By RFD Radio/WFMB
SPRINGFIELD – She’s back at the Illinois State Fair.
The Butter Cow has returned for another year at the fair. The showcase cooler that the cow spins around in says a tradition since 1922 but there are changes for this year. The sculptress is new, Sarah Pratt takes over for Sharon BuMann. Pratt’s first creation in Illinois is a 700-pound Jersey Cow.
“That Jersey cow fit that cooler so beautifully, and really wanting this year to honor the dairy farmer and to say thank you to all those hard-working farmers,” Pratt said.
You may not know that the butter used to make the cow is reused for years. But this new butter was donated. Pratt says that makes it a little more difficult to work with. In all she spent about 65 hours in the cooler creating the cow.
After you get your fill of elephant ears and deep fried snicker bars, head over to the commodities pavilion, across from the grandstand, for some real food brought to you by the Illinois Pork Producers, Beef Producers and Lamb and Wool Producers.
Mike Borgic of the IPPA says, as usual they have a great menu at the Pork Pavilion, including pork burgers and pork chop sandwiches and the ‘pork-tato’ a baked potato filled with pulled pork barbecue which debuted last year.
