Comments on: Mountain State Art & Craft Fair 2008

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:43:28 +0000

Loved the pictures, it brought back memories of when I was much younger, we went to that arts and crafts fair, we weren’t so lucky to get the funnel cake (which I love)we had to drink fresh, warm cow milk and it was gross. Never had a funnel cake till I moved to the south.

By: Egghead

Egghead — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:56:40 +0000

I could not have passed up the gourd chickens. I love the cutting board as well. Looks like a fun fair.

By: Crystal B.

Crystal B. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:37:23 +0000

What a great arts and crafts fair. Looks like a lot of fun.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:29:51 +0000

I LOVE fried dough with sugar! I had none over the 4th but I DID have homemade ice cream….are you jealous? Maybe just a little?!

All these people who don’t know what funnel cakes are…where do they live!

By: CarolW

CarolW — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:07:54 +0000

Looks like you had a great day. I have to ask ‘What on earth is a funnel cake?’ We definitely don’t have them over here.

By: Kathy R

Kathy R — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:08:21 +0000

We are back from the fair, and it was a gorgeous day – puffy clouds, hot, but okay under the awnings. They tamed the mud with a thick layer of hay and it was generally dry enough to walk without ending up in a puddle of mud. I bought a cutting board — after seeing yours, envy reared its ugly head, and I had to have one for myself.

I’m also the proud owner of 2 – 4 lb. bags of your cousin’s cornmeal. One bag is in the freezer, and one is on the counter, ready for me to print out your recipe and make corn bread tomorrow. I love to make soup or beans, but my corn bread is pitiful. Maybe this time with the right cornmeal, and the right recipe, it will be wonderful.

PS: You won’t believe it, but I passed the funnel cakes on the way down the aisle, got distracted, and never did go back for the funnel cake! How can you go to a fair and forget to get a funnel cake???

By: Jyl

Jyl — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:56:40 +0000

You got out of the holler and I got out of Hick Town…to see where I went today you will have to visit here:
http://post-itplace.blogspot.com/2008/07/where-have-i-been-today-and-contest.html

By: catslady

catslady — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:39:20 +0000

Add me to the list of funnel cake lovers. Our amusement park nearby makes them but now that the kids are grown, we don’t go and I miss my funnel cake. I like it with just the powdered sugar but you can get it piled high with ice cream, strawberries and whipped cream!

By: Granny Sue

Granny Sue — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:34:23 +0000

Wasn’t the fair fun? I ended up buying blown glass witchballs, a pottery fountain, and some stained glass ornaments for Christmas gifts. Such artistry! These guys are the best of the best artisans in the state.

(BTW, that’s a bowed psaltery, not a dulcimer, although they look somewhat similar. It’s a medieval instrument and the music it makes is lovely, a cross between a fiddle and a harp, I think–or maybe a dulcimer and a harp.)

I fell for the homemade ice cream myself. Although the smell of funnel cakes was very, very tempting. Did you see the bee beards? Awesome! I posted a photo of that guy on my blog.

By: Lisa L

Lisa L — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:31:46 +0000

Yummy! Love those funnel cakes. I’ve had them with fresh strawberries and whip cream too. Glad you had a great time. Lisa