Fair scones: The 104-year love affair that will never die

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Every state has signature fair food.

Montana loves deep-fried meatballs on a stick. Minnesota scarfs up hot chocolate chip cookies by the bucket. And Arkansas goes for something called Thanksgiving tacos (don’t ask).

Everybody knows Washington’s favorite fair food: Fisher fair scones.

Slathered with whipped butter and raspberry jam, they’ve earned a cult following that spans generations. Scone fans stand in long lines for a bag of the treats at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, which just wrapped up its 12-day run, and the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, which runs through Sept. 22.

More than 200,000 Fisher scones were sold at this year’s Monroe fair. And the scones’ parent company, Conifer Foods of Woodinville, expects to sell about 1.25 million scones at the Puyallup fair.

Statistically speaking, it’s not far-fetched to say that every man, woman and child who attend either state fair will pick up a fair scone.

“This is a huge wheat-growing, huge berry-growing and huge dairy state,” said Mike Maher, CEO and president of Conifer Foods. “It’s a really unique combination of what’s great about our state mixed into one item.”

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[virgogal]

1. I associate clotted cream with scones,not whipped butter.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Do they still make the scone mix package for grocery stores????

It was...is....very good.

[samnsara]

3. they are soooooooooooo freaking good!!!

[Cicada]

4. Yes! I loved them 60 years ago!

I remember waiting in line at the Puyallup state fair, it was called the Western Washington State fair then. We lived at nearby Fort Lewis. I was 12, I think. I had never heard the word scone. I remember being told this exotic food was from Scotland, which sounded pretty darned exotic too. They were delicious, just the best. What an amazing nostalgia blast reading this.