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N.C. Peanut Growers Association

Made Fall Veggie Stew, 1st Prize in the State Fair N.C. Peanut Growers Association Pea-nutty Vegetarian Main Dish Recipe Contest This Sounds Good!! N.C. Peanut Growers Association 2 large onions, chopped 2 tablespoons vegetable oil ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon garlic salt or powder 1 ½ cups chopped cabbage ½ cup peanut butter 1, 40-ounce can of sweet potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground ginger 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes 1 can (14.5 ounces) okra, optional 1 can (15 ounce) black beans drained 1 cup apple juice 3 cups tomato juice Saute onions in vegetable oil until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in cayenne pepper and garlic and sauté for two more minutes. Add chopped cabbage, and sauté, covered, for three minutes. Mix in tomato and apple juices, salt, ginger and tomatoes. Add sweet potatoes, okra, and black beans. Simmer for five minutes. Stir in peanut butter and simmer gently over very low heat until ready to serve. Stir frequently to prevent scorching. Add more juice or water if too thick. Serve with crackers. Serves 10-12 people. Blogged with the Flock Browser

By |2024-03-04T06:10:18+00:00November 8th, 2008|Contests, Fair Food, North Carolina, Peanut, State Fair|0 Comments
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Here we go again

know I have brought this up before. But, I just read another article put out by PRWeb about Sugar Rush Overload consumption in children. The book is by – Dr. Scott Olson ND, the author of a new book, Cigarettes, He says the amount of sugar in children’s diets is amazing and that most of it is coming in from soda and fruit juice. Sugar Rush Overload Consumption We we all know that going to the county fair is a source of large amounts of sugar. Sugar he states is enticing. That is the problem it seems to me. We are all in need of a fix. Sugar is a fix. It is instantaneously gratifying. You know I have seen them, the fat kids at the county fair They sometimes are too fat to get into our inflatables… they simply weigh to much. Obesity is a serious problem from Sugar Rush Overload. No one wants to exercise, no one wants to give up soda ( ah, or the sponsorship of the event by the soda companies). Maybe, just maybe we should find new and creative ways to help our kids other then to feed them stuff that is not good for them The only way the county fair and the schools for that matter will change is when we as responsible parties insist they do. Perhaps we should ask the fat kids if they really really like being fat.

By |2024-03-26T13:18:32+00:00October 20th, 2008|Children, Fair Food|0 Comments
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Food and Fairs going greener? greasy food leftovers

Here is a result of corndogs and other Greener Greasy fair food — besides the wonderful taste and for most of us, the guilt we feel after we eat — is biodiesel. in 2006, the Oregon state fair developed a policy that vendors had to collect leftover grease from which a contractor converts into biodiesel, an average of 2,800 gallons per each fair. This is good but, not eating some of the stuff would be of course better for the average American. Hey here is a new way for us to power things… if we all did this imagine what would happen. Maybe, our cars would pass gas… umm fart. Hey a farting car! I wonder if people realize that corndogs can be used as fuel? What do you think the average teenager would say to that? According to the pyramid of nutrition, each individual’s balanced diet should include eight servings of fruits and veggies daily, six servings of carbohydrates (rice, pasta etc.), four servings of dairy products and two servings of meat products. That also includes drinking eight glasses of water. Food and Fairs going greener greasy sustainable county fairs : Do you see greasy corndogs on the above list? My grandson recently visited and he lived while he was with me, on corndogs, and chicken fingers… primarily. Eat fruit..? Whats that? Of course if he continues to live on that,,, he might get indigestion and not have to go to school. Have you ever had a conversation about good healthy food with an eleven year old? Needless to say what a diet of drinking exclusively cola products can do your growth at that age. People don’t realize how inexpensive and easy it is to make biodiesel fuel. Raw materials cost little — used cooking oil, leftover methanol from chemistry researchers and potassium hydroxide (lye) from the hardware store — the associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering a can brew up biodiesel for less than $1 a gallon Greener Greasy. Eco-Friendly county fairs Within a year or two perhaps every single one of KU’s diesel-burning vehicles and pieces of equipment — from buses to lawnmowers, tractors and anything else — will run on a B20 blend of fuel (20 percent biodiesel). There are no oil wells in Chicago but there are a lot of restaurants. What did restaurants do before there was bottled cooking oil? The city of San Francisco is on a roll…. plans are now under way to turn the copious amounts of [...]

