Monday, June 10, 2019

Let Sleeping Goats Lie

The best part of the fair is at 4:30-5:00 in the morning when it's all quiet and everyone is sleeping.  It's also not 98 degrees.  The goats and sheep reside right across from our booth.  Not wanting to wake anyone up, I snuck across the walkway to get a couple of pictures.
Cattle don't snuggle up at night.  Neither do horses.  It was funny to see all the goats and sheep cuddled together to keep warm.  It wasn't a cold night, but they've all been shaved to present the best picture.  I tiptoed so as not to wake them.
It was so early, even the cattle were still snoozing.
This is the nice, peaceful calm before the storm.  In no time, this ring was a madhouse as the sale began.  Here's how it works at this fair.  The local meat market providers buy up all the animals at market price.  They are then resold to anyone who wants to bid on them ... usually friends and family of the kid it belonged to.  That money is your donation.  The animal goes to .... well, you know where .... and the kid gets all the money. 
Surprisingly, there isn't much in the way of ice cream at this fair.  We do have a small milk barn that serves up ice cream bars, milk and chocolate milk.  Lucky for me, they had a little milkshake too.  Nothing to write home about, but it was refreshing on that 103 degree day.
Our fair was always in July in the past in the heat of the summer.  It was so hot animals died right and left in spite of all the fans in every building.  Since then, they moved it to the cooler (??) month of June.

Here's one of OUR products.  Linguica is usually covered with bell peppers and onions.  This was a "hold the peppers" order.  Yes, it's huge, which it should be considering it's $12.00.  I'm not a fan of greasy meat ... I stuck with the hot dogs!!  Not much better, but a little!!
Saturday, I blew it the entire day.  This is an ooey gooey cinnamon roll.  I couldn't help myself.  Here's a hint though ... eat it all in one sitting.  Once it cools off, it becomes a brick.
I've got one more day of fair tales, but for now, I'm crashing.  Almost anyway.  I have to get my truck smogged this morning at 9:00, then catch up on puppy food.  The rest of the day I suspect I'll be caught sleeping on the couch!!!





13 comments:

  1. As I started reading your post I was thinking to myself "That seems early for a fair" but your explaination totally makes sense. Good to see they did something to avoid the heat for the animals.

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    1. For several years we sat for hours and watered down the critters, literally making it rain in the barns. I'm glad they changed the dates. It was pretty traumatic to lose your project.

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  2. Even the animals need to be kept cool.
    Be Safe and Enjoy your relaxing day.

    It's about time.

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    1. Exactly!! People can do something about it, but the poor pigs and sheep could not. We were lucky this year, it was hot only one day.

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  3. Nice to catch up on the rest for the animals as well as you, now some puppy time.

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  4. That would be a nice time to sneak pictures of the sleeping animals. :) Good for you tiptoeing not to disturb them.
    So what meat is the linguica? And Bill would be drooling over that cinnamon roll if he saw it - guess who's not showing him!!??

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    1. Linguica is a Portuguese smoke cured sausage, full of fat and spices. It's not my thing at all, but people around here just LOVE it!!

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    2. oh! as long as it isn't hot spice, it sounds good!

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  5. I don't see what you're complaining about in the Quiche department looks like you already have a food line
    However I'm not sure if I want 84 of them
    https://www.foodservicedirect.com/nancys-petite-quiche-22-4-ounce-32-per-pack-8-packs-per-case-21206962.html?gclid=COSH_bXV3-ICFUL24wcdox4Cgg

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    1. Hahaha Ed ... I've seen those. They aren't too bad, but only if you have one or two!

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  6. Do I get any sauerkraut an chili mustard sauce with my PORTUGUESE LINGUICA SAUSAGES

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    1. You get cooked bell peppers and onions, with condiments any way you like them ... mustard, ketchup and Heinz 57 steak sauce!!

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