QOTW: Any food-themed festivals in your region?

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Time for the group questions of the week [qotw].

These are for July 23rd - 29th.

 

 

1. Are there any food-themed festivals in your

region of the world or near where you live?

[examples: Strawberry Festival, or Garlic Festival, etc.]

 

2. Have you attended any food-themed festivals before?

If so, tell us about them.

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National Grits Festival, Warwick, Georgia

Georgia Sweet Potato Festival, Ocilla, Georgia

Pecan Festival, Sylvester, Georgia

Peach Festival (everywhere in Georgia)

Peanut Festival (ditto)

Annual Corn and Cane Grinding, Twin City (really neat, but go to the Agrirama

or Westville and can see almost daily)

 

I know there are more, just can't think of any. The Grits Festival is a lot

of fun, if you like corny....... oh I didn't print that, lol. We live in the

middle of pecan, peach and pecan country. We usually make the grits, pecan,

peanut and peach festivals and the yearly as well as the Sunbelt Expo. (huge

agribusiness show). Agribusiness is BIG business. Not food, but we even have a

fire ant festival to honor that most horrid insect.

 

Jeanne in Georgia

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

> 1. Are there any food-themed festivals in your

> region of the world or near where you live?

> [examples: Strawberry Festival, or Garlic Festival, etc.]

 

Back in NY near where we lived was a Maple Festival;

maple syrup rules!

Out here in southern Oregon they have a pear blossom

parade and festival; pears are a pretty big crop.

I haven't heard of any others real close by.

 

 

> 2. Have you attended any food-themed festivals before?

> If so, tell us about them.

 

 

We always attended the maple festival in Marathon, NY.

It was wonderful with everything maple, and syrup making.

They also combined it with some Civil War Reinactors,

so if you got bored watching the syrup stuff you could

watch them.

 

~ PT ~

 

I went to the hill and I got it.

I sat on a knoll and I sought it.

And if I would get it I would leave it.

Since I did not get it, I took it with me.

~ Scots Gaelic riddle

[Guest guest]

In my state of West Virginia, we have several themed festivals and county fairs.

Maple sugar starts in March in a small Swiss village, Pickens, WV (cheese comes

later in July after it has aged 3-4 ,months..no festival just visitors to the

Hutte to buy cheese and eat German food).

In May comes the Strawberry Festival with strawberry shortcake with homemade

ice cream, 3 parades and crafts...lots of other festivals happen throughout the

summer and fall..Stonewall Jackson Jubilee and Italian Heritage festival in

nearby counties on Labor Day weekend...lots of foods and crafts.

 

M.A.

 

~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> 1. Are there any food-themed festivals in your

> region of the world or near where you live?

> [examples: Strawberry Festival, or Garlic Festival, etc.]

 

Back in NY near where we lived was a Maple Festival;

maple syrup rules!

Out here in southern Oregon they have a pear blossom

parade and festival; pears are a pretty big crop.

I haven't heard of any others real close by.

 

> 2. Have you attended any food-themed festivals before?

> If so, tell us about them.

 

We always attended the maple festival in Marathon, NY.

It was wonderful with everything maple, and syrup making.

They also combined it with some Civil War Reinactors,

so if you got bored watching the syrup stuff you could

watch them.

 

~ PT ~

 

I went to the hill and I got it.

I sat on a knoll and I sought it.

And if I would get it I would leave it.

Since I did not get it, I took it with me.

~ Scots Gaelic riddle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Anne

 

 

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Mary Anne-

Don't forget the Apple Festival in Wellsburg... the

Italian festival in Wheeling may count since it is an

excuse to drink beer and eat pizza. Where are you in

WV?

 

Whitney

 

--- MaryAnne Crites <suzyq_26201 wrote:

 

> In my state of West Virginia, we have several themed

> festivals and county fairs.

 

 

 

 

 

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Those places are north of me about 2 1/2 hours. I am more centrally located in

Buckhannon, WV, 35 miles south of Clarksburg's Italian Heritage festival (wine,

pasta and pizza)...back in the day one could buy wine from the different street

tents, but no more. We also have wine tasting events...little do people know

that some wines are also produced and made in West Virginia.

 

Where are you Whitney?

 

M.A.

 

whitney <starrypryncess wrote:

Mary Anne-

Don't forget the Apple Festival in Wellsburg... the

Italian festival in Wheeling may count since it is an

excuse to drink beer and eat pizza. Where are you in

WV?

 

Whitney

 

--- MaryAnne Crites <suzyq_26201 wrote:

 

> In my state of West Virginia, we have several themed

> festivals and county fairs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Anne

 

 

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[Guest guest]

The ones I'm area of in my county are the Almond Festival and the Watermelon

Festival.

Cindi