Jersey Mike

Having spent my first couple of years living in Central PA with a large chip on my shoulder, I never did make the pilgrimage to the annual Farm Show each January.

I guess I missed the eighty-sixth through the ninety-first.

But zooo-WEEE is the ninety second a doozy!

For YEARS, I ignored the siren-like beckons of “the food is AMAZING” and “yinz haven’t been to the FARM SHOW!?”

The responses I’d get proceeding my informing people that I hadn’t ever been to a Farm Show could be likened to my reaction to someone telling me that they have not seen the movie “Garden State”.

But now, I guess I can say my legacy of being a Central Pennsylvania resident is complete.

I, my friends, have just returned from my first visit to the Ninety Second Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show.

And boy oh BOY did it live up to the hype.

I cannot think of a better way to spend my Sunday afternoon than trudging through throngs of families as we slosh through the gobs and gobs of pig pee and cow dung…but the cows and pigs are so darn cute that I could barely complain about the smell.

And oh, the smell- how convenient is it, after inhaling a rib-wich, fried cheese balls on a stick, a baked potato, a bag of nuts, a fresh chocolate milkshake and a handful of samplings of turkey jerkey, venison sausage and bison meat, to browse through aisle after aisle of every imaginable breed and species of swine and bovine…while adding ones OWN scent to the already-tasty aromatic atmosphere?

And for the romantic at heart- have a gander at these- first, it’s a pair of pigs spooning.

But wait, it gets better-

What’s better than two spooning pigs?

Well shucks, how about a FARMER spooning with a pig!

Ah yes, the two thousand and eight Pennsylvania Farm Show.

What have I been missing all these years?

But in all seriousness, if you don’t mind wading through farm animal feces and thousands upon thousands of wide-eyed Pennsylvanians, take a trip to the Farm Show. It’s a fun day, the food really is delectable and unique and, best of all, you may get to see this guy- the loudest damn pig I’ve ever, ever heard.

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