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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I by Cathy R [message #51163 is a reply to message #51159 ] |
Fri, 03 August 2012 23:36   |
EMoon
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Yup, Sousaphones.
Which I'm sure were the source of the "Glubalubalum" in Margery Allingham's The Estate of the Beckoning Lady, my favorite of the Campion books because...well, the glubalubalum. A large unwieldy instrument that the player had to more or less inhabit and was supposedly faintly (?) obscene.
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I by Cathy R [message #51190 is a reply to message #51159 ] |
Mon, 06 August 2012 02:20 |
 dagra7
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As someone who's lived in Calgary for more than 20 years, please pass on my thanks to Cathy R. for her lovely profile of my fair city. The Calgary Stampede was an epic party this year, and I look forward to hearing to her further adventures and seeing her pictures. Hopefully she has an article on the interesting food available on the food grounds - mini doughnuts made fresh in front of you, deep-fried twinkies, and all sorts of meats on sticks!
Cheers,
Amanda
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I by Cathy R [message #51191 is a reply to message #51190 ] |
Mon, 06 August 2012 03:06 |
CathyR
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| dagra7 wrote on Mon, 06 August 2012 07:20 |
As someone who's lived in Calgary for more than 20 years, please pass on my thanks to Cathy R. for her lovely profile of my fair city. The Calgary Stampede was an epic party this year, and I look forward to hearing to her further adventures and seeing her pictures. Hopefully she has an article on the interesting food available on the food grounds - mini doughnuts made fresh in front of you, deep-fried twinkies, and all sorts of meats on sticks!
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Thanks. "Epic party" sums it up well! And yes, the food does get a mention - not in entirely complimentary terms, I'm afraid!  Meats on sticks, pizza on sticks, fries on sticks, deep fried all sorts ...... The fresh icy lemonade was great, though!
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I by Cathy R [message #51209 is a reply to message #51191 ] |
Tue, 07 August 2012 01:33 |
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| CathyR wrote on Mon, 06 August 2012 02:06 |
And yes, the food does get a mention - not in entirely complimentary terms, I'm afraid! Meats on sticks, pizza on sticks, fries on sticks, deep fried all sorts ...... The fresh icy lemonade was great, though!
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This part of the Stampede sounds a lot like the food side of Midwestern U.S. state fairs, where every year seems to bring some new and heretofore unimagined food on a stick. I think the vendors are all trying to impress each other. 
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I & ll by Cathy R [message #51240 is a reply to message #51159 ] |
Tue, 07 August 2012 22:01 |
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part two-- Your photographs of the rodeo are simply amazing! Thank you for sharing.
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I by Cathy R [message #51255 is a reply to message #51251 ] |
Wed, 08 August 2012 13:40 |
CathyR
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| Katsheare wrote on Wed, 08 August 2012 11:23 |
I must admit, I was thinking the same thing, and when I read:
Fortunately for me, we also found probably the only healthy meal option on the whole site – fresh stirfried noodles and vegetables – along with a patch of shade in which to sit and eat it.
I realized it was just that I'd been going to fairs in the wrong country all along.
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I meant it literally - it was the only healthy thing we could find. And I agree re the idea of fried butter - it sounds positively disgusting. And deep fried Kool Aid!!!??? There are loads of YouTube videos demonstrating this, as well as many other extraordinary fried concoctions.
| Katsheare wrote on Wed, 08 August 2012 11:23 |
Do they even have funnel cakes in England? Or is clotted cream the payoff?
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No, I'd never heard of funnel cakes before the Stampede. Or elephant ears. Are they made out of something similar to doughnut batter?
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I by Cathy R [message #51269 is a reply to message #51255 ] |
Wed, 08 August 2012 23:58 |
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Diane in MN
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| CathyR wrote on Wed, 08 August 2012 12:40 |
No, I'd never heard of funnel cakes before the Stampede. Or elephant ears. Are they made out of something similar to doughnut batter?
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Funnel cakes, in my experience, are more like a pancake batter that may be slightly sweetened. I don't get to fairs a lot and don't eat much fair food when I do, but I admit to liking funnel cakes, even though they have no redeeming nutritional value. But then, alas, I like doughnuts too. Elephant ears, in my experience, are coils of flaky pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar. When they're done right, they're good, too.
It's a very good thing that I don't go to many fairs.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I, ll & lll by Cathy R [message #51308 is a reply to message #51159 ] |
Sun, 12 August 2012 01:56 |
dagra7
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In regards to Stampede food, I especially recommend the mini-doughnuts. They make them fresh in front of you, and that deep-fried sugary, cinnamonny goodness is all sorts of wonderful. It's just not Stampede without the doughnuts!
Cheers,
Amanda
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| Re: Calgary Stampede Part I, ll & lll by Cathy R [message #51321 is a reply to message #51319 ] |
Mon, 13 August 2012 02:46 |
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Fake Frenchie
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| Diane in MN wrote on Mon, 13 August 2012 03:48 |
Great pictures, CathyR. Thank you!
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What she said!!
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