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Though the coronavirus pandemic has caused the cancellation of fairs across the country, one Kansas company is bringing a favorite aspect — sweet food — to cities in the state, including Salina this week, and helping to feed people in the process. Every day from noon to 10 p.m., Ottaway Amusement Co., which has been the carnival provider at the Tri-Rivers Fair for years, is at the Mid State Plaza parking lot, 2450 S. Ninth St., serving sweet fair foods, including funnel cake. Part of the proceeds from sales will support the Kansas Food Bank, which serves over 700 hunger-relief partners in 85 Kansas counties, including in Saline County. Ottaway has been serving food across the state, beginning in its home of Wichita, since July and has raised over $52,000 for the food bank. Owner Danny Ottaway said the company provides carnival rides at several fairs, but when the pandemic hit, the fair business took a hit as well. "Due to COVID, there’s no carnivals," Ottaway said. Salin...

My first funnel cake memory isn't of strolling the Midway at the Arkansas State Fair — it's eagerly waiting while my mother (and maybe one of my aunts) stood over a pot of bubbling oil frying and draining the crispy-on-the-outside-tender-on-the-inside confections as quickly as my dad, brother, cousins and I could eat them. I'm positive it wasn't my first time eating a funnel cake because I remember thinking how cool it was that we needn't wait all year for the fair or another festival to take place to enjoy the delicious sugary fried treats. And of all the many scrumptious treats available at the fair — smoked turkey legs; foot-long corndogs; giant pretzels; perfectly seasoned, whole-spiral cut fried potatoes; deep-fried Snickers; cotton candy; candied and caramel apples to scratch the surface — funnel cakes are still my favorite. If not for the pandemic, the Arkansas State Fair would be Oct. 16-25. But not this year. Maybe next year — if we all do our part to co...

CLOSE Firefighters raise flag for National Anthem on Patriots Day at York Fair York Dispatch York County residents who have been craving fair food staples this year will be able to get their fix of lemonade, deep-fried Oreos and cinnamon rolls. The York State Fair Food Festival will bring 10 vendors together onto the fairgrounds this weekend for a new event offering a variety of popular fair food. "Our staff and community was devastated when we had to announce the cancellation of the 2020 York State Fair," said fair spokesperson Brianna Holmes. "We wanted to provide an opportunity for vendors to be successful after they’ve had a rough season due to so many large events being canceled — as well as our loyal fair guests who look forward to our event each year." Buy Photo Tom Cravetts cooks Italian sausage, peppers and onions at the Santillo's stand on the last day of the 2019 York Fair, Sunday, September 15, 2019. John A. Pavoncello photo   (...

CLOSE A packing list for those planning to go to the Arizona State Fair drive-thru food event: water, a car with functioning air conditioning, a full tank of gas and patience. This event is not for those who only sort of like carnival goodies. You need to really be committed to your love of pizza, funnel cake and corn dogs for the wait for be worth it.  On day one of the Arizona State Fair drive-thru food event, people were ready and waiting at the fairgrounds when the gates opened at noon. Any illusions that this event would not be completely packed were immediately shattered when I arrived at 12:15 p.m. The line of cars snaked around the parking lot and stretched all the way to the entry point on Monte Vista Road and 19th Avenue. Around 12:30 p.m., a passenger in the vehicle in front of me jumped out of the car, exasperated, likely realizing she was in for a long, sweaty wait in the midday sun. After a few minutes, a state fair e...

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair lovers rejoice! Several much-loved Hometown Fair favorites will be available in Manhattan Beach during the weekend the fair would normally take place — the first weekend in October. "When we made the announcement that we couldn't meet in-person [due to COVID-19], nobody was more disappointed than us," said Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair President Joe Marcy. "We received overwhelming support from the community. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Many of you understood the circumstances and wanted to support our comeback." Pepperbellies, tri-tip sandwiches, pulled pork sandwiches and funnel cakes will be available at four restaurants that are carrying on the spirit of the Hometown Fair, in spite of the pandemic. The downtown Manhattan Beach restaurants offering these Fair favorites with their own culinary spins are Brewco, Zinc @ Shade, Rock'N Fish and The Strand House. Pepperbellies will be availa...

