+1 in Kansas, I remember funnel cakes. that was about as close as I ever got to elephant ears.
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:305461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
