There are lots of things to see at the California State Fair!  They have lots of rides and lots of little stores and exhibits. They also have delicious stands for food.  One of the foods that they offer is deep-fried s’mores.  I decided to try it!  It had nice chocolatey graham cracker goodness on the outside and sweet, gooey marshmallow on the inside.  Its just like a real s’more except its deep-fried.  They also have french fries and my brother decided to try them.  He let me try them too and I thought they were soft and tasty.  He liked them too.  We also bought a refillable drink cup that you can fill up again and again for $2 at any of the food stands.  After that, I went to the corn on the cob stand and ordered a giant corn on the cob.  They grill it in the husk and they have a table of toppings and condiments. The corn was sweet, juicy and buttery.  My mom and I loved it!  It was the biggest, juiciest corn I have ever had in my whole life.  Next time we go, I am getting another one of those!  After that, we went to the farmers market area where there is lots of fruit, nuts, and honey sticks as well as fun animals to look at.  We decided to get the grapes.  They were sweet, juicy and nice and fresh too.  I also tried a honey stick. It was very sweet, delicious honey.  Bees are a great insect because they pollinate and make that delicious honey.

I went back the next week for another taste and I tried the deep fried Twinkies. They were crunchy and creamy and they had a choice of chocolate or strawberry toppings.  I had the chocolate and I thought it was really good!  Then we went inside a building and had a cinnamon roll. It was very warm and gooey and everybody loved it!  Later in the day, when it was nice and hot, we went and got some shaved ice. We got watermelon flavor and it was nice and sweet, plenty of juice and it was perfect for a nice, hot day! For my overall assessment, I think the State Fair is a great place to go and sample some of the delicious foods there.  You can get some delicious fruit or sweet treats to keep up your energy to go on the really fun kids’ rides and fun-houses.  Its a great place to go with your family and friends!

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When we arrived at the California State fair, my mom said, “How about we go get some food?” So we had a funnel cake which was $5.50. A funnel cake is a type of cake but not like birthday cake with frosting and stuff. It’s kind of like a donut with powdered sugar on it. It’s about the size of a small dinner plate. They had different kinds like chocolate chip and some with strawberries and whipped cream. We just got regular powdered sugar. I thought it was really chewy, powdered sugary and sweet. My mom said it could have been warmer. It was crispy and soft at the same time. I liked it a little bit. Next we got lemonade. It was sweet. It had a lemon seed and half of a lemon in the cup. It was a little tart but mostly sweet. I loved it. It was really cold and refreshing. What’s special about it is that you can watch them make it right in front of you. They got 4 lemon halves (2 lemons cut in half) then they squeeze them into a large cup. Then they poured 2 tablespoons of sugar. Then they filled the cup with half water and half ice and they shook it. Enjoy! There was so much food around, it was really hard to decide what to try. We finally decided to try the deep fried s’mores from Chicken Charlie’s. They have deep fried everything! The deep fried s’more was really crunchy and very chocolaty. It was also really sweet because of the chocolate and I could kind of taste the marshmallow. It looks like it won’t taste very good but it tastes delicious. Deep fried s’mores may sound gross but it was good. And that’s the thing about trying new foods. You may look at it and hear the name and say “No, I’m not eating that!” but wait until you try it. Then I had a snow cone right before we left. It was in a pretty blue cup. The cup’s top was shaped like a flower. The snow cone had good shredded ice. There were different flavors like blue raspberry and lime, but we got rainbow. It was really flavorful and sweet. There are a lot of food choices at the fair. If you see something like deep fried s’mores or deep fried Oreos, before you say, “No, thank you”, why don’t you try it?