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(34,527 posts) Sat Aug 31, 2024, 10:03 AM Aug 31

What is your favorite "food" to have at a County Fair or Carnival? I like the hot sausage and watching them cook the [View all]

onions and peppers on the grill. It's only once a year, so I live dangerously for the day.

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What is your favorite "food" to have at a County Fair or Carnival? I like the hot sausage and watching them cook the [View all] debm55 Aug 31 OP

Corn dogs or tacos. Elessar Zappa Aug 31 #1

Thank you Elessar Zappa. debm55 Aug 31 #2

Ox roasted on a spit. no_hypocrisy Aug 31 #3

That sounds great. Is it around the Lancaster area? debm55 Aug 31 #4

Yes it is. Very Pennsylvania Dutch. no_hypocrisy Aug 31 #6

So right! biophile Aug 31 #9

Next county up to the northeast of Lancaster biophile Aug 31 #7

Saratoga style potato chips DinahMoeHum Aug 31 #5

thank you DinahMoeHum. I have had those. Very good. We have a Revolutionary War reenactment around here and they make debm55 Aug 31 #8

Roast pork sandwich cut right off the pig. n/t malthaussen Aug 31 #10

Wow, that is different I hope you enjoyed. debm55 Aug 31 #17

Ice cream bar on a stick, hand-dipped in "Euphoria Chocolate" coating sanatanadharma Aug 31 #11

Thank you sanatanadharma. Our county fair is always held Labor Day week end. debm55 Aug 31 #14

foot long corn dog lynintenn Aug 31 #12

Wow. thank you lyninteen. A foot long corn dog. debm55 Aug 31 #15

Minnesota State Fair prides itdelf on serving Virtually Anything On-A-Stick. Mister Ed Aug 31 #13

Thank you Mister Ed. Deep fried Snickers bars on a stick. debm55 Aug 31 #16

Pink cotton candy rockbluff botanist Aug 31 #18

Thank you rockbluff botanist. Don't you love it when you watch them make it? debm55 Aug 31 #22

My favorite, too. Love to watch the "cotton" swirl around wnylib Aug 31 #80

corn on the cob. hot dogs .tacos or any interisting foood . will try once . AllaN01Bear Aug 31 #19

Thank you Allan01Bear. Does your church have a carnival? debm55 Aug 31 #23

no.. AllaN01Bear Aug 31 #35

Fried hummus, potatoes with weird toppings... quaint Aug 31 #20

Thank you . The fried hummus sounds great. debm55 Aug 31 #24

The Stuff I See On Carnival Eats! ProfessorGAC Aug 31 #21

Thank you ProfessorGAC I am a sausage and peppers person too. The Westmoreland county fair has the Awsome Blossoms. -- debm55 Aug 31 #25

Used To Be An Italian Joint... ProfessorGAC Aug 31 #26

I have a sweet tooth, so Diamond_Dog Aug 31 #27

Thank you Diamond_Dog. I like the funnel cake or fried dough with whipped cream and strawberries. Yum. debm55 Aug 31 #32

Oooo yeah! Diamond_Dog Aug 31 #34

Mine was local. A buddy ran a vending business called Rosies Ribs. I'd go to events and pay to get in brewens Aug 31 #28

Thank you brewens. That must have been good. debm55 Aug 31 #33

Fried bread dough displacedvermoter Aug 31 #29

Thank you displacedvermotor. I love fry bread and fry dough. Yum. debm55 Aug 31 #36

During Lent (no meat) when I was a kid we would eat fried bread displacedvermoter Aug 31 #42

Thank you displacedvermoter. I didn't eat meat during Lent. It was fish sticks, fish patties and scampled eggs. You debm55 Sep 1 #92

Rattlesnake corn dog... JT45242 Aug 31 #30

Thank you JT45242. I never heard of ratttlesnake corn dogs. Are they dead rattlesnakes? Can't you die? debm55 Aug 31 #39

Seasoned really well... JT45242 Aug 31 #48

Thank you JT45242. I agree they are so weird foods. I don't think I could try them. Heck I don;t eat lamb because I used debm55 Aug 31 #50

What came to mind immediately, pink cotton candy. Polly Hennessey Aug 31 #31

Thank you Polly Hennessey. Cotton Candy forever!!!!!! And if you were out in the sun too long with it , it would get debm55 Aug 31 #40

It all disagrees with me. RandySF Aug 31 #37

Sorry RandySF. We eat it once a year and then it's a year's wait. debm55 Aug 31 #41

Back when I ate meat it was the lamb barbecue. Now it's the falafels. WheelWalker Aug 31 #38

