State Fair

I have to admit, I have been purposefully avoiding the North Carolina State Fair for the past four years. There was something about the combination of deep fried food and, er... well... "country folk" that really didn't appeal to me. No matter how much I heard, "You've GOT to go," still no desire. And every year around the end of September everyone would start asking, "Are you going to the fair?" Then talk of deep fried candy bars and krispy kreme burgers would commence. But as the days of the State Fair clicked by this year, I felt a little bit of a sense of urgency. I am pretty certain that I am not going to be living in NC through another State Fair season. And the idea of missing all that fried food, livestock and country folk hurt a bit. So I caved on the second to last day for the experience, the story, but mostly for the deep fried goodness. I didn't go on a single ride, didn't see much livestock and didn't witness too much "country folk" happenings but with a corn dog, deep fried mac and cheese, deep fried oreos, deep fried mashed potato balls with bacon and cheese, deep fried bloomin' onion, a few cheese fries, half a giant turkey leg and a few licks of soft-served ice cream sitting in my stomach at the end of the day I will have to say it was quite the experience. (BTW - my fav was the deep fried oreos. Delish!)



I also have to admit that I speedily came home and watched the 1945 version of Rogers and Hammerstien's musical State Fair, just for kicks.