Source: Minnesota State Fair

The Minnesota State Fair announced all of their crazy foods for this year’s fair on Tuesday, in what has become a tradition for state fairs trying to out-crazy each other.

Overall, the fair did a good job coming up with insane choices. Unfortunately, they also accidentally made an anti-Semitic joke.

https://twitter.com/imjasondiamond/status/877166211611734016

As you might expect, naming a sandwich with traditional Jewish food after an insulting Jewish stereotype was not received well. The Minnesota State Fair quickly changed the name and apologized.

A good reminder for state fairs: Make your food crazy, but at least think about the optics.

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