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What’ s your favorite fair food?
Fried Oreos!
Doughboys.
Kettle corn at the Scituate Art Festival.
Cotton candy and fried dough!
Mickey G’ s Clam Shack( aka the Woonsocket clam cake guy).
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Powdered fried
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Sausage and pepper sangwitch.
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