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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can write about your hidden stash of chocolate (come on, I know it’s around there somewhere!) or snap photos of your kids’ mud pies.In other words, the Food on Fridays parameters are not at all narrow. I think of it as a virtual pitch-in where everyone brings something to share; even if the content of one item is unrelated to the rest, we sample it all anyway and have a great time.When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (the big one above or the new smaller option at the bottom) to paste at the top of your post and join us through Mr. Linky.Here’s a Mr. Linky tutorial:

Write up a post, publish, then return here and click on Mr. Linky below. A screen will pop up where you can type in your blog name and paste in the url to your own Food on Fridays post (give us the exact link to your Food on Fridays page, not just the link to your blog).You can also visit other people’s posts by clicking on Mr. Linky and then clicking participants’ names–you should be taken straight to their posts.

Food on Fridays Participants

1. Twirl and Taste (Wine & Cheese Tasting Supper)
2. Cooking during Stolen Moments (Spinach Artichoke Dip Casserole)
3. At Home ‘N About (Shrimp on the Barbie)
4. Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker (Ranch Chicken Salad)
5. Hoosier Homemade (Back to School Cupcakes)
6. Feels Like Home (eat the rainbow)
7. Earth-Friendly Goodies (Lime: the key to the fountain of youth)
8. Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free (Parmesan Quinoa with Summer Veggies)
9. Sentiments by Denise (Freezing Corn)
10. Cook with Sara (banana blueberry coffee cake)
11. Finding Joy in my Kitchen (corn dogs)
12. Girls to Grow (Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins)
13. Not the Jet Set (fresh eats)
14. Passionate Homemaking~Becoming P31 (Making your own specialty coffee)
15. Kitchen Stewardship (Packing a Healthy Lunch)
16. Momtrends (Summer Chicken Salad)
17. ButterYum (Make your own sun-dried tomatoes)
18. Lavender *Sparkles* (Tomato Pie)
19. Unfinished Mom (Purple Hats)
20. The Beautiful Life (Meet Edward)
21. Frugal Homekeeping (Black-Eyes and Dirty Rice and Orange-Sugared Pecans)
22. Prudent and Practical (TVP Red Beans and Rice)
23. Christian Frugal Mama (Coffee Drink)
24. Outward Expression (Healthy (er) Zucchini Bread)
25. A Welcoming Heart (Orange Sweet Rolls)
26. Sweet Willow Cottage (Chocolate-dipped Macaroons)

Food on Fridays with AnnMay I take you on a tour of Indiana State Fair junk food?The kids all wanted an elephant ear and funnel cake. The elephant ear was consumed long before I thought to photograph it, so I took a picture of the stand.Later the kids shared a funnel cake with the Belgian Wonder, and I did get a snapshot.I was too full to eat any funnel cake because I had just finished of one of my State Fair favorites: corn on the cob. Roasted on the grill, dipped in butter, coated with salt.Later we stopped at the Dairy Barn for milkshakes and a cup of milk.Stands sold the usual deep-fried Twinkies and fried Pepsi, but the weird offering this year was the chocolate-covered bacon.Sorry to disappoint you, but we didn’t sample the stuff.Moosh in Indy has some nice State Fair food photos to accompany an article at Visit Indy with Kids.She also posted on her blog a photo she took last year of a farmer named Jim who looks like so many of the men I remember from my childhood. I grew up on a farm in a rural area of Indiana. My dad would take me to the local diner, and while I finished my beef manhatten, he would stop by a table and chat with farmers just like Jim.Well, Moosh in Indy returned to the fair this year and found Jim again. He raises “pastured poultry,” both chicken and turkeys, on “Promised Land Farm.” And since we’re today’s topic is food, keep in mind that it’s not too early to think about Thanksgiving turkey. Click over to appreciate the great photos of Jim, then phone him to place your order for a “Promised Land Turkey.“Though he may not be home at the moment. It seems that he’s sitting next to his ox, Jerry, at the Indiana State Fair.

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