Engines and More Food

I awoke yesterday morning to the sound of this tractor starting up outside our bedroom window. It's a 1951 Harry Ferguson tractor with a 1969 Chevy 350 engine. It was built and restored by our host, Louis Barbaglia, and Lou was getting it ready to display at the festival.

There was a whole row of old tractors and then next to them was one of my favorites, the single cylinder, hit and miss engines.

Although we often find them hooked up to ice cream makers, this one was demonstrating the grinding of corn.

While we were watching the engines, a little more ancient transportation came by.

Of course, we didn't make it through all the food the first day, so we were back at it yesterday. The first order of the day was barbeque. In these parts that means only one thing Cornell Recipe Chicken. No pulled pork or lathered beef in around here. No, it's chicken halves roasted on racks over a pit fire and basted with a special sauce developed years ago in the kitchens at nearby Cornell University.

A traditional side dish served with the chicken, and also with corn on the cob, is called "salt potatoes". These are small 1"-1 1/2" new potatoes boiled in heavily salted water and served with melted butter. The dinner consisted of chicken, salt potatoes, cole slaw, applesauce, roll and a drink.

For dessert we have something called fried dough. It's bread dough, rolled into sheets and then cut into strips, twisted and then deep fried and then rolled in cinnamon sugar.

There's also curly fries, if you're interested.

And it goes on and on 'til we were too stuffed to move.

I told the story yesterday of the Community Council and it's functions. I found a poster that they had put up to show how the monies that they have raised are spent.

Now we're off to more Northern climes for a few days before starting back South. We've really enjoyed being back in our old stomping grounds. We've visited and eaten and toured all over the area. We think that the small town festivals are really special. I encourage all of you to support yours, wherever they may be.