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This week is Rochesterfest, our city's celebration of itself.  It lasts a whole week and has some cool stuff scattered throughout.  For example, a parade that I got to be in one year, walking along next to the blood donation float & handing out stuff.  One very cool Rochesterfest tradition is to block off two blocks downtown for A Taste of Rochester.  If you've ever been to A Taste of Chicago, this is similar (although about one-one hundredth the size).  A lot of it is fair food, basically.  There's also a stage to showcase the local talent, and the local news also broadcasts from that street for the week.  People milling about, and all the food you can eat.  It's fun.

At work we always make it a point to visit Rochesterfest for lunch at least once a year.  Today was the day, since my friend Kris had an all-day meeting and she's the one who never wants to go eat fair food.  I know, I can't figure it out either.  South Beach Diet be darned, today I was going to splurge.  And if I'm going to cheat, I'm going to make it count.  So after carefully perusing the long aisle of vendors, I settled on a basket of cheese curds.  Now, if you're not from Minnesota, you may not be familiar with the pure wonderfulness that is a cheese curd.  Think cheese, cheddarish in flavor, slightly rubbery in texture, deep fried to a golden deliciousness.  Salty and greasy and melty and hot.

Mmmmmmmm........

I paid the typical overcharge and took my first bite.  Imagine my pleasure to discover that not only did I hold deep-fried cheese in my hand, but garlic-flavored deep-fried cheese.  I could've melted on the spot.  I don't know when I've beheld such a taste sensation.  It's all the things I love.  Grease, salt, garlic, cheese.  Need I say more?

My stomach is definitely feeling it now, as I'm no longer used to greasy food (the malt I followed it up with could also have something to do with it), but I would go back downtown right now for another round of these babies if only I had another $4.50 on my person.  Alas, 'tis not to be, and to ease the guilt of yummy food, I'm now drinking a Low-Sodium V-8.

PS - I guess since it's Tuesday, I can make this post serve double-duty by making my Things on Tuesday list.  I'll make it short & sweet:

Love:

  - Garlic-flavored cheese curds
  - Chocolate mint malts

Loathe:

  - The rock that's now in my stomach
  - That cheese curds have to be only an occasional treat