Kristy Mussman from Claremont took home the Princess Kay of the Milky Way Crown, winning a chance to spend 8 hours in a cooler this Thursday at the Fair while her likeness is carved out of butter. Back stories can be found here and here, giving me a chance to link to the World Dairy Diary and Midwest Dairy Association websites – both highly underrepresented on MNSpeak. (Per capita consumption of total milk has climbed to 605 pounds today compared with 522 in 1983. )
Busting Out Butter Busts
Aug 20 2008 — 2:00am
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7:30 am
I got pretty excited about this Minnesota State Fair tradition of the when I first moved here from Indiana.
Then I realized they were just talking about a sculpture of her head.
9:11 am
I was with Fred Thompson last year when he stopped by the dairy butter carving cooler. He put on a good face, but I could tell he was like, “WTF?”
9:14 am
I always had a dream of being the first black Princess Kay of the Milky Way. I pictured myself traveling around promoting chocolate milk. Then I realized that Minneapolis has ordinances against keeping cows in one’s yard, so that dream was crushed. Le sigh.
10:18 am
I’ve been to the pageant before. They talk about like how they always use REAL dairy products when cooking at home. There is no swimsuit competition.
10:21 am
I knew a woman in college whose Dad was always bugging here to try out for Princess Kay of the Milky Way. But she thought she was too sophisticated.
Years later she said she wished she would have done it. Woulda made him happy.