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Pie-eating contests, cuddly petting zoos, cotton candy, and carnival rides–is there any better summer tradition than a county or state fair?Deep-fried Oreos. Funnel cake. Corn dogs. Part of the fun at state and county fairs is the booths serving up sometimes wacky, not always healthy food.
A professional contractor, Loris estimates he spends up to eight hours a day in the dirt. As he puts it, “Gardening for me doesn’t stop.”Drew Lenhart is something of a king bee when it comes to the honey competitions at state fairs around the area. First getting into beekeeping in 2019 , the Urbana resident, who works as an engineer, has amassed a desk-drawerful of blue ribbons, including for grand-champion honey-and-wax exhibitor at the Maryland State Fair in 2022 and 2023.
While the offerings at our area fairs might seem tame compared with stuff that’s been dished out in Iowa , Kansas , and Minnesota , here are a few unusual items you might see at this region’s fairs.When Jason Loris won the prize for heaviest butternut squash at the Virginia State Fair last year, he didn’t just beat out local competitors. His 131.4-pound behemoth became a Guinness-approved world-record breaker.
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