Sunday Randomness #313: Just sharing some Utah State Fair Foodie Fun Facts

 Fry sauce-multiple recipes online, also widely available at Utah fast food places.  One of the most reliable places to find fry sauce?  Arctic Circle. 

Honey-there are many local Utah honey producers that you can find through a quick internet search.

Funeral Potatoes The Deseret News Jan. 31, 2023 had an article about the famous Utah funeral potatoes along with an vintage soup ad.  

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/5/24/23139784/funeral-potatoes-a-history-of-the-latter-day-saint-staple-utah-food-recipes-cheese-cornflakes/

Bountiful Baskets January 2013

 Bountiful Baskets $15 for 8 oranges, 4 bananas, 1 asian pear, 1 avocado, 6 fuji apples, 4 multicolored carrots (one was rotten), 5 orblanco (one was an extra for Mica for volunteering with me), 1 box grape tomatoes (some not quite ripe), 1 box strawberries, a bag of Brussels sprouts (which we roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper-mmmmm.......), 2 bunches of celery (one was an extra for me for volunteering) and a whole bunch of mild small peppers.

 Lunch box pack for $10.50 with 3 asian pears, 3 granny smith apples, 5 fuji apples, 7 oranges, 2 pomegranates, and 5 red sensation pears.

12 pounds of raw, unpasteurized honey from Utah (and Idaho?) for $34 in a beautiful glass jar. That works out to about $2.83 a pound.  (One bottle was bought by friends-I just picked it up for them.)  We looked up the latest price on honey from the national honey board at: http://www.honey.com/honey-industry/honey-industry-statistics/unit-honey-prices-by-month-retail and the current national price per pound for pasteurized honey is $5.67 for January 2013.  Raw honey is usually more expensive than pasteurized honey and even a quick search shows that other Utah honeys are selling for about 4.45 a pound up to $8.00 and more a pound.  I'll have to post again when we try the honey.

Author 54: Loree Griffin Burns talks bees

This is the best book we have ever seen on bees!

Full color pictures-captivating text! Resources galore and lots of useful information!
Detailed pictures of bees including workers, a queen, a drone and even larva in their honeycomb cells. Honey extraction---slurpy, syrupy, sappy, sticky, yummy!

Do you like eating? This book is very insightful in helping the layman understand the role of bees and risks of losing said bees. It will definitely make you think twice before wanting to swat that bee buzzing around flowers in your yard.

Again, if you like eating, you should read The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe by Loree Griffin Burns.

Warning: The new generation of pesticides (neonicotinoids) seem to bode ill for bees. Another good reason to try to buy organic. (Our latest yummy organic find is the organic French vanilla yogurt made by Stonyfield Farm with multiple healthy bacteria. We have no affiliation nor have received any products, coupons or incentives from Stonyfield in any relation to this blog post. )

Author 52: Paula Deen cooking with kids

We made the peanut butter balls from Paula Deen's My First Cookbook by Paula Deen. Only four ingredients: powdered milk, peanut butter, honey and roasted peanuts. We added some more powdered milk to cut down on the sticky factor. They were a good little snack and we'll probably make them again.