Meet Shanna Gibbs at her booth Can We Get It Poppin (click for link on IG).
Sweet and salty popcorn for sale.
I didn’t have a pen to write down her name spelled correctly but she told me it’s easy to remember it’s Shhhh…Anna. Got it!
AND guess what!? She’s a knitter!
As promised yesterday, here’s a sampling of the food available at the Ohio State Fair.
People were generous in allowing me to photograph the food they purchased and were about to consume.
I’m sorry I didn’t get pics of the actual Roast Beef Sundae and the Donut Burger. There is a lot more to see and eat.
Chocolate Covered Frozen Banana with Sprinkles
The Ribbon (potatoes fried) with Cheese and Ranch Dressing.
Deep Fried Everything
Deep Fried Buckeyes
Cotton Candy Booth
Dipping the Roasted Corn in Butter
A Burger in a Donut for a Bun
Peppers and Onions on the Grill
Muddy Pigs Booth
Grilling Chicken
Fairgoers eating Deep Fried Turkey Legs?
(I wanted to see this as I remember seeing one a long time ago when I was young)
I read an interesting obituary in the New York Times Norma Lyon, the Butter Cow Lady in 2011
543 Hours to Create the Butter Sculpture Display Kept at 46 degrees F
Ohio State Fair Youth Choir Founder, Glenville Thomas (d. 1991) Honored in Butter Sculpture
Kettle Corn Booth
French Fries Booth
Gyro Booth
Funnel Cake with Powdered Sugar on Top
We ate at Thelma’s Chicken and Waffles with an appetizer of Fried Green Tomatoes-
Erika ordered a Vegetable Platter and Cornbread
And I ate their specialty- Chicken and Waffles. What else? oh yes, that would be a side of home fried potatoes.
and from the Historic Roanoke City Market website I found the vendor names
Julia & Gary Goad- Julia wearing a shawl she knit in 3 weeks of television time.I bought some fragrant & pretty soaps. Yellow Mountain Crafts
and this man in the cowboy hat was explaining how bottles have belly buttons- an outie vs. an innie hmmmmm!
Name: Dave & Kyle Kelsheimer
Business Name: Lunarscapes
Location: Rocky Mount
Vendor since: 2006
Products: Specialize in slumped glass wine & liquor bottles (table art)