In Oregon/Northern Cali/Wash/Western Idaho, at the rodeos and fairs and town festivals, the elephant ears were exactly like my grandmom's fried dough (Iowa).
Down to the percentage of cinnamon to sugar in the shakers. And the same as fried dough at the Minn State Fair, and small Michigan county fairs, and Florida county fairs and flea markets, and the same as dough boys here in CT and RI and southern Mass. although, in some places, the powered sugar shaker was substituted for the cinnamon-sugar. And around Providence, the optional tomato sauce (which they call gravy) was a substitute for butter and any sweet powder. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Deanna Schneider <[email protected] > wrote: > > Around here, Elephant Ears are actually a layered pastry with cinnamon and > sugar - large, oval, flat. The fried yeast dough is fry bread, and the > fried > pancake type batter done in swirlies through a funnel is funnel cake. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > fried dough. just fried dough. > > > > (or dough boys at fairs around here) > > > > same things, though. > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I mentioned going to the pumpkin patch this weekend to a coworker and > > > saying that it is a great excuse for caramel apples and elephant ears. > > > > > > He had never heard of elephant ears before. > > > > > > I'm flabbergasted. He is originally from Kansas. Is this a regional > > > thing? Was he just horribly deprived of County Fairs growing up? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305455 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
