The Oregon State Fair is fast approaching, and with it some pretty energetic contests, everything from watermelon-seed spitting to competitive corn shucking to an ice cream “churn-a-ment.” Previous winners have set the bar high.
Fried dough is a fair staple, whether it goes by the name doughboy, elephant ear, or funnel cake. At the Oregon State Fair in Salem, the Road Kill—a consistent best-seller—represents fried dough at its most abstract: deep-fried and flattened into the shape of a dead possum or rat and dressed with a variety of berry sauces and syrups to resemble oozing blood and guts.
The fair is less than six weeks away; businesses and neighborhood leaders should be planning how to best leverage the 2010 fair’s economic opportunities for the Mid-Valley.