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Originally Posted by Nammu
Will probably go to the county fair. I like to get funnel cake and a snow cone. I wish though they made smaller sizes of stuff. Everything is so big so you can only get one or two things. The funnel cake is the size of a large plate. It’s easily 6 servings! There’s a bbq place and their servings are huge.  they could have much smaller servings at a fraction of the price then I’d buy more. But it’s nice to see the animals.
Do you like seeing the animals at a fair? |
I was thinking of funnel cake the day before yesterday. I suspected it was of Pennsylvania Dutch origin, which it is. I also read that there is something similar in Germany and I think Sweden.
I like fairs, and don't mind seeing animals there as long as they look well treated. I think fairs in my native New Jersey and in Czech Republic are slightly different than ones in some other places of the US. In New Jersey, very popular annual ones in places I lived were "Communiversity", more of an arts fair, "Shad Fest", and "Rutgers Day". None of these had many (or any) animals, unless you count the shad in the river at Shad Fest. They often would have funnel cake or local grease truck foods. In Czech Republic, there are rides, clowns, live music, amusements, food and of course beer. Often operated by traveling gypsies. Typical food there would be hot dogs, cotton candy, ice cream, and maybe a treat called "trdelník", which sort of looks like the pastry shell of a cream horn, but with cinnamon and sugar or nuts on the exterior. Never anything like a "prettiest pig" competition.
Are you a city or country type?