Ellsworth, Wisconsin, has a cheese factory that has become well known for its delicious cheese curds and their festival is called -- you guessed it! -- the Cheese Curd Festival.
Here are the ladies getting those curds ready for sale. Fresh from the vat, still warm, and soooo squeeky when you bite them. You have to make someone else hold the bag for awhile in order to stop eating them.
So, how do you turn everyday cheese into a celebration?
You need booths of people selling those things they have been making all winter. Best if you can market to the local sports fans!
Something fun for the kids to do
Artists . . .
. . . making yard art
Fried food with lots of calories and cholesterol
Local music, and of course, dessert -- a maple ice cream cone from the Wisconsin maple syrup people, who bring you everything maple including maple milk shakes and maple root beer floats!
Looks like lots of fun, and love that Wisconsin cheese!
ReplyDeleteCynthia, I understand that you love spending time outdoor because in my place summer is also short and often not so very hot mostly cloudy and rainy. The Curd Cheese Festival is a nice event.
ReplyDeleteIs that train ride made out of barrels? Great idea if it is x
ReplyDeleteYes it is. Fun, huh?
DeleteMeant to add it's a bit of a cheesy post ;)
ReplyDeleteOooooh, Julee!
DeleteFestivals are fun! We have one here called the Tar River Festival. The Tar River runs right through town.
ReplyDeleteI love a good festival. I like cheese curds too so I would enjoy your festival very much. In Canada we use cheese curds for wonderful, tasty poutine (french fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds). Yum!
ReplyDeleteI think festivals are a great way to promote a small village or town and bring the community together. Don't recall having cheese curds though. Maybe we call them something else here.
ReplyDeleteThis would be a new festival for Australia! I have never heard of a Cheese curd festival but I sure think I could get into it, if I was invited to attend one! Enjoy your short and long waited for summer, we are counting down the days till ours!
ReplyDeleteWren x
I love those summer festivals too, after a long winter everybody is enjoying the nice weather.
ReplyDeleteAll looks lovely. Nice to have a festival.
ReplyDeleteI like that yard art bear! :) Fun post!
ReplyDeleteLittle town festivals are the best. I laughed when I saw the 'train' bet it was pulled by a riding lawn mower. Years ago we were at a small town fest in northern Minnesota, they had one of those barrel trains. Our grand kids were taken for a ride, and just before the train pulled out, a kind lady gave all the kids on the train a free chocolate cupcake. You should have seen all their little faces when they finished up their ride. Messy, messy!!! Since then we've called those trains 'bobble head trains'!!!
ReplyDeleteOh I love Cheese Curds once or twice a year:)
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