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#18 Roadtrips - New Orleans, LA & Los Angeles, CA

#18 Roadtrips - N'Awlins& LANo festival this weekend so Best Bird Contest on the site. Send me a pic of your bird if you have a chance, maybe even a prize to the winner!The festival season seems to...

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1st Annual Turkey "Best Bird" Photo ContestTurkey #1 (3 Votes T-2nd)This beauty was submitted from Ingrid and Scott from Chicago. Notice the seasonings have created a nice crust on top, and the even...

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#19 Czech Festival, St. Louis, MO, March 27, 2010

#19 Czech Festival - St. Louis, MO - March 27, 2010I had no idea that there was a Czech American Center in St. Louis, and I really didn't know it was the first one established in the US over 145 years...

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#20 - Sheep Festival - Waterloo, IL - April, 10 2010

#20 - Sheep Festival - Waterloo, IL - April, 10 2010Nothing like seeing mother with daughter. For those of you who are sheep uninformed, an adult female is referred to as an "ewe" and the male is a...

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#21 Mushroom Festival - Grafton, IL - April 24, 2010

#21 Mushroom Festival - Grafton, IL - April 24, 2010 The Skies were angry that day my friends.  It was almost as if Mother Nature Mother Nature felt my pain at this Mushroom Festival.  I had tried to...

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#22 Polish Festival - St. Louis, MO - May 2, 2010

#22 Polish Festival - St. Louis, MO - May 2, 2010The Official Crest of Poland. This symbol is proudly displayed outside of St. Stanislaus Church in St. Louis, the site of this great festival. I was...

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#23 Rhubarb Festival - Kankakee, IL - May 15, 2010

#23 - Rhubarb Festival, Kankakee, IL, May 15, 2010This sad looking sign should have prepared me for the disappointment to come. As a veteran festival goer, I should have known not to arrive late. Alas,...

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#24 Strawberry Festival - St. Jacob, IL - May 23, 2010

#24 - Strawberry Festival - St. Jacob, IL - May 23, 2010It was a beautiful Spring day that felt like the middle of Summer. It was the first day of the year to break 90 degrees, and you could hear...

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#25 Rib America/Crawfish Boil - St. Louis, MO - May 29, 2010

#25 Rib America/Crawfish Boil - St. Louis, MO - May 29, 2010You can call them Crawdads, Crayfish, Crawfish or Mudbugs, or many other names, but you will have to call them delicious. If you are a loyal...

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#26 Horseradish Festival - Collinsville, IL - June 6, 2010

#26 Horseradish Festival - Collinsville, IL - June 6, 2010A giant jar o' horseradish welcomes you to the International Horseradish Festival. They used to have a giant horseradish root that floated over...

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#27 Turkey Festival - Tremont, IL - June 12, 2010

#27 Turkey Festival - Tremont, IL - June 12, 2010The turkeys were flowing at this festival as it proved to be much larger than expected. Look at those beautiful Golden Brown and Delicious (GBD for...

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#28 Hillbilly Days - Lebanon, MO - June 19, 2010

Hillbilly Days - Bennett Springs State Park (Lebanon, MO) - June 19, 2010I was really looking forward to this festival, as the silliness potential was off the charts. Yes, it was a 2 1/2 hour drive...

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#29 New Melle Fest's World Famous Gizzards - June 26, 2010

#29 New Melle Fest's World Famous Gizzards - New Melle, MO - June 26, 2010Why would you have a burger and fries, when you can have a burger and gizzards. That's right, gizzards. I went to this festival...

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#30 Ketchup Festival - Collinsville, IL - July 11, 2010

#30 Ketchup Festival - Collinsville, IL - July 11, 2010Now I had been to this festival before, and unfortunately not much has changed in the land of giant ketchup bottles. Pictured are: a large replica...

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#31 Pike County Fair - Pleasant Hill, IL- July 17, 2010

#31 Pike County Fair - Pleasant Hill, IL- July 17, 2010I have to admit that this festival was not my first choice. Heck, it wasn't even my second. I had originally scheduled the Bagel Festival in...

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#32 Sunflower Festival - Clarksville, MO - July 25, 2010

#32 Sunflower Festival - Clarksville, MO - July 25, 2010You really have to hate life in order to dislike sunflowers. How could anyone not smile a little just looking at them. I got lost in their...

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#33 Walleye Festival, Findlay, IL, July 31, 2010

#33 Walleye Festival, Findlay, IL, July 31, 2010A fresh made-to-order Walleye Sandwich. After a recent string of disappointments, I finally found a festival featuring its theme ingredient. The walleye...

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#34 Decatur Celebration - Decatur, IL - August 8, 2010

#34 Decatur Celebration - Decatur, IL - August 8, 2010Meat on a stick is always good, but hard to determine exactly what it is. You are actually looking at alligator on a stick. And yes, it tasted...

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#35 Inland Seafood Festival - Cincinnati, OH - August 14, 2010

#35 Inland Seafood Festival - Cincinnati, OH - August 14, 2010The $10.95 whole Maine lobster. This was the big draw at this festival, and I'll admit I was excited about a whole lobster for under 11...

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#36 Festival of Nations - St. Louis, MO - August 28. 2010

Festival of Nations - St. Louis, MO - August 28, 2010As you can see, this is a pretty well attended festival set in the sprawling Tower Grove Park. Although the pathways in front of the vendors was...

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#37 Popcorn Festival - Casey, IL - September 5, 2010

Popcorn Festival - Casey, IL - September 5, 2010Welcome to the Popcorn Festival in Casey, and yes, the first thing you get is a free bag of popcorn. Getting the theme ingredient for free at a festival...

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#38 Shrimp Festival - Golconda, IL - September 18, 2010

#38 Shrimp Festival - Golconda, IL - September 18, 2010You might be wondering if that is shrimp on a perfectly good nacho, and the answer would be yes. I'm not sure who or why someone thought this was...

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#39 Goose Festival - Sumner, MO - October 23, 2010

#39 Goose Festival - Sumner, MO - October 23, 2010Welcome to Sumner, MO the Wild Goose Capital of the world. Don't believe me? It's written right on their local saloon. I'm not sure what the process is...

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#40 Horseradish Festival - Collinsville, IL - June 3, 2011

#40 Horseradish Festival - Collinsville, IL - June 3, 2011It's Horseradish Festival time once again, and I put together another recipe this year. I was the back-to-back champion and the stage was set...

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Pirate Festival - Kingdom City, MO - June 10, 2011

#41 Pirate Festival - Kingdom City, MO - June 11, 2011Avast Ye Matey!Just when I thought I was on the verge of running out of strange and weird new places, Kingdom City's Pirate Festival delivered....

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