By |2024-03-26T13:37:23+00:00September 1st, 2008|California, Chicago, Illinois, Oregon, San Francisco|1 Comment
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Corndogs?

Welcome to the Iowa State Fair, where the CornDogs Rules! The Iowa State Fair offered free admission this year from 5am to 8:30am on opening day of the Fair. They also offered free corn dogs with the free admission. Campbell’s Concessions cooked the corn dogs and Sysco provided the hot dogs. Where did the corn dog come from? Its a good question, and there is some confusion about that. Carl and Neil Fletcher say they introduced their “Corny Dogs” at the Texas State Fair between 1938 and 1942. A food vendor called Pronto Pup claims they invented the corn dog for the Minnesota State Fair 1941. 1946, Dave Barham opened the first location of Hot Dog on a Stick at Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California. I suppose we will never know where the corn dog came from. It is however an American staple. I know my eleven-year-old grandson thinks so. The following recipe comes from Cooks.com\ The CornDogs Showdown CORN DOG BATTER 6 c. cornmeal 3 c. plain flour 2 1/2 tsp. soda 1 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. sugar 3 c. buttermilk 2 1/2 c. water 2 eggsIn large mixing bowl mix all dry ingredients. Add buttermilk and water. Beat in eggs and mix well. If batter gets stiff add small amount of water. Roll prepared weiner in batter and fry in deep hot oil until browned.To prepare corn dog, use wieners right out of the package; insert stick and coat wiener by rolling it in the batter. Hold on to stick. Leftover batter may be kept a few days in the refrigerator. Can be made into cornbread by adding a little more liquid corn dog history.

By |2024-03-27T11:12:01+00:00August 9th, 2008|Corn Dog, Fair Food, Iowa, Recipe, State Fair|0 Comments
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Lets make Funnel cakes

Hello, Karen here, do you have an interest in those sweet sticky yummy (not so good for you) funnel cakes. They signal the county or state fair. Actually, there isn’t as much sugar in them as I thought. They are fried in oil… maybe before you buy some you could ask the person you are buying them from what they cooked them in. Anyway here is a recipe I found online… if you have a recipe that is different we would love to hear from you. Funnel Cake Recipe courtesy Alton Brown Show: Good Eats Episode: Choux Shine 1 cup water 3/4 stick butter (6 tablespoons) 1 tablespoon sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup flour 1 cup eggs, about 4 large eggs and 2 whites Vegetable oil, for frying Powdered sugar, for topping. Boil water, butter, sugar, and salt together in a saucepan. Add flour and work it in until it is all incorporated and dough forms a ball. Transfer mixture to the bowl of a standing mixer and let cool for 3 to 4 minutes. With mixer lowest speed, add eggs, 1 at a time, making sure the first egg is completely incorporated before continuing. Once all eggs have been added and mixture is smooth, put dough in a piping bag fitted with a number 12 tip. Heat about 1 1/2 inches of oil in a heavy pan. Pipe dough into oil, making a free-form lattice pattern; cook until browned, flipping once. Remove cake from oil, drain on paper towels, and top with powdered sugar. Continue until all of the batter is used.

By |2019-03-08T01:20:16+00:00June 9th, 2008|Fair Food, Food, Funnel Cake|1 Comment
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Hotdogger relishes sweet ride

One big Hot Dog (June 23, 2007) — Hot dog, Matthew Mitchell is on a roll. Hotdogger Relishes Sweet Actually, to be precise, he’s in a roll. Twenty-three years old, a freshly minted graduate of the University of Missouri, the Rochester resident has hit the road as an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile driver, a so-called “hotdogger.” As a hotdogger, he’s driving one of six 27-foot long vehicles that are, essentially, large hot dogs on wheels. Hotdogger Relishes Sweet Ride He’ll travel to state fairs, county fairs and festivals to listen to thousands of people sing Oscar Mayer Wiener jingles, as part of a nationwide “Sing the Jingle, Be a Star.” Winners get a spot in an Oscar Mayer commercial as well as a trip to the next American Idol finale. Mitchell has other duties, too, everything from setting up at each stop to making ceremonial visits with the Wienermobile. Visit their Website! “You have to wear many hats along the Hot Dog Highway,” Mitchell says.

By |2024-03-27T15:51:41+00:00June 24th, 2007|Hot Dogs|0 Comments
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