Zeno's Bar & Grill

Last week I went to Pennsylvania to visit my family. It was a fantastic trip, though even if it wasn’t good I couldn’t say anything bad because they all read this blog. One of the highlights was going to the Hookstown Fair. Having grown up in rural PA, I had been to quite a few of these types of agricultural fairs, but this was the first for my kids and husband. They loved it. Except of course for the display of prize-winning gourds that I found strangely fascinating. We rode on rides of questionable safety, got suckered on the midway games, and pigged out on the items in the title. The Bucket ‘o Fries was a plastic bucket about the size of a child’s sand bucket. It cost $8 and could be refilled for only 5! We didn’t refill it there, though we did later have it filled with sirloin tips and mushrooms, which were shockingly good. The deep fried Twinkie was just that. Battered and cooked in hot oil and served with caramel sauce it was dee-licous! Also offered, but not tried, were deep fried Oreos and Snickers. Maybe next year.

--Kelly