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re: Elephant ear or funnel cake?

Posted on 8/25/24 at 3:30 pm to
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 8/25/24 at 3:30 pm to
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Elephant ear is better.

I definitely remember them as a kid in Texas, and preferring them to funnel cakes. Haven't seen any around in years though.

I've never heard of the plant called an elephant ear.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
71454 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 3:31 pm to
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I'm against eating any elephant part.

Honestly, I'd probably try a rack of elephant ribs.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33177 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:01 pm to
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I grew up on elephant ears at the ark-la-miss fair
Must be something that Shreveport had. I grew up in the ArkLaMiss (Ruston, Monroe, Farmerville, Vidalia), and I've never heard of it. Never heard of it in my time living in Denver and Dallas either.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:04 pm to
This thread is making me want to pig out on some shitty fried carnival food
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:16 pm to
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I grew up on elephant ears


Never heard it referred to that in my life...
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
5473 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:18 pm to
Elephant ears some NE Louisiana shite... the fair at the civic center back in the 90's had some that were so good
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Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
31974 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:18 pm to
quote:

I've never heard of the plant called an elephant ear.







Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
1228 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:29 pm to
Neither.

Beaver Tails all day long.

Blame Canada!

Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29856 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:31 pm to
quote:

Elephant ear or funnel cake?



Yes.
Posted by HighRoller
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
5382 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:31 pm to
I grew up in NE Louisiana. Ate a few at the fair when I was a kid
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
37907 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 4:35 pm to
Dimm’s pastry on RR Ave in Plaquemine had Elephant ears

Had them many Sundays
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:00 pm to
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Elephant ear

First time I’ve ever heard of this in 40 years on earth.
Posted by Audustxx
Member since Jul 2022
2233 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:04 pm to
Dang good too
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
1809 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:30 pm to
An elephant ear is more or less donut dough, flattened and fried whereas funnel cake is some insidious batter poured into old smelly oil then covered with powdered sugar.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91252 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:33 pm to
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Elephant ears some NE Louisiana shite... the fair at the civic center back in the 90's had some that were so good
that was the ark-la-miss fair back in the 70s and 80s.

Not sure if they still call it that.
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
5473 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:40 pm to
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ark-la-miss fair


That was still the name when I was in high school in the 90's... always fell around our homecoming
Posted by Mr Roboto
Member since Jan 2023
7198 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:41 pm to
Funnel cake is just beignets right?
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
116829 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:51 pm to
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I've only ever heard them called funnel cakes



My favorite fair food

Most of my horse shows as a kid were at county fairs.
Posted by HighRoller
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
5382 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:52 pm to
quote:

Funnel cake is just beignets right?


Yeah pretty much
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
26054 posts
Posted on 8/25/24 at 5:52 pm to
I remember them being called elephant ears, but it's been at least 50 or 60 years. I like that name better.
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