Happy April Fools Day!

For me, the highlight of the yearly RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival was a play starring the locals, young and old. It was low budget and put on by volunteers. However, I liked how you could see that they put in a lot of effort and it had a lot of that quaint small town charm. The story was essentially the pairing of Mr. RC Cola and Miss Moon Pie loosely set to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. As an added bonus, for no apparent reason, most characters acted their parts while standing in a wading pool.

In this scene, those who attempt to translate the king's riddle make no sense, thereby confusing the rest of the cast. Some characters are seen wearing an outfit of GooGoo clusters. While the GooGoo is another Middle Tennessee delicacy, the are the enemy to a town full of Moon Pie lovers.

The 2012 Bell Buckle event is on June 16

Deep Fried Goo-Goos

Goo-Goo Clusters are a uniquely Middle Tennesseean confection. Made by the Standard Candy Company since 1903, it is easily their most popular candy. Since then, they have also started to manufacture the King Leo peppermint candy and Stuckey's Pecan Roll. As a young student about 25 years ago, I remember a class field trip to their manufacturing facility.

Deep Fried Goo-Goo Clusters were the official candy of the 2008 TN State Fair. You know you're at a southern fair or festival if you see something deep fried. Other vendors offered deep fried Snickers and Milky Ways. I think this poster is Groovy and surreal in a 70's kind of way.