Celebrating Veggies

This weekend the Chatham Jaycees celebrate the 33rd annual Sweetcorn Festival. You don't want to miss the bands, the cowchip throw and of course, all the delicious sweet corn. A quick internet search has revealed that we aren't the only community that celebrates a tasty locally-grown veggie. There's the East Texas Yamboree (yam, I get it) that has been featured on Food Network and the Fort Fairfield Maine Potato Festival which includes mashed potato wrestling! Potato lovers may also enjoy Tater Day in Benton, Kentucky. Lentils get their due with the National Lentil Festival in Pullman, Washington in August. There's a Bean Soup Festival in Mc Clure, Pennsylvania, which would go well with the Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee. There are festivals celebrating spinach (Lenexa, Kansas,) asparagus (Shelby, Michigan) and rutabagas (Cumberland, Wisconsin.) And if I'm ever in Mountain View Arkansas in October, I'll be sure to visit the Bean Fest and Championship Outhouse Races. Bon Appetit!