Mississippi State Fair

I met Dave, Beverly and Stacey at the Mississippi State Fair on Sunday. We ate and saw the kind of things you only see at the fair each year. For example, the top photo is a cute little trolley-shaped food stand called the Whistle Stop Cafe, but the most notable thing is at the bottom right of the sign - check it out. It says they serve 'monte crisco' sandwiches - that's right, not monte crisTo sandwiches, but obviously the kind made with shiny lard. The second photo is of a deep-fried Snickers bar, which surprisingly only cost $3 - just about the cheapest thing they sell around there. Since I am pregnant and ate what I wanted to eat, I will unapologetically list it here: (1) free biscuit with syrup from Miss. Ag. Department booth [a bit dry] (2) $5 for 2 crawfish pistolets from a cajun booth [yummy], (3) $5 for a 1 pound cinnamon roll [good enough to save half and eat Monday morning for breakfast], and (4) a $4 'daiquiri' flavored non alcoholic slushie [pretty adequate substitute for alcohol]. Photo #3 is Stacey, me and Beverly posing in front of one of the horrid rides. None of us rode any of the rides but they were fun to watch.