It’s a beef stew that is cooked all night by “burgoomeisters” and has all kinds of veggies in it. Think potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, peas, okra (?), onions, hominy and I can’t remember what else. Before we tried it we asked lots of people if they thought it was good and we got lots of answers ranging from “skip it” to “needed more salt” and “absolutely”. Some people are grossed out that it cooks all night in the rain....
Not us. We were ADVENTURING.
These are the cookers.
This guy asked if we liked cats and said they don’t have a cat problem anymore *wink*.
Jerms is skeptical though he actually really enjoyed it. As did I. I may even make it.
Other fun we ate included fair food such as corn dogs and nachos as well as what was called a Chimney Cake Sundae. Basically, the dough is rolled and put into a rotisserie and then filled with ice cream and toppings. I mean, YES.
It was super messy to eat but YUM. We felt like we had made the right choice.
This event has over 350 vendors and I ended up getting a dress and we got some giant amount of bath bombs, as well as some jewelry. The town is adorable and kind of in a valley. We saw the blacksmith. Jerms got his face painted. If one was inclined you could get drinks and walk with them since basically everything was closed down to cars. It’s seriously a HUGE event and we just happened to luck out that it was also happening this weekend as we drove home. Perfect! We did all the fall things these last two weekends and it was so fun!
Downside: no interior bathrooms at ANY of the events (unless you go to a gas station or fast food). Loved seeing small-town Illinois as I never have before. (Ok, well I did go to Burgoo Fest once when I was a kid but all I remember is that it rained a lot and we got soaked and I didn’t like beef stew.)
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