"Stuffed to the Muff"

It's ok. You don't have to understand the title. It's a Lawrence family joke.

I have been craving hot, fresh, tiny donuts since I read a friend's blog post about an apple farm that served apple cider mini donuts. I had to have some.

Fortunately, it was craft fair weekend in NWA.
Unfortunately, the tiny donut booth didn't come to the fair this year.
Naturally, we were devastated.

Suffering the painful sting that occurs when cravings meet disappointment, Quincy, Corbin and I sought out an alternative deep fried sugary goodness. We would get our fix, and would not stop until our cravings were satisfied, we ran out of money, or one of us went into cardiac arrest.

What the WHAT?

Deep fried PB&J?!
I love it here.
We sat in the shade with a group of ladies down for a weekend from Maine. They were in love with Corbin and asked if they could keep him. He hammed it up and they shared their deep fried tomatoes and "Spud Dogs" with him.

"What is a spud dog?" You ask?

Well, I shall tell you! Put a foot long hot dog on a stick. Then send a couple potatoes through one of those apple peeler corer things. Thread the potatoes on the stick so they spiral around the hot dog.
Deep fry the crap out of it.
Smother it in chili and nacho cheese.
A Spud Dog is born! Winning!

Other goodies that can be found at the Spanker (heheh. "spanker") Creek Craft Fair are:

-baklava
-crepes with everything on them
-Monte Cristos: a sandwich with Crisco, ham, cheese, spicy pickles, and jam that has been battered, deep fried-obviously- and dusted with powdered sugar.
-funnel cakes
-every flavor imaginable of fresh squeezed lemonade including chocolate, blueberry, watermelon, and hot pepper.
-Deep Fried Everything, from french fries and onion rings to pickles to snickers bars and Twinkies. The kid in front of us in line tried to order "deep fried butter". Is that a thing? Why not just order the whole Fry Daddy and drink the grease?
-Deep Fried Coke: Coco-Cola batter that is deep fried (act surprised, y'all) dusted with powdered sugar, and dipped in a carmely dipping sauce made with coke and browned butter.
-Chocolate dipped fried cheesecake on a stick

Did you have a heart attack just reading that? Those are the goodies that are available at THREE BOOTHS. Yup. There are half a dozen more to choose from.

We ate "funny cake" as Q calls it



Downed not one, but two fresh squeezed lemonades. Locals: does anyone subscribe to the Daily Record? A reporter took some pics of the kids sharing a lemonade, took our names and told us to check tomorrow for a photo.

Pounded a foot long deep fried corn dog.And got a giant bag of sweet and salty kettle corn. Yum.

We walked around and checked out a few of the booths, but then I decided to be realistic. We were there for the food, not the crafts.

The kids danced while these guys played Circle Be Unbroken and Wabash Cannonball. I sat and listened, then had a shocking realization.I actually KNEW these SONGS. That can't be right.

WHAT exactly did they put IN that "funny cake" batter, anyway?! Ahhh!
We headed over to the antique motor display. It was actually really cool. Corbin especially loved throwing corn into the old grain mill. Quincy named her rubber duckie, "Van", and is now calling our minivan, "Duckie". She is in such a silly phase right now. Everything that comes out of her mouth makes us laugh. (see next post)

We picked up a 5lb basket of Arkansas Black apples on the way out.
See? We eat healthy stuff too.
know what's cool about the Arkansas black apple? You can store it in your crisper for 6 months.
It actually does turn black. Gross?
I don't know, we've never kept them long enough for them to turn black...I'll get back to you on that one!
Stuffed to the Muff?
Yeah.

Mission Completed.