The Pork Chop on a Stick got a chilly reception when it debuted in 1999, according to the IPPA. "We almost had to beg people to buy them the first year," Dave Moody, a pig farmer and longtime fair ...

Iowa State Fair's food traditions range from Pork Chop on a Stick to bacon-wrapped Iowa Twinkies, attracting politicians and over a million Americans. See the list of unusual favorites.