Monday, September 14th 2020, 4:12 pm By: News 9 Funnel Cake Recipe 2 cups all purpose flour, sifted 3 tablespoons light brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Pinch of ground cinnamon 2 large eggs 1 cup whole milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract In a bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon until well combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and whisk until no lumps remain. Allow to rest for 15 minutes before using. While batter is resting, heat 2 inches of vegetable oil in a Dutch oven or deep fryer to 375°F. Line a plate with paper towels; set aside. Transfer batter to a pitcher. Making 1 funnel cake at a time, pour 1/3 cup batter into oil in a small steady stream, pouring mixture in circles that overlap, making one large circle roughly 6 inches wide. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes, flipping the funnel cake over halfway through frying using a ...

PLAINFIELD, IL — Village residents can satiate their sweet tooth with a very unique food truck on Thursday. My Funnel will be selling some of its most scrumptious treats from 5-8 p.m. in the Wesmere neighborhood. Christine Stancliff, owner of the food truck, said they were asked by the Homeowner Association to visit Plainfield. This is their first time here, and she is "very excited" to be serving her hot funnel cakes. "We will carry your favorite fair foods -funnel cakes, deep-fried Oreos, ice cream, and fresh squeezed lemonades," she said. Guests can also enjoy one of their most popular items — the Maple Bacon Funnel Cake which comes with a cake covered in maple frosting, fried bacon and whipped cream. Stancliff said the customers have to abide by the CDC recommendations and wear masks when ordering. They also need to socially distance, and she said they have a cone system in place to help with that. Each person will be required to stand by a cone which is 6 ...

Return to homepage × Please subscribe to keep reading. You can cancel at any time. Already a subscriber? Loading&hellp; No thanks, return to homepage. × Sign Up Today and Support Local Journalism Enjoy more articles from Bloomington's Most Trusted Information Source. Subscribers can log in for unlimited digital access Erasmo Dizon of St. Louis, Missouri, turns shish kabobs on the grill while making lunch for diners during the Taste of McLean County Fair Food Fest on Wednesday.  DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH Nothing can stop the joy of a freshly powdered funnel cake.  The county fair is canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but you can still get some of the food at the Taste of McLean County Fair Food Fest.  Devin Gray of Bloomington had a corn dog for lunch Wednesday. She and her daughter, Alyssa, a member of the County Capri 4-H Club, made the most out of the canceled county fa...

With the summer fair season canceled due to the current health crisis, chef and author George Geary is sharing the flavors of county fairs, like funnel cake, for you to try at home. Recipe and photo reprinted from “Fair Foods: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State and County Fairs” by George Geary, Santa Monica Press In his best-selling cookbook, “Fair Foods: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State and County Fairs,” Geary celebrates the delicious and strange foods sold at these traveling wonderlands. Check out one of the recipes for yourself below: Funnel Cake with Berries Makes 6-10 funnel cakes Supplies Electric mixer Stockpot Medium saucepan Candy/deep fry thermometer Pastry bag Wire rack Ingredients Funnel Cakes 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1 cup of water, cool 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt 1/2 teaspoon of granulated sugar 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour 3 large eggs 2 large egg whites C...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KGO) -- California's Great America in Santa Clara is famous for its funnel cake and for good reason. The warm, crispy and delicious treat can be topped with ice cream, sprinkles, cookies, fruit, syrups, powdered sugar and more. It is something that visitors of all ages crave! In fact, the strawberry funnel cake is so popular at Great America that guests eat nearly 50,000 pounds of strawberry sauce on their funnel cakes each season. In order to keep up with the demand, 42,000 pints of strawberries are used to make the popular sauce. Even though the park is closed during shelter-in-place, you can still enjoy this decadent dessert. The park's executive chef, Erick Ponce, is revealing how to make his sought after funnel cake right at home. He invited us into his kitchen to share Great America's signature strawberry funnel cake recipe. GA Famous Strawberry Sauce: Ingredients 1/3 cup water 1 cup whole frozen strawberries cup white granulated sugar 3oz...

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Missing the fun of munching your way through the county fair during this summer of COVID-19? Well, you can have your funnel cake and eat it, too, at a Fair Food Drive-Thru June 20 in Middleburg Heights. While many fairs and festivals have been canceled this year, you can still get your favorite midway foods during this event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Entrance is at the Middleburg Heights Community Center parking lot, 16000 Bagley Road. There you will find corn dogs, funnel cakes, soft pretzels with cheese, gyros, hot dogs, French fries, cheese on a stick, chicken fingers, chicken pitas, fresh-squeezed lemonade and beverages. This event is drive-through only -- no on-site dining. Restroom facilities will not be available. Food can be purchased with cash only; no checks or credit cards. This event is approved by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. For more information, visit https://ift.tt/1bNlfZD.