We have a Greek Orthodox church where the meat was real cooked lamb. I have never eaten the lamb. I like the Musaka and debm55 Aug 31 #43

As we use to say, "Eat more lamb. Ten thousand Douglas County Coyotes can't be wrong." WheelWalker Aug 31 #49

Can't eat lamb. It reminds me of lambchops on Sherry Lewis. debm55 Aug 31 #51

It's very expensive! I bet the Greek Church no longer serves lamb. LeftInTX Sep 1 #88

Thank you LeftinTX. I didn't go this year. But in previous years they did. It is a large church with a school where they debm55 Sep 1 #89

A big ol'... 3catwoman3 Aug 31 #44

Thank you 3catwoman3, what fair or event do you go to to get those? Sounds interesting. debm55 Aug 31 #46

Renaissance fairs usually have them. 3catwoman3 Aug 31 #70

Oh Yes, I have been to one in Ohio and the one north of Pittsburgh, TY debm55 Aug 31 #74

Roasting green chiles. CrispyQ Aug 31 #45

Thank you CrispyQ. That sounds great. debm55 Aug 31 #47

Sugar waffles. Xavier Breath Aug 31 #52

Thank you Xavier Breath. Sounds interesting. debm55 Aug 31 #66

The fried bread wendyb-NC Aug 31 #53

Love fry bread. Our fair had little cups of different types of salsa to dip the fry bread in. Thank you wendyb-NC. debm55 Aug 31 #54

All varieties of Deep-Fried crap JoseBalow Aug 31 #55

JoseBalow, what was the most most unusual you ate????? Thanks debm55 Aug 31 #56

Fried Twinkies, and fried ice cream were my favorites JoseBalow Aug 31 #58

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. that's funny. Fried twinkies. I heard of them but I don't think I would try one. debm55 Aug 31 #59

They're delicious! and you can get them drizzled with chocolate JoseBalow Aug 31 #62

Turkey legs! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 31 #57

Thank you , Grumpy Old Guy. I like the breast. Rick likes the legs--dark meat. I would pass and get my Awesome Blossom. debm55 Aug 31 #60

when I see people walking around with turkey legs lynintenn Aug 31 #61

HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAH. that's funny. but that is what County Fairs are all about. debm55 Aug 31 #64

Fair food Squeaky41 Aug 31 #63

Thank you Squeaky41. Rich, my husband is from Boston. He calls clams around here a ripoff. "the best clams are with the debm55 Aug 31 #65

History Squeaky41 Aug 31 #69

Thank you Squeaky41, debm55 Aug 31 #73

Funnel cake PikaBlue Aug 31 #67

PikeBlue, thank you. I like mine with real whipped cream and strawberries. YUMMMY debm55 Aug 31 #68

Corn dogs and ice cream of any variety. Bristlecone Aug 31 #71

Thank you Bristlecone. I never had a corn dog. but yes to the ice cream. debm55 Sep 1 #90

Corn Dog! HeartsCanHope Aug 31 #72

Thank you HeartsCanHope, Enjoy!!! debm55 Aug 31 #75

Hot sausage for me too. nt doc03 Aug 31 #76

Thanks doc03, debm55 Aug 31 #77

Yes, YUM peppers and sausage (or, "salcissia," as my Sicilian gramma called it) Gaytano70 Aug 31 #78

Thank you Gaytano70. Yes, those hot sausage are the best. I like mine with the onion and peppers. debm55 Sep 1 #91

Gut bomb funnel cakes n/t gay texan Aug 31 #79

Yes. Thank you gay texan I like mine with whipped cream and berries. debm55 Sep 1 #84

Local school carnival: Frito pie (w/Wolf brand chili *no beans* and jalapeno slices) LudwigPastorius Aug 31 #81

Thank you LudwigPastorious. Both sound good, especially the frito pie. debm55 Sep 1 #85

The Earthquake Burger. Aristus Aug 31 #82

Thank you definitely a once a year burger. But enjoy when you can. debm55 Sep 1 #86

Well, don't have a county fair but NYC's Ninth Ave Food Festival is our biggest festival.... electric_blue68 Sep 1 #83

All sounds good. Thank you electric_blue68 debm55 Sep 1 #87

I like to get their fruit cups. I know I can make at home. But they taste better at the fair . debm55 Sep 1 #93

Do NASCAR races count? jmowreader Sep 1 #94

They sure do, they are an event. You can use carnivals too. Thank you, jmomwreader for the races, places and food debm55 Sep 1 #96

Funnel cakes Luciferous Sep 1 #95

Thank you Luciferous. debm55 Sep 1 #97