Deep Fried Cheesecake? Check!

The third weekend of October brings a special treat to Pickaway County every year: the Circleville Pumpkin Show. For those of you who have never been, it's dubbed the Greatest Free Show on Earth and takes place in downtown Circleville, a small town south of Columbus with a population of around 12,000. Over 300 food and game vendors line the streets, and attendance each day reaches 100,000. My favorite Pumpkin Show activities are the Thursday night Marching Band Parade, playing the cane game and, of course, eating.

As you can imagine, most of the offerings are pumpkin flavored--pumpkin chili, pumpkin hamburgers and pumpkin taffy. I tend to stay away from any pumpkin flavored foods that aren't desserts, and fortunately (or unfortunately, I guess), that leaves A LOT. Here's a list of all the items I sampled this week (at least a bite):

- Chicken and Noodles
- Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Italian Sausage Sandwich
- Cannoli
- Crab Corn Chowder
- Cream Puff
- Pumpkin Pie
- Steak-on-a-Stick
- French Fries
- Pizza
- Lemon Shake-up
- Deep Fried Cheesecake
- Bee Sting Pastry
- Cheese-on-a-Stick

Who needs vegetables?