Favorite Fair, Carnival Foods...

[Tim Horton]

State fair is day 4 of 12 today.. Evening news saying they have already sold a record number of ..fried dill pickles.. and ice cream treats from the dairy barn.. Saying they typically sell 160,000 orders of fried pickles and a like number of ice cream treats for the season..

My favorites at the fair the day my son and I went we had a ..guy day.. and grazed our way from one end to the other.. and back... We started with ..Scotch Eggs.. boiled egg wrapped in pork sausage, deep fried with horseradish sauce.. Maple and cream in coffee.. Dan had all the cold milk you could drink for 50 cents.. (now $3) and a chocolate brownie the size of a Texas toast size bread sandwich.. That was breakfast.. We walked around a lot then decided what to have for lunch..

 

[Bacpacker]

Funnel cake. And smoked sausage on a bunch with mustard, onions, and peppers

 

[Pearl]

I don't go to Dallas to our state fair, but EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING is FRIED!! Like fried Oreos, fried BUTTER , fried Snickers bars!! The Ft. Worth Stock Show has a good steak fajita vender!! So that's my favorite "fair" food!!

 

[Peanut]

I guess I'm the odd man out... I despise 'fair food'. It started with cotton candy, couldn't wait to try it when I was a little kid. Boy was I disappointed, disgusting nothingness that stuck to my face and hands, not worth the money or effort. Funnel cakes are edible but i'd still rather eat before I get to the fair and spend my money on the rides.

 

[Hooch]

Native American Fry bread sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon..

Salmon slow baked on a alder stick over hot coals in a sand pit..

..egg rolls made by the Chinese n Thai folks

 

[Hooch]

This wasn't at the state fair but 4th of July..the food court was always local folks and really good..

 

[Haertig]

I guess I'm the odd man out... I despise 'fair food'.

Nope, you're not the only one. You've got a kindred spirit here.

Reading all the foods listed above, I'd have to say my favorite fair foods might just be Tums and Pepsid.

 

[Tim Horton]

In the far north.... There were 2 local women who had a booth at the farmers markets and provincial exposition (fair) that had a sign that said ...Indian Fry Bread... No political correct, just direct and understandable.. And good.. They had the usual sugar, cinnamon and jam flavors as well as Saskatoon berry jam, what they called low bush cranberry (lingonberry)... Both of these were local wild berries..

Local salmon dishes.. Coffee with Quebec maple syrup..

Yes.. Too many things are deep fried, but it is only once a year.. Roasted corn on the cob in the husk and chocolate chip cookies are good.. Church burger stand has a WONDERFUL chicken wild rice soup with local wild rice..

 

[sonya123]

don't like any of it, only reason I would go to a fair now is to look at the livestock
after living in Orlando most of my life and having been on GOOD rides at all the theme parks, I would never get on one of those rickety looking things at the fair

 

[Morgan101]

I'm with Bacpacker on this one: Funnel cakes and barbequed Brats (bratwurst). It has been a very long time since I have been to a fair.

 

[Amish Heart]

Not a fan of carnival food. Last year we tried a deep fried snickers or some thing or other. Not good. Did have a gyro for lunch, was pretty hungry. It was good but three times the price it really should be. The fair hasn't started here yet, but will, soon. Little granddaughter likes the rides. I like the animals. Husband doesn't like to go at all.

 

[Pearl]

This is a fun thread!

 

[Weedygarden]

I know people who go to the fair, just for the food. Not a fan of the food. I used to go to the state fair when I was a kid. Too many people for me.

 

[snappy1]

Corn dogs and funnel cakes!

 

[Hooch]

I used to like the corn dogs and brats with onions..but both are kinda heavy on the system ..haven't been to a fair in awhile.
The one here was really unorganized when I went. I hear it has gotten better tho. I'm not into the riding death traps, been to dozens of rodeos already and not into getting drunk at the beer garden either n risk a dui trying to get home so..ehh..

 

[dademoss]

Once or twice every couple years, we will eat at the Clinto county fair or the Corn Festival. I like a funnel cake with powdered sugar, Lori always gets a corn dog.

 

[Bacpacker]

I enjoyed the rides when I was a kid and more so as a teen and dating. But my favorite things were the tractor pulls and the livestock barns. Well that and watching all the sweet young things walking around

 

[Mountain trapper]

I never buy anything at the fair. It's too expensive and it's mostly crap. Heck, I haven't been to a fair since we lived in Alaska.

 

[jishinsjourney]

The San Diego County Fair has fantastic cinnamon rolls. They’ve also got a booth called Chicken Charlie’s that was so popular it got turned into a local restaurant. Most of Chicken Charlie’s stuff is deep-fried, but their real winner is grilled shrimp over rice stuffed into half a pineapple. That is good eats.

The local county fair here is pretty small. We usually hit one of the food trucks, whatever the husband can have safely. Haven’t been to the state fair yet, but I do enjoy going — mostly to check out the art exhibits and the garden exhibits.

 

[Tommyice]

Gyro. The kind where the sauce runs down your arm and drips off your elbow. Followed up by funnel cake and ride on Tilt-A-Whirl.

 

[Amish Heart]

MMM. I love all that, but not in that order.

 

[Tim Horton]

Big fair food lunch and Tilt-A-Whirl...... What could go wrong ??

Last time I took my kids to the amusement park they were in there mid teens.. Since I had aerobatic training years ago being upside down on a ride didn't bother me.. It was fun to see the stuff people dropped when they were screaming as they were upside down..