Posted by Bruce Bilmes and Sue Boyle
, September 25, 2008 10:47
Peanuts are a major crop is southeastern Virginia, and the peanut is celebrated each year at The Virginia Peanut Festival in Emporia. This year’s 46th festival starts today (9/25/08) and will continue through the weekend. The festival opens with the Kick-Off Kook-Off. Pay $5 in advance ($8 at the gate) and you are a judge. You’ll get to taste, and score, the entries in three peanut categories: main dish, appetizer/side dish, dessert.
There will be exhibits about the peanut, demonstrations of cooking with peanuts and peanut roasting, and a tour of a peanut farm.
Other activities include a carnival, live Southern rock and beach music, blacksmith demonstrations, a petting zoo, a parade, a car and truck competition, arts and crafts, antique farm machinery, storytelling, a book sale, pumpkin painting, a quilt display, cloggers, and a magic show.
