“It’s a fine line we must straddle of maintaining the traditions that we know are important to our fairgoers,” Ms. Chappell said.
Yep, nobody wants to offend people looking for deep fried Snickers bars.
This is from Wikipedia about the butter cow and the current controversy:
The butter cow has been a Iowa State Fair staple since 1911. In 1960, butter sculptor Norma "Duffy" Lyon created her first bovine masterpiece. In the following 45 years, she sculpted all six breeds of dairy cows as well as Garth Brooks, a butter version of Grant Wood's American Gothic, Iowan Brandon Routh as Superman, the Peanuts characters, Iowa native John Wayne, Elvis Presley, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, various animals and a butter rendition of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper. Her butter sculptures were featured in national magazines and radio programs, as well as on The Today Show and The Late Show with David Letterman. Following Lyon's retirement in 2005, longtime apprentice Sarah Pratt took over the sculpting duties. In 2007, Pratt paired the butter cow with a butter Harry Potter followed by a butter Olympic gymnast and native Iowan Shawn Johnson in 2008. The 2009 butter cow sculpture will be of a Jersey.[4]
The overall butter sculpture theme for 2009 is a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk, and planned to include an homage to Michael Jackson's moonwalk dance.[5] Controversy arose as to the state fair putting Michael Jackson in the state fair. On July 9th, fair officials announced that fair goers could vote on whether or not to have Jackson in the fair. On July 17th, fair officials announced that Jackson would not be featured in the fair as a result of the vote. [6]
Personally, I'd like to see a butter sculpure of Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps. Yum.
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