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247/365 ~ Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. ~ Erma Bombeck
247/365 ~ Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. ~ Erma Bombeck
You crave funnel cakes as soon as you arrive at the Apple Festival. Wet ribbons of batter crackle and pop until golden and crisp. The steamy swirls of tender yellow dough absorb confectioners’ sugar like sponges. When the scrumptious fatty cake melts on your tongue, you finally exhale, remembering, "This is why I come to the festival every year." This year's funnel cake offered up an additional treat - it was drizzled in caramel. Oh, my.
I found this note when searching for the history of the funnel cake: (From someone named Cathy Z) "My mother and I were looking at your website and noted you are looking for any additional information regarding the origin of the funnel cake. We can't help you with it's origins in Europe but can give insight as to how it became popular in the United States. Funnel cake is a German treat. My ancestors and parents were Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. I can trace it back to my great-grandmother, Emma Miller, who would serve funnel cakes as special treats to the children and sometimes for the farm hands. The recipe came from Germany with either her parents or grandparents. In 1949 or 1950, a man named Dr. Shumaker along with a group of people organized the Kutztown Folk Festival and solicited local organizations to be a part of the festival to sell foods and local yore. The Virginsville Grange (a farming organization) was asked to be part of the festival. Emma's son and daughter-in-law suggested to the grange that they sell Emma's funnel cakes at the festival for .25 cents. The treat was so popular that Emma Miller was interviewed by Dave Garroway of the Today show sometime in the early 1950s. We have not been able to find any record of funnel cakes in the United States prior to them being sold at the Kutztown Folk Festival."
247/365 ~ Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. ~ Erma Bombeck
247/365 ~ Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. ~ Erma Bombeck
You crave funnel cakes as soon as you arrive at the Apple Festival. Wet ribbons of batter crackle and pop until golden and crisp. The steamy swirls of tender yellow dough absorb confectioners’ sugar like sponges. When the scrumptious fatty cake melts on your tongue, you finally exhale, remembering, "This is why I come to the festival every year." This year's funnel cake offered up an additional treat - it was drizzled in caramel. Oh, my.
I found this note when searching for the history of the funnel cake: (From someone named Cathy Z) "My mother and I were looking at your website and noted you are looking for any additional information regarding the origin of the funnel cake. We can't help you with it's origins in Europe but can give insight as to how it became popular in the United States. Funnel cake is a German treat. My ancestors and parents were Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. I can trace it back to my great-grandmother, Emma Miller, who would serve funnel cakes as special treats to the children and sometimes for the farm hands. The recipe came from Germany with either her parents or grandparents. In 1949 or 1950, a man named Dr. Shumaker along with a group of people organized the Kutztown Folk Festival and solicited local organizations to be a part of the festival to sell foods and local yore. The Virginsville Grange (a farming organization) was asked to be part of the festival. Emma's son and daughter-in-law suggested to the grange that they sell Emma's funnel cakes at the festival for .25 cents. The treat was so popular that Emma Miller was interviewed by Dave Garroway of the Today show sometime in the early 1950s. We have not been able to find any record of funnel cakes in the United States prior to them being sold at the Kutztown Folk Festival."