The Iowa State Fair is world renowned for its food.  The good news for Iowans is that we get Iowa State Fair food all year round!  There is no end to the fried food or food on a stick or fried food on a stick that we enjoy.  Spending time with my mom is not as much an opportunity for me to cook and care for her as it is one big eating adventure and everyone is invited.   Aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings – calls are made to get the day started and then we move from one place to the next.  Planning our next meal as we are finishing our last.  These are not gourmet extravaganza’s, but with only three full days to eat I have a lot of food groups to cover – pork tenderloins, chips and Anderson Erickson dip, cinnamon rolls, pizza with Canadian bacon and sauerkraut, taco pizza, cousin Judi’s fried wontons, maid-rites, onion rings, Pierce’s dairy bar…. and that is just day one.   Everyone seemed sad to see me go – but I think they might have also been relieved to get back to their routine and their healthy diets.