# What's your favorite Fair food? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564 "2011-07-01T22:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/101 "2011-07-10T00:07:06Z")
Elephant ears and cotton candy ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/102 "2011-07-10T00:48:02Z")
Zeppolli. Sometimes I think they taste like donuts and sometimes I think they taste like pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/103 "2011-07-10T01:01:28Z")
Do Ren Faire for as many years as I have, and you’ll be like “Turkey legs? Ew.” Give me some Heritage Meat Pies (I think that’s actually the company name) or if at the Dickens Fair, a nice big cup of avgolemono soup. (It gets darned chilly backstage) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/104 "2011-07-10T04:27:09Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Fair food is generally a single serving. When you are confronted with more than a dozen hungry Camp Fire Girls, you buy the Fritos in the large economy bag…It’s like PB&J sandwiches…many people have fond memories, but only want it once in a great while as an adult. I think the fritos bag full o’ chili sounds great! But I’ve been to three fairs since this thread started, and haven’t found this, or the fritos bag full o’ taco makin’s. And , btw, _ **Are You Insaaaaane?** _ PB&J is still the best lunch ever… even when it’s the only lunch for a week straight. When a 60-ish college prof eats it at least 5x/week, it’s beyond nostalgic and into **epic** status. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/105 "2011-07-10T05:47:42Z")
I said “most people”. I eat PB&Js on a regular basis. My sanity is another issue entirely. I will note that you can also use chili and tortilla chips and cheese and chopped onions to make a quick meal, and it will be good, if not good for you, but it’s NOT the same as Frito Chili Pie. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/106 "2011-07-10T06:08:20Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I said “most people”. I eat PB&Js on a regular basis. > > My sanity is another issue entirely. > > I will note that you can also use chili and tortilla chips and cheese and chopped onions to make a quick meal, and it will be good, if not good for you, but it’s NOT the same as Frito Chili Pie. Well, if you do partake of the ambrosia that is the PB&J [cite?], then I’ll retract my “insaaaaaaane” accusation. And admit that I am adding chili-on-cheesy-onion-chips to my culinary repetoire. Mmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/107 "2011-07-10T06:52:00Z")
Cheese curds! My Wisconsinite boyfriend, ironically enough, hates them for the same reason I love them: the grease. Also, count me in as a funnel cake lover. Wouldn’t get it at IHOP or anything ('cause that just ain’t right) but damn is it tasty. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/108 "2011-07-10T07:26:59Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I think the fritos bag full o’ chili sounds great! But I’ve been to three fairs since this thread started, and haven’t found this, or the fritos bag full o’ taco makin’s. > > And , btw, _ **Are You Insaaaaane?** _ > PB&J is still the best lunch ever… even when it’s the only lunch for a week straight. > When a 60-ish college prof eats it at least 5x/week, it’s beyond nostalgic and into **epic** status. Or into the realm of OCD … :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/109 "2011-07-10T08:32:36Z")
Over 100 replies and I’m the first to say how much I love those mammoth-size pieces of pizza? It’s a must whenever I go. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/110 "2011-07-15T08:03:31Z")
+1 for Funnel Cakes. Although, I usually try to talk the person I’m with into sharing one, 'cause they’re so big. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/111 "2011-07-15T09:04:34Z")
bratwurst on a toasted bun with lots of mustard and onions, and a cup of campbells cream of tomato-vegetable soup. excitment and fair activity gives me a big appetite. i also don’t mind bowl of oxtail soup with a big slab of black pumpernickel slathered with butter. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/112 "2011-07-15T10:09:26Z")
I found a package of photo copies that survived the house fire … 1970 Pike Fair [Wyoming county, NY] a whole ox on a spit … [and also \ the 3 shots at a GTO Judge for $1 booth in the background _sob_] I can remember eating off that ox, droolicious! Do they even still do ox roasts at fairs? I have gotten BBQ chicken, BBQ ribs, assorted sausagy stuff, even spaghetti, fish fry and pancakes … but I haven’t seen an ox roast in like forever … though we did a pig roast for my brother’s high school graduation. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/113 "2011-07-15T18:37:25Z")
Ren Faire: Toad in a Hole Everywhere else: Corn dog ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/114 "2011-07-15T19:53:14Z")
The people who invented the funnel cake still do it the best! And kettle corn. Aruvqan: They also still do an ox roast; which is amazing. Wash it down with a sarsaparilla soda that is so sweet it makes your teeth hurt, but Oh so good. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/115 "2011-07-16T16:01:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > If the Jewish Food Fair doesn’t count for falafel, I must go with funnel cake. Falafel are pretty awesome, and I’ve already proven that I suck at making them without making falafel confetti. > [@FriarTed](#): > > I once had a roasted turkey leg. Between every layer of meat, I was pulling out white cartilage or bone things that it finally occurred to me appeared to have been ingrown ossified feathers. Was I right about that & did I get a freak one or is that how they are? I believe that what you’re talking about are tendons. Turkeys are big birds, and need a lot more structural support than, say, a chicken. I’m going to second/third/whatever the turkey legs when done well-- they can be marvelous in the same way that a giant pickle is great on a hot day. Most of my fair food is renfaire or highland games oriented: [Scotch eggs](http://www.google.com/search?q=scotch+eggs&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1584&bih=1041), [Magners hard cider](http://www.google.com/search?q=scotch+eggs&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1584&bih=1041#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=27QhTrXBIsXngQfX3Mm-Cw&ved=0CDsQvwUoAQ&q=magners+hard+cider&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1ca2ce4cae06a950&biw=1584&bih=1041), [pickles onna stick](http://www.flickr.com/photos/vainglory/4812949924/), frozen lemonade. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564/116 "2011-07-16T17:10:48Z")
Definitely spiral fries (which may not be actually that bad caloric-wise - denial- cause they’re very thin and flash-fried, thus not absorbing a lot of oil.) And no one has mentioned DEEP FRIED CHEESE CURDS? Mmmmm… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fair-food/587564.md?page=5)