First, a shoutout to the folks who amble to the fairgrounds toting bottles of water, sandwiches and baggies of carrot sticks. Bless your forethought and discipline. Say kind things about the rest of us, whom you’ll surely outlive, when we’re gone. Along with your excellent cholesterol counts, by forgoing the indulgences of the fair you […]
fried food
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On a Stick: Deep-fried Daredevilry at the Fair
There are plenty of innocent pleasures to be had at the fair, from riding the Ferris wheel with your sweetheart to perusing the prize-winning livestock. But if you’re not going to indulge your gastronomic id by eating something deep fried and totally unreasonable, you’re not really getting the whole experience. The Humboldt County Fair is in full […]
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Fair Factor
Editor’s note: It’s official — the Humboldt County Fair is back. To help our readers prep for what many see as the most important fair experience — the food — here’s a look back at a 2015 walk through of edible attractions at the Ferndale tradition. You can smell the fryers from the parking lot […]
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Roadside Attractions
Humboldt has classic summer road food well worth pulling over for. Nothin’ fancy, just favorites from the grill and the fryer that will take you back. Don’t forget napkins. Lots of napkins. Chili dog aficionados around here are devoted to Bob’s Footlongs (505 12th St., Fortuna). Feed your nostalgia with an order of piping hot […]
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Fair Factor
You can smell the fryers from the parking lot as you stumble through the lumpy pasture toward the whirring rides and tinny pop music playing on the other side of the turnstiles. Once inside the Humboldt County Fair, the maze of traveling food stands and the barrage of signs for jumbo and beer battered everything […]
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Ringside
Some people can’t even look at food after Thanksgiving. But you’re better than that. There is a lot to distract you at Shamus T Bones (1911 Truesdale St., Eureka), what with the sparking Tesla coil, the judgmental taxidermy and the controversially boiled ribs. Take the advice of another Journal tipster and focus your attention instead […]