment you can slip that underneath your bed we're good yeah and what's this what's a holder for this let's go for fishing so if you have like oh like a fishing pole and that's what okay all right nice you got something for no I'm just joking look at this look at that so it's a very good sauna though so they can get hot in Minnesota winters okay they work great in the summer you get a solar lift so they're actually energy efficient wow and you're closer to Nature because you can see out it's basically one big window oh and these are the things that you could you could be like Jesus and walk on water a health cell company put it on the wheel and take it everywhere yeah that so this is Highway rated we actually delivered one to Austin Texas two weeks ago and we got some hot here that we're selling the phones okay but you can have it in your cabinet and have hot bacon in five seconds at home anytime you're at the fair come check out riffs this is so easy it's almost like a SLI a Slim Jim or a beef jerky but for bacon so these trailered ones they start at 11 grams oh wow so you have a fully functioning portal portable sauna yeah for 11 Grand and you can use it as a business too and charge people twenty dollars to get up in there for two minutes or something like that wow the going rate for what's on the bench is about 30 to 45 bucks per session yeah I'm gonna need to talk to you I'm about to start a new business Patrick I'm gonna highlight Urban wing and uh I quit [Music]