state fair, part one

While I didn't see half the exhibits I normally see while visiting the fair last night, I got to eat twice as much as I normally do! ;)

Lydia, my friend who likes to pose in crazy positions with food, eating her traditional chicken pita wrap.

And my special treat for the night...gator on a stick! No, it didn't actually look like this, though it did taste a lot like chicken! :)

Would you believe that ALL of these are cupcakes? I got the hotdog one (center). The bread is actually the cake, and the dog and icing are chocolate icing and yellow-colored buttercream icing. Not only was it cool looking, but it tasted good, too!

To help cut costs (and save our appetites), several of us split items, giving us the opportunity to try more things for less money! My new fair favorite...mozzarella sticks. I had tried them once in a restaurant and wasn't too crazy about them. But the one I had at the fair was absolutely wonderful! Deep-fried macaroni and cheese...don't think I'll try that one again, though it wasn't bad. But I did try a bit of Lydia's deep-fried snickers bar and was surprised...it was good! I might even consider replacing the Amish fudge with that next year.

And while the following picture isn't food we ate, it's food related so I'll show it here:

Carroll and Lydia with the hot dog statue. :)

Comments

Lydia said…

So much fun! I'm still full:) I just did my post, check it out!

October 19, 2011 at 4:21 PM

Jennifer said…

I pulled this up and thought I was on Lydia's blog:)! Gotta love the fair!

October 19, 2011 at 4:38 PM

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