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5:07 pm
December 28, 2009
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BuckeyeGirl
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Does your town, city, locale have a festival all about some country produce or item? Tell us about it!
Our tiny town has a "Potato Festival"! Can you just imagine how wonderful it must be to be crowned the Potato Queen?  No, I'm NOT kidding!!!! We crown the Potato Queen. They sell everything imaginable that is potato related, potato candy, potato bread, potato cakes, french fries, waffle fries, and potato pancakes of course,,, they have crafts that look like potatoes, dolls, potato-looking pot holders, potato 'sacks' (tote bags) really some are quite cute, but my goodness you get potatoed-out!
This area used to be very well known for growing potatoes, there's still quite a lot of potato fields, though not as much as there once was. The Layes chip factory used to be in a reasonable trucking distance, but it's closed now… so contract opportunities for local farmers dropped away years ago. We still have lots of taters though. Hehe, as well as the festival and the parade too! I rode my horse in it when I was a kid, and our 4H club always had a booth… NO idea what we sold, lemonade maybe? hehe.
How about YOU?!?!?
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5:40 pm
December 28, 2009
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CindyP
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We have asparagus festival, cherry festival (Traverse City — Cherry Capital), and apple festival! All are BIG EVENTS!!! Every one of them has their own queen, parade, and food stuffs………..
Asparagus falls in June, cherry in July, and apple in September…………
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8:43 pm
December 28, 2009
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Leahld22
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BBQ festivals round here in these parts!It's like a cook off, or contest to see makes the best!
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9:01 pm
December 28, 2009
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Houseful
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A nearby town (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) has a pretty popular strawberry festival every year. Another nearby town (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) has a bratwurst festival every year. Another nearby town (Port Washington, Wisconsin) has a Fish Days festival every year. Then, Milwaukee has all sorts of ethnic festivals every summer.
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9:51 pm
December 28, 2009
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wvhomecanner
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WV has many food-related festivals. Let's see how many I can remember LOL.
Black Walnut (where Suzanne lives), nearer to me there is a Strawberry Festival, Blackberry, Buckwheat, and and Apple Festivals. Oh a small Pumpkin festival. Maple Syrup Festival in the mountains. I am sure I am missing many….
There's a Road-Kill Cook-off too :)
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8:40 am
December 29, 2009
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Dana
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Parkersburg, WV has a "Honey Festival" in the fall.
There is a guy that does a demonstration of a "Bee Beard". I don't think I could stand all those honey bees on my face!!!!!!
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9:13 am
December 29, 2009
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wvhomecanner
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I have seen the bee beard guy a couple of times and it creeps me out LOL. They do make a honey mustard with a touch of horseradish that I LOVE. Not easy to find – I guess I should check online and get some more.
http://www.thistledewfarm.com/About.htm
Better yet, I should figure out how to make some myself 
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"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ The Lorax by Dr. Seuss ~
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9:31 am
December 29, 2009
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JeannieB
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We have a lot of festivals in South Carolina, Sweet Potato festival in Hopkins, Watermelon festival in Walterboro, Collard festival in Gaston, Okra festival in Chapin, the Chittlin Strut in Sally, and my tiny town has the Catfish festival. There are many more, these are just a few that come to mind.
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7:48 pm
December 29, 2009
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Maud
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The Oyster Festival on Chincoteague Island used to be a favorite of mine until it became a chore to travel to. When I lived on the Eastern Shore, it was an easy trip, but now it's a good 5 hour journey with a hefty toll to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
Now, I go to the Greek Festival and the Indian Festival in Richmond, and the Vegetarian Festival in Charlottesville, though the PETA people get on my nerves and I can be quite un-PC in my responses to their harangues.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ~Ambrose Bierce
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