Kicker: Queen of carbs

NICK EICHER, HOST: State fairs can be pretty cheesy. Literally!

FAIR ANNOUNCER: The 2023 Best New Food at the Iowa State Fair! Joni Bell, What’s Your Cheez!

Joni Bell was the runaway winner for best new food at the Iowa State Fair. Audio from Sioux City Journal:

BELL: Well I’m a culi-concoctor. So I like to take products I have and come up with I think might be really good.

Culi-concoctor. That’s a new one, but her made-up foods are better than her made-up words. Joni Bell’s concoction that took the top prize was her mac n cheese brisket sandwich deep fried with bacon.

You’ll note a theme here with the runners up: cheese wrapped in bacon, with marinara, then a bacon-wrapped jalapeno with pork, corn, cream cheese, and ranch.

BROWN: They call it the Iowa Twinkie. I call it disgusting!

EICHER: Too many of those and you may need to call your doctor.

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