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Originally Posted by cliffdweller
Oh. Thanks for the clarification. Obviously I had no idea what the Taste of Chicago was whatsoever.
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It's why Midwesterners are fat, basically! You buy a strip of 11 tickets for $7, and every booth has a "Taste portion" of something for just 3 tickets, in addition to larger, more expensive items (although the Taste portions can still be pretty hefty; you get a lot of bang for your buck). I've still got my list of what I ate last year:
Turkey leg (9 tickets)
Crab cake nuggets (7)
1 liter of water (5)
Fried ravioli (3)
Biryani (3)
Samosa (3)
Pierogi (3)
Pad thai tofu (3)
Beef on a stick (3)
Steak sandwich (3)
Cheesecake (3)
45 tickets total, meaning I bought four strips of 11 (and bummed the last one from a friend) for $28. That's a hell of a lot of food for $28, and I can only imagine that most people spend quite a bit more than that, especially if they go more than once (it's a 10-day event). Also note that very little of what I got was terribly healthful; this is not an event for the garden salad crowd.