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Best Thing We Ate This Week: Fair Food

Nothing says summer like a hot funnel cake with the sound of the merry-go-round in the background.

Funnel cakes.

For me, they taste like summer should be: fried and chewy, completely bad for you and doused in powdered sugar. And this weekend, you can find your own piece of summer at the , going on through Sunday in and around .

The fair opened Thursday and Birmingham residents can check out all the Midway games, tilt-a-whirls and fair food they want through 9 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit .

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However, while my favorite fair food is the beloved funnel cake, what's yours? Is it cotton candy (which comes in a very close second for me), or perhaps something completely different?


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