state fairs

Reports say it was a mechanical fire that caused the blaze and in a matter of moments an icon that could be mentioned in the same breath as the Astrodome, Reunion Tower and dare I say it, the Alamo was just a smoldering framework of smokey steel.

My first thought on this is.....not in Louisiana, not in a million years. But butter sculptures are a beloved State Fair tradition in many states across the country, just not the southern ones. Here in  south Louisiana I think of corn dogs, funnel cakes and beer, but I'm raising a toast to our northern friends who have kept up the tradition of sculpting butter into beautiful images for the last 10