GEDDES, N.Y. \u2014 The Great New York State Fair is about more than rides, food and farm animals. For many fairgoers, it\u2019s an experience that hits all five senses \u2014 from the smell of fried dough to the sound of the midway.<\/p>\n
You can hear the fair before you even see it, with music in the distance and screams from riders flying high above the midway. \u201cIt was really good, actually. It was just like very fast and there were a lot of turns,\u201d Frankie Paglia said.<\/p>\n
At the fair, every turn brings a different sound \u2014 from bells ringing at carnival games to live music and vendors calling out to the crowds.<\/p>\n
But the fair isn\u2019t just something you hear. It\u2019s something you can smell, too, from food sizzling at stands across the grounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to the food,\u201d Karl Oney said. \u201cThe Basilio’s sausage sandwich is unbelievably good. I look forward to that year after year. I never have tasted any sausage sandwich better or even as good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake Sheldon also had a favorite part of the fair\u2019s food lineup: \u201cIt’s the crunch. The crunch is where it’s at. You gotta get some of those crispies. I paid the 8 bucks for the crispiness.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Aleena Giarrusso, it was the deep-fried Oreos. \u201cThe deep-fried Oreos. I already love Oreos, and it’s just like so good. I think it’s the best. It smells good, it tastes really good and I could get them every day and not get sick of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Then there are the sights: bright lights flashing on the midway, giant rides spinning against the sky, rows of food stands and fairgoers carrying creations found only at the fair.<\/p>\n
Inside the barns, the atmosphere changes again. The air feels cooler. You can hear the animals \u2014 and the smell is unmistakable.<\/p>\n
And for many, a fair staple remains a fan favorite: fried dough. \u201cCandy… Tastes like candy… It was crispy, doughy on the inside, sweet, a little salty too,\u201d Charissa and Carson Chen said.<\/p>\n
For thousands of fairgoers, the sights, sounds and smells are part of what makes the state fair feel like summer isn\u2019t over just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GEDDES, N.Y. \u2014 The Great New York State Fair is about more than rides, food and farm animals.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-332149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}