#fair-food

#fair-food

After immigrating to the state nearly 40 years ago, and building a family in Minneapolis, she had walked the iconic fairgrounds with her children. But for the first time, she would stand on the other side of the counter as a vendor among nearly 300 concessions offering some 1,600 foods. Mohamed, the Somali entrepreneur behind Hoyo Sambusa, knew the fair was her chance to bring sambusas -fried triangular pastries filled with lentils and piled high in a giant cone-to an unprecedented audience.

Corn dogs have surpassed the title of "fair food" and permeated day-to-day life, carving out their place in lunchroom cafeterias, frozen food aisles, and even viral TikTok pages.