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[wasnotafan]

good morning

Happy canada day to all of our dads up north

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[afwdwfan]

Good morning... County Fair week here. I have to be there just about every night. Not looking forward to that part, but I can't wait to clog my arteries with all kinds of junk food.

 

[wasnotafan]

Good morning... County Fair week here. I have to be there just about every night. Not looking forward to that part, but I can't wait to clog my arteries with all kinds of junk food.

I really like visiting the county fair, but we don't even have one here. We will go to the state fair though since DS is entering a country ham and has to give a speech. Just wait until you start with the 4-H projects.

 

[theduck619]

Good morning... County Fair week here. I have to be there just about every night. Not looking forward to that part, but I can't wait to clog my arteries with all kinds of junk food.

On a related note, I heard there was a crisco shortage in the area

 

[declansdad]

Happy Canada Day Guys!

 

[budamacdvcr]

Good Morning Gentlemen! Happy Canada Day to the families up north and happy only 3 Day work week hopefully for the U.S. Dads.

 

[scott2997]

Good Morning Gentlemen! Happy Canada Day to the families up north and happy only 3 Day work week hopefully for the U.S. Dads.

I wish that was the case....my day off for the week becomes July 4th. So now I work M T W F S!

Sometimes my job stinks....but I'm happy I have one!

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

Good Morning and Happy Canada Day!!

Good morning... County Fair week here. I have to be there just about every night. Not looking forward to that part, but I can't wait to clog my arteries with all kinds of junk food.

My dad has a saying for whenever we went out places like that...."If you don't come home with a bellyache, you haven't had a good time."

 

[afwdwfan]

I really like visiting the county fair, but we don't even have one here. We will go to the state fair though since DS is entering a country ham and has to give a speech. Just wait until you start with the 4-H projects.

I'm ready for 4-H. I was a 10 year member and dominated the crops projects in my day.

On a related note, I heard there was a crisco shortage in the area

Crisco? No... You don't use that synthetic crap. Either Soy oil or lard.

My dad has a saying for whenever we went out places like that...."If you don't come home with a bellyache, you haven't had a good time."

I'm going to have a long term belly ache going. I did some damage this weekend in Kentucky and it is just going to continue on.

So worthwhile though.



I forgot to mention, my favorite snack at the fair is a pineapple whip. There is one stand that has them that I really like to get them from. They don't taste exactly like the Dole Whips at Disney World, but I actually do like the taste of the ones at the county fair a little bit better. They definitely lag behind in the area of "atmosphere" though.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

I'm ready for 4-H. I was a 10 year member and dominated the crops projects in my day.

1991 Winner for the "Best Forage Entry" in the Waupaca County Fair.
My dad got a kick out of telling anyone that would listen (a even a bunch of people that wouldn't) that it was from hay grown in just over the border in Outagamie County.

That same year I won Reserve Grand Champion Beef Carcass. And that was with an Holstein steer raised on a dairy farm. Man, you should have seen how pi$$ed off all those people were that entered their Angus or Herford cattle.

 

[AirGoofy]

Happy Canada day?

That same year I won Reserve Grand Champion Beef Carcass. .

No idea what that is, but as you're proud of it, congrats.

I'm
I'm going to have a long term belly ache going. I did some damage this weekend in Kentucky and it is just going to continue on. :

Did you stay Sunday for the race?

On a related note, I heard there was a crisco shortage in the area

No, we just use healthy lard here.

I really like visiting the county fair, but we don't even have one here. We will go to the state fair though since DS is entering a country ham and has to give a speech. Just wait until you start with the 4-H projects.

Do you get to sample the country ham?

Good morning... County Fair week here. I have to be there just about every night. Not looking forward to that part, but I can't wait to clog my arteries with all kinds of junk food.

Sounds good. Nothing like a deep fried corn dog.

 

[declansdad]

1991 Winner for the "Best Forage Entry" in the Waupaca County Fair.
My dad got a kick out of telling anyone that would listen (a even a bunch of people that wouldn't) that it was from hay grown in just over the border in Outagamie County.

That same year I won Reserve Grand Champion Beef Carcass. And that was with an Holstein steer raised on a dairy farm. Man, you should have seen how pi$$ed off all those people were that entered their Angus or Herford cattle.

I have to ask....you won a prize for best carcass? What do you present?

 

[Goofy + 3]

I have to ask....you won a prize for best carcass? What do you present?

There's an Aaron Hernandez joke in here somewhere.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

I have to ask....you won a prize for best carcass? What do you present?

