We have your stone crab,blue crabs,coquinas,shrimp, oysters
and (smoked,fried and yes!! pickled) fish festivals. Ribs, Chili, fry bread, garlic,oranges and Yellow rice with black beans are big, as are Tomatoes, Kumquats, rattlesnakes, opossums and your elusive cooters. All of these have popular fetes for the eating, catching or maybe just looking at what might have been or just might be your next meal.
You can go to events extolling the virtues and vices of Tamales, Bratwurst, Pasta, Pizza, Empanadas, Dim Sum, Pierogis, Feijoada, Kebab or mountain oysters and just about any other edible or perhaps inedible item that can produce a group of people to get together for the love of food and after trying some if not all of these dishes it is time for the Blues or Folk or Salsa or Opera concert followed by a brisk iron man bicycle marathon swim or one of many other athletic venues to help with that new weight problem.
So, grab some sweet tea and head out to your favorite festival this weekend!