Monroe County Fair '08

Last night we went to this year's Monroe County Fair. It was very similar to last year's where we saw a rodeo.

This time we started off looking at all the animals. There were exhibits of all sorts of poultry, horses, cows, sheep etc. (In keeping with the rural theme, the ketchup and mustard for the hot dogs was dispensed from cow's udders.) We noticed that, just like last year, at the rabbit exhibition there were different breeds of rabbit, including some labelled as "single fryer", "roaster" and "stew". So I encouraged Cindy to go to the horse pavilion and ask, "If these are all riding horses, do you have separate exhibits for the draught- and meat-horses?" But she didn't want to offend anyone so she refused to do it.

This year we we a little more adventurous with the American carnival food. Last year we tried a funnel cake, which Cindy ordered again this year and we also tried a similar item known as an elephant ear.

But that wasn't the most interesting part. The most disgusting American delicacy that we tried was the deep-fried Oreos (sic.). That wasn't all, there were also deep-fried pickles and deep-fried Snickers on the menu (but we didn't try those)! Suffice it to say, last night we consumed enough saturated fat for the next year.