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Fried meat pies are back at the Puyallup Fair. And they beat deep-fried butter by a looooong shot.

Sue Kidd — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:27:35 +0000

For 17 years, sisters-in-law Pat Jorgensen and Pat Tuthill sold fried meat and fruit pies outside the Puyallup fairgrounds on Fairview Drive.

You’d remember it if you ever walked by their meat pie truck. The waft of fried meat was unmistakable … Oh, wait. Nevermind. The entire Puyallup Fair smells like fried meat. Discerning that particular scent of fried meat might be tough, but once you bite into a fleischkuechle fried pie, you don’t forget the flavor.

It’s a German-Russian dish that’s a flat, fried turnover filled with a round of seasoned ground beef. It’s almost like …

Cupcake news: Sweet Things opens, Indulge moves

Sue Kidd — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:50:12 +0000

As one cupcake door opened, another closed Sept. 12. Sweet Things Cupcakes & Couture in Proctor opened that day and Indulge Cupcakes in Puyallup closed to prepare for a move to Sumner. Click “more” for the icing on the cupcake.

After much anticipation and several months delayed, Sweet Things Cupcakes & Couture opened Sept. 12 in Proctor. I stopped in last week and sampled a trio of cupcakes. I’ll post more about the flavors and the store Friday. Sneak peak: the shop is Girly (with a really big G) and the cakes are delicious. I left the …

Tacos for sunny taco truck weather

Sue Kidd — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:22:06 +0000

In July, I wrote a taco truck roundup for our GO entertainment section. With the weather uncharacteristically warm this week, I thought I’d post the story here on the TNT Diner blog. With temperatures expected in the 80s today and tomorrow, this may be your last chance to enjoy the sun while eating a carnitas taco on a picnic bench.

I think the best taco truck around I’ve ever found is La Fondita, in the Lincoln District. I thought the food at Los 3 Hermanos Taqueria on South 12th, pictured above, was bordering on tragic, despite how many …