Hot Tamale Festival, Saturday, October 17, 2015.

 

When Kathy and I were eating at Doe's with Jerry and Lee, they told us they were in Greenville for the Hot Tamale Festival. Greenville is the Hot Tamale Capital of the World. Kathy and I spent most of the day at the festival on Washington Street. Like all festivals, this festival contained lots of people and booths selling all kinds of stuff, not just hot tamales. In fact, hot tamales could not be sold until 11:30 after the judging. Kathy and I stayed until the grand prizes were awarded. We ate only 13 tamales which turned out to be some of the winners. We also bought some salsa, hummus, and brown rice from the growers. We noticed was the Geenville police were black guys. Kathy noticed the guys in the sheriff running office booth were white guys.

Kathy and I had never seen waterballs. Kids are sealed inside a clear plastic ball which is then pump full of air as shown in the foreground of the picture. The ball is pushed out onto a large plastic pool in the background of the picture. It sounds cool at first. However, no kid appears to be able to stand up and actually walk inside the ball. Instead they roll around. I am not sure how fun this actually is.








Several booths sold sport team stuff, mostly team signs. Kathy and I learned Delta State University's unofficial mascot is "Fighting Okra". Ben and Jason, why didn't you tell us about "fighting okra"? DSU's official teams are called "Statesmen". Fighting okra sounds way tougher. Delta State appears to also be proud of having "the World's Most Annoying" pep band.