Elephant Ears

It's that time of year again--county fair time! Well, it's also hay baling time of the year but I didn't participate in that. I just observed as I drove by feeling much sympathy for the guys on the wagon stacking bales in 90 degree heat. Anyway, the kids and I made our way over to a neighboring county fair this morning. We had three goals: elephant ears, animals, and elephant ears. Elephant ears are a fair/carnival tradition for the Snow house. Actually, they are the only tradition that we Snows have that is related to a fair/carnival. We didn't ever eat anything else or ride anything! Well, I think maybe we went on the merry-go-round once, but I ended up sick so that was out as well. As my sister and I have traveled and moved about the country we've come to realize that not near every fair--mostly state fairs--include elephant ears. A great travesty if you ask me! These lacking fairs would be TX, OK, IA, GA (I think--not sure if the Robeys made it to the GA one or not). I must admit that I didn't look at every single trailer at the IA fair, but if they had been there I'm sure they would have been prominent--all you see there is an IA chop on a stick--not really sure how they verify that it is from an IA pig since it looks just like an IN, IL, TX, etc. chop. (I should state here that I really did love the IA state fair and if you ever get a chance you should go. Although some of them are soooo very proud of it that they needed a reality check though.) I have greatly digressed. Sara was introduced to elephant ears by my dad a few weeks ago and evidently, until she actually saw what it was, wanted to have nothing to do with it. Would you want to eat a real elephant's ear?! Once she actually saw it and tasted it she was sold. And so we decided her siblings needed to get a taste. So after we wandered all the animals and made sure that John wasn't bit by any of the attack sheep or rabbits (he was convinced something was going to attach him), I insisted on a nutritious lunch before we went straight for dessert. So while they settled in with their corn dogs, I went on a quest and was delighted to see that they do believe in elephant ears here in IL. I bought 2 extremely large elephant ears. They all fell in love. Here's some pics:Note: Sara & Ashley are sharing one. Check out the size of their pieces and I had already eaten some off of them.

This shows off Ashley's most recent tooth loss well.