As far as the hacker’s toolbox goes, the 3D printer is way up there in terms of utility. Sure, it takes time to learn the ins and outs of designing, slicing, and extruding, but after that, the world is pretty much your additive oyster. Follow those design dreams, or use it to replace the things that break. The icing on the cake? You can chase those dreams into other materials, because 3D prints can be used to cast metal. [RetroTech Journal] wanted to fry up some rosette cookies, a Scandinavian delight from his youth that look a lot like fancy, personal funnel cakes. They’re made with special aluminium irons that shape the dough while it fries, as opposed to the jumbled chaos that is funnel cake. Rosette irons come in a few traditional shapes, but once you get tired of those, it’s up to you to cast them in aluminium. And how would you go about doing that? By creating a firmly-packed sand mold using a mounted 3D print. In the endlessly entertaining video after the break, [RetroTech Jo...

What to Know Pacific Park shared a video showing how to make its famous funnel cake at home The Santa Monica Pier destination is temporarily closed You'll need a few standard ingredients, plus the ability to fry the cakes, too So many cookbook authors and television chefs and 'gram-famous foodies have showed us how to make a host of yummy dishes at home over the last couple of months. In addition, though, to revealing their favorite recipes? They've sometimes recommended on how to set the stage in your place, all to up the atmosphere surrounding the supper. Colorful napkins or the right playlist have given further flavor to your culinary project. But you will not, repeat, will not be required to build a full Ferris wheel to enjoy the Pacific Park funnel cake, nor will anyone expect you to construct a pier that extends over the ocean. For while it is rather difficult to replicate the atmosphere of the Santa Monica Pier in our own homes, we can create one of the...

Santa's Village in East Dundee has set up a food truck in its parking lot to sell fair food -- corn dogs, cotton candy, kettle corn -- that people may not be able to get otherwise this summer because so many festivals have been canceled. - Original Credit:(Santas Village / HANDOUT)

Now you can enjoy the snacks from California's Great America at home. They just shared their amazing Bananas Foster Funnel Cake recipe! To get started you will need the following: 0.25 cup unsalted butter 0.75 cup dark brown sugar 0.5 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp spiced rum (or whatever rum you have on-hand) 1 cup heavy whipping cream 2 sliced bananas You can download the printable recipe here. Watch Chef Erick mix all the ingredients at home. For further direction visit California Great America. PhotoCourtesy:GettyImages

May 3, 2020, 2:08 PM · When the nation's theme parks closed in March, the first thing we did here at Theme Park Insider to help keep the theme park magic alive was head into the kitchen. If you missed it the first time around, check out our Social Distancing Kitchen show on YouTube, where we showed you how to make several popular theme park food items, including Disneyland's Monte Cristo sandwich and Silver Dollar City's Skillet Dinners. Now many parks are putting their chefs and food managers online (who, unlike me, actually know what they're doing in a kitchen) to show you how to make even more theme park snacks. Let's start with the all-time classic funnel cake, this time served with a decadent Bananas Foster sauce, courtesy California's Great America. Here's the recipe, along with two "how-to" videos from the park's Chef Erick. [embedded content] [embedded content] You'll wanna wash down that piping hot funnel cake with somethin...

You know, the older I get, the more I yearn for the simple things in life. Take spring, for instance. I’ve sure been blessed over my years while growing up in a good home, with some good times, and about the best friends a man could have in the best town around. Dargan was something very special to me with my grandparents Reno and Gen, and those neighbors were about the best any kid could have. This time of year is always one of my favorites. When spring arrived in my youth, a sturdy stick, a big brown bag and maybe a sandwich would be gathered for my trip to the deep woods in search of noble, earthly standing little fungus statues known as morels. Perhaps there is something quite miraculous about the tiny spores of this mysterious little creation. It’s a delicacy fit for royalty that is practically indescribable unless you have found a few, dipped them in a beaten egg with a dusting of flour and placed them gently in a skillet for a quick swim in some hot b...