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
Sent from my iPhone... don't hate 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? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
