Festival of Garlic
Somehow, I smell a fad that we’d all have an all-out spice festival in the future. It’s more like an inside joke, but I had come across a little festival in the state of Connecticut called the Garlic and Harvest festival. One thing’s for sure, you won’t find much vampires lurking around here, as it’s all garlic, garlic and garlic!
The garlic festival celebrates what else but garlic! And what a lot of garlic they are celebrating! Garlic dips, garlic spreads, garlic cheese and garlic oils, all sold at special garlic food shops. They have fresh garlic and cured garlic; garlic sold by the bundles and garlic sold by the bulbs. It’s flooding garlic plus a whole bundle of other fall produce that the town harvests during this season.
And it’s not just about garlic in its raw form. They also have garlic sausage with onions and pepper, garlic steak sandwiches, garlic pork sandwiches, deep fried garlic (!) and even garlic ice cream! Talk about a garlicky overload.
The festival has demos like How to Grow Garlic and some cooking demos too. It’s not really all about garlic, as they also do with some herbs and spices (how to grow them). A music band is also available in the afternoon. Just make sure that you have a high tolerance for the stuff, it’s quite potent and leaves a lot of naysayers in tears.
It’s quite a small festival, so I really can’t say it’s worth a trip from faraway. Perhaps if you do live in Connecticut or in states around it, then I suggest you come and enjoy. Perhaps more music and more entertainment would also help, and a bit of variety in the shops and in the food served. After all, there are people who will be dragged into this but would rather not deal with garlic.
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