It was. I started out with the creamiest baked potato I ever had in my life. Later my daughter and I had pulled pork barbecue sandwiches, which we always get there although the turkey and beef looked good. I had a smoked trout chowder as well, and brought a couple of thick milkshakes home for the boys and some fried vegetables.

My son, who couldn't go because he had a band try out that was school related, missed it. I'm going to take him Friday, so I can do it all over again and try the honey or apple dumplings and potato doughnuts.

All in all, this is a great event even without the food. We walked among exhibits of thousands of cows, horses, bison,chickens, ducks, rabbits and sheep. The state prize winners were very impressive animals.

There is a "sheep to shawl" contest where a team is given several hours to shear a sheep, spin the wool and make a shawl. My daughter and I usually watch the pony pulls where teams of work mules compete in dragging increasing weights in the main arena, but I must admit that last night's main arena event was a little odd. There was a guy calling square dances and the participants were about 16 guys driving tractors, as if they were dancing, following the calls.