818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 5, 1998 Serving a fair favorite —milkshakes —are this team, from left, Robert Coates, Elsie and Jay Witmer, Sandy Wltmer, and Ronald Shaeffer, president of the E-town Grange. What’s To Do At E-town Fair? LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Staff burgers, sausage and steaks. ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas- They have been raising emus on ter Co.) Thousands of people ie * r Lion farm since 1992. attended the Elizabethtown Fair They now have 150 birds. About last week. one Y car a B°* they started having When asked, visitors say they |b® meat under USDA like the food, the rides, and the inspection and offering the meat to animals. thepublic. In addition to traditional fair "We call this the other red food, some visitors were eager to meat,” Jack said. N: id Jack The average customer is health Champion of the celebrity goat milking contest is Bud Greiner, mayor of Elizabethtown. The mayor celebrated his victory by chugging down the warm goat milk after the scales proved he was the winner. A litter of bottle-fed piglets fascinates falrgoers of all ages. Grove were at the fair selling emu conscious. According to Jack, emu meat is 97 percent fat free and has practically no cholesterol. Those who tried the meat liked it and reported that it was difficult to distinguish it from the usual fare. In addition to food there are a lot of funny or just plain down silly events that happen throughout the day at the fair.. Such as the Celebrity Goat Milk ing Contest Politicians and other well-known people were matched with a goat They needed to milk the goat for a set time. The milk was weighed and the winner this year was Bud Greiner, the mayor of Elizabethtown. According to the mayor, who grew up milking cows, the secret is to wet the teats before milking. While people cheered the may or’s win, he lifted the milk pal and gulped the warm milk. “Not bad,” he said of-the taste. Here are some photos snapped at the fair. Deb Hess, E-town Fair director for eight years, said that every year she worries that things won’t run smooth ly but somehow everything always comes together. What’s to eat at E-town Fair? Bloomin’ onions, for Lor raine Lewis and thousands of other fairgoers. “It’s delicious and makes a meal to share,” said Lewis of Landlsvilie. During the celebrity goat milking contest, Fair Queen Kim Wolgemuth tries milking a goat without too much success. Jack Grove chows down an Emu sausage sandwich while his wife Nancy watch es. The Groves raise about 150 emus in Red Lion. About one year ago, the Groves opened a mobile food stand to market the meat at falls. Customers are mostly health conscious folks Interested In the meat because it is a red meat that is 97 percent fat free with practically no cholesterol.
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