Sunday 2 September 2012

Beaver Tails

We were told a little while ago about a typically Canadian food called Beaver Tails and today we got to try one.

It's pretty simple - fried pastry in the shape of a beaver's tail with a variety of toppings and of course we chose nutella!  Of course it was yummy but definitely not something you'd want to be eating often.  This delicacy was on offer at the Brome County Fair, an agricultural show about 1.5 hours drive east of Montreal.

It really was a great day.  The drive out there was picturesque and we saw more trees changing colour. It seems the first tree out there to change was turning the most amazing raspberry colour!  Unfortunately it was a little hard to stop along the highway to take a photo.


The Fair was a very casual and low key event but lots of fun.  We were able to get close up to the animals and all the rides were included in the $12 per person entrance fee.  I was really impressed by that!  Unlimited free rides with a very short line up was fantastic!  Action Boy and I even went on his first "big kid" ride - the rocking pirate ship.  I haven't been on that since I was about 12 years old at Adventure World but it was so much fun and Action Boy had a blast even if he did scream like a girl.



What's a day at the fair without fairy floss? (or barbe a papa - grandpa's beard as they call it here!).


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