Chicken-on-a-Stick

Sounds interesting, huh?? Well everyone told us to go to the State Fair for the food and most importantly the Chicken-on-a-Stick. We had even heard that people went to the Fair for lunch during the week - even more interesting right?? Given Andrew's love for those toss-you-upside-down and spin-you-around rides and my love for funnel cakes, we decided to give it a try. I should mention that we had no plans to go to the Fair until I heard that because of the rainy weather we had during the week of the Fair that it was going to be extended for an extra day, Monday (and Andrew was off) and it would be $2 day. So parking, admission, and rides were all $2 each...not bad for the Fair...and my cheap self.

So we ventured to the Fair this past Monday. It was a beautiful day and because we were at the Fair by 1pm there wasn't much of a crowd! Once inside our first order of business was to get a Chicken-on-a-Stick. So we scoped out the food trailers and I spot a Penn's (it's the local fast-food catfish place here that also serves good Chicken-on-a-Stick). Off I go to Penn's while Andrew is debating if he wanted a corn dog or something else. In the end he heads over to Penn's with me and we order 2 Chicken-on-a-Sticks, a side of Fried Dill Pickles, and a large diet coke. Well, the guy's face was a little odd when we ordered all of this, but I figured it was because he just wanted us to hurry up. Nope, I was wrong, it was because we ended up with a ton of food - I am sure he was actually wondering where I was going to stuff a Chicken-on-a-Stick and half an order of Dill Pickles. I am also sure that our faces displayed our shock at the amount of food when he placed it on the counter - because it was not what we were expecting.

We had assumed that the Chicken-on-a-Stick was going to be a thin slice of chicken grilled or fried on a stick....WRONG! It was hunks of chicken breast, 4 or 5 of them, plus onion petals, and dill pickles, all battered and deep fried!! The batter was amazing and the chicken was super moist and we know now why everyone raves about the Chicken-on-a-Stick from Penn's. But as we are working our way through this amazing new food find, I began to wonder how am I going to finish this foot-long, deep fried treat and still manage to ride the scrambler. Needless to say, I didn't finish mine nor did Andrew and we had to take a walk around the midway before our tummy's said we could try to ride something.

We managed to ride all the rides we had selected - of course Andrew rode several on his own because my weak stomach can barely handle the scrambler. But all in all it was a great day and we now know to order a single Chicken-on-a-Stick if we want a side dish!! Until now, we would drive past Penn's to get to all the other fast food joints, but now we will be pulling in for a heart attack to go a little more often.