Food on Two Different Planets

The first planet we'll travel to is the planet Coney's (pronounced "cone-ees"). This is where Deb and I have mini-dates every Friday night. A small neighborhood establishment, they serve up some really fine and inexpensive soft-serve treats. What they are most famous for is their ability serve 24 different soft-serve flavors. Being a traditionalist I prefer straight vanilla (no psychological jokes please!). Before Deb went on her diet she favored a coffee or lemon waffle cone.
(A slight biblical aside: Coneys are mentioned in Psalm 104: "The rocks are a refuge for the coneys"! I think though that Coney's is a refuge for us.)

Perched at the corner of Dale and Maryland in beautiful St Paul

The menu which includes more traditional lunch or dinner fare.

If you can see the bottom of the menu, You will notice that there are two items not familier to many of us. The first is cheese curds, which are pretty famous around here. The second item, at the bottom, "mac&cheese wedges" I have never heard of. I have not asked how these are made, or even if they are any good. I do think that it is a strange item to carry though.
This leads us to the second planet: the Minnesota state fair, where their motto is "everything on a stick". I kid you not any and all types of food, on a stick, are available to the fair-goer. I refer to an article in today's St Paul Pioneer Press ("still only a quarter") about the latest fare that will be available this year:
http://www.twincities.com/ci_9652399
The article is entitled "Chocolate Dipped Bacon? Now that's Fair Food!" I can tell you I have never seen the likes of this at the Puyallup fair, and I am not sure they would allow it. This is definitely an alien planet!