So, You Had Your Head Sculpted Out of Butter at the Fair – Now What?

I think we have all seen the traditional butter sculptures at the Minnesota State Fair.  The butter sculptures are carved throughout the 12 days of the fair, and at the end, the Dairy Princesses get to keep their own sculptured head made of butter.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT AFTER THE FAIR AND THE BUTTER

First, that thing weighs 90 pounds.  So, that should be fun to bring home.  Does the fair, or the artist provide a box to store it in, or at least to transport it home?

What are you going to do with a 90 pound hunk of butter?

If you were to freeze it, you must have a very large freezer in order to have enough room to do that.  Do you break it up into sections to take up less room?

Is it sent home in a refrigerated box? Because if it wasn't, that could be a very greasy mess.  Especially given the weather Minnesota has been having recently.

And finally, if you do use it for various things - what is the average time it takes to use all of that butter?

HERE ARE SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT I HAVE FOUND

The bricks of butter come in a box.  They are sent home with the Diary Princess whose head was carved in the same box.  They also include a clear trash bag and all of the loose butter carvings (scraps).  There is a common thing that happens - either the nose or the chin get flattened during travel.  This makes sense since the boxes are very tight.

Families who plan to use the butter for various cooking needs usually will cut from the back forward. Leaving the face for last. It usually takes about 2-3 years to use all of the butter by this method.

And no, the boxes do not come packed with some sort of dry ice or ice packs.  The family can provide some if they would like, or just depend on a fast car ride with the AC cranked and/or natural insulation because the brick is so large.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT IS THE DAIRY PRINCESS' DECISION ON WHAT TO DO

Some people just get rid of all or most of it in one swoop.  They have a neighborhood/family reunion corn feed.  Come one, come all and let's use this butter.

There is always the option to donate the butter as well.  Up to the Dairy Princess and their family.

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