Elephant ears and cotton candy
Zeppolli. Sometimes I think they taste like donuts and sometimes I think they taste like pancakes.
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)
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.
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…
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.
Or into the realm of OCD … :dubious:
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.
+1 for Funnel Cakes. Although, I usually try to talk the person I’m with into sharing one, 'cause they’re so big.
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.
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 <shudder> 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.
Ren Faire: Toad in a Hole
Everywhere else: Corn dog
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.
Falafel are pretty awesome, and I’ve already proven that I suck at making them without making falafel confetti.
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, Magners hard cider, pickles onna stick, frozen lemonade.
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…