In fact, this weekend I'll be at the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival (MSAHF).
I will eat apples all weekend. Golden delicious, fuji, macintosh, honey crisp...
I will eat them with caramel dipping sauce, with peanut butter.
There will be apple dumplings, apple pies, apples covered in chocolate, candied apples, and apple butter. (I know I sound a bit like the guy from Forest Grump...Bubba?)
There will be apple peeling contests, apple eating contests, apple pie baking contests.
There is an Apple Queen (Queen Pomona) and Apple Princesses (yes, I was one back in the day too, circa 2000)...woo woo for Apple Royalty:)
An apple parade...
An apple race (apple trample 5k)....
And I could keep going. on. And on. And on.
Yes, where I come from we love apples. I've eaten apples in all sorts of different ways...but my absolute favorite is just eating them in their natural form...biting into a crisp golden delicious..
I'm fairly sure my excitement is palpable at this point...can you tell I'm excited?!
It's true I currently reside in Virginia and I love it, and I love my Hokies and Virginia Tech. While Virginia is where I reside, WV is (and will always be) my home.
I love apples. I love friends. I love family. I love home. I LOVE West Virginia.
I'll post some pics from this weekend, and in honor of the Apple Harvest Festival I'll have some apple-related recipes to share next week as well...
Country roads...take me home...to the place I belong....West Virginia
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