mmmm they make BANGIN funnel cakes on the boardwalk here ...  
yummmies ... and what they call a "polish ice" kinda like Italian ice  
but diff in a bit of a creamier way but just a hint of a creamier  
flavor ... miniscule hint

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On Oct 9, 2009, at 9:14 PM, William Bowen <[email protected]>  
wrote:

>
> +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?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

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