Back in middle school & high school I showed steers at the fair. You walk them around the ring in their different divisions and classes, the judges take a look at each one and ranks them. At the end of the fair, their is an auction where local businesses bid on the animals. All of the livestock (cattle, sheep & pigs) are then send to the same butcher for processing. About a week after the fair, everyone gathers there for the carcass judging. All of them are hanging in the coolers (yes, just like the training scene in Rocky). Judges look them over again and give out ranks for the carcass. Typical beef cattle such as Angus and Herford typically dominate this event, since it's all about the meat. My family farm was all about the milk producing dairy cattle, so we raised Holsteins. My brother and I would each pick out a steer born in the spring, raise them separately from the rest of the herd, then show them at the fair. Having a Holstein win Reserve Grand Champion (basically, second place of all steer entries that year) against all of those beef cattle was pretty much unheard of.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

There's an Aaron Hernandez joke in here somewhere.

At least I didn't leave the keys to my rental car in the cow's pocket.

 

[declansdad]

There's an Aaron Hernandez joke in here somewhere.

Back in middle school & high school I showed steers at the fair. You walk them around the ring in their different divisions and classes, the judges take a look at each one and ranks them. At the end of the fair, their is an auction where local businesses bid on the animals. All of the livestock (cattle, sheep & pigs) are then send to the same butcher for processing. About a week after the fair, everyone gathers there for the carcass judging. All of them are hanging in the coolers (yes, just like the training scene in Rocky). Judges look them over again and give out ranks for the carcass. Typical beef cattle such as Angus and Herford typically dominate this event, since it's all about the meat. My family farm was all about the milk producing dairy cattle, so we raised Holsteins. My brother and I would each pick out a steer born in the spring, raise them separately from the rest of the herd, then show them at the fair. Having a Holstein win Reserve Grand Champion (basically, second place of all steer entries that year) against all of those beef cattle was pretty much unheard of.

OK I have seen everything except the carcass part. Wasn't sure if you all had a freezer full of beef hanging at the fair and yours had the Blue Ribbon attached.

 

[theduck619]

Back in middle school & high school I showed steers at the fair. You walk them around the ring in their different divisions and classes, the judges take a look at each one and ranks them. At the end of the fair, their is an auction where local businesses bid on the animals. All of the livestock (cattle, sheep & pigs) are then send to the same butcher for processing. About a week after the fair, everyone gathers there for the carcass judging. All of them are hanging in the coolers (yes, just like the training scene in Rocky). Judges look them over again and give out ranks for the carcass. Typical beef cattle such as Angus and Herford typically dominate this event, since it's all about the meat. My family farm was all about the milk producing dairy cattle, so we raised Holsteins. My brother and I would each pick out a steer born in the spring, raise them separately from the rest of the herd, then show them at the fair. Having a Holstein win Reserve Grand Champion (basically, second place of all steer entries that year) against all of those beef cattle was pretty much unheard of.

And so the Legend began.......

 

[afwdwfan]

Did you stay Sunday for the race?

We didn't stay, but we did see it. We had already packed the tent up when they called the race Saturday night and we had to go up hill to get out of the lot we were in. I had been watching people get stuck all day and I decided if we got anymore rain, we weren't going to make it out so we headed home.

We did come back Sunday morning to see the race though. Got there right before it started.

And when we came back I brought my older truck that weighs less and has mud tires on it so I was ready to have some fun and point and laugh.

 

[afwdwfan]

Back in middle school & high school I showed steers at the fair. You walk them around the ring in their different divisions and classes, the judges take a look at each one and ranks them. At the end of the fair, their is an auction where local businesses bid on the animals. All of the livestock (cattle, sheep & pigs) are then send to the same butcher for processing. About a week after the fair, everyone gathers there for the carcass judging. All of them are hanging in the coolers (yes, just like the training scene in Rocky). Judges look them over again and give out ranks for the carcass. Typical beef cattle such as Angus and Herford typically dominate this event, since it's all about the meat. My family farm was all about the milk producing dairy cattle, so we raised Holsteins. My brother and I would each pick out a steer born in the spring, raise them separately from the rest of the herd, then show them at the fair. Having a Holstein win Reserve Grand Champion (basically, second place of all steer entries that year) against all of those beef cattle was pretty much unheard of.

So... in other words, the judge didn't know his @$$ from a hole in the ground?

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

Back in middle school & high school I showed steers at the fair. You walk them around the ring in their different divisions and classes, the judges take a look at each one and ranks them. At the end of the fair, their is an auction where local businesses bid on the animals. All of the livestock (cattle, sheep & pigs) are then send to the same butcher for processing. About a week after the fair, everyone gathers there for the carcass judging. All of them are hanging in the coolers (yes, just like the training scene in Rocky). Judges look them over again and give out ranks for the carcass. Typical beef cattle such as Angus and Herford typically dominate this event, since it's all about the meat. My family farm was all about the milk producing dairy cattle, so we raised Holsteins. My brother and I would each pick out a steer born in the spring, raise them separately from the rest of the herd, then show them at the fair. Having a Holstein win Reserve Grand Champion (basically, second place of all steer entries that year) against all of those beef cattle was pretty much unheard of.

Mon o man, please tell me there was a big BBQ after that..