The Town that Loves Chicken

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The Town that Loves Chicken

The part of Pennsylvania, where Fredericksburg lies is known as PA Dutch country USA (PA Towns 1). In this small town of Fredericksburg lies three chicken plants. When you’re anywhere in the town, you could walk to any of the three chicken plants within five minutes. This could be why Fredericksburg takes chicken so seriously. At Bell and Evans Airport in Fredericksburg , which is owned by a chicken plant, there is an annual festival that is anticipated each year by most all the locals. This festival is known as the Hinkelfest.

Hinkel is the German word for chicken. So yes, Fredericksburg has a festival all about chickens (Experience PA 1). At this three day long festival, persons can join in activities such as a 5K run, a cooking contest, and lots of games (Hinkelfest 2003 1). The biggest part of the Hinkelfest would have to be all the food. Since the festival is to celebrate chicken, all the dishes there are made with chicken in some way. Kim Zellers says, “The chicken inspired dishes are unlike anywhere else in the world, they are just that good.” Shanna Drahowsky added, “there are a lot of different foods made with chicken that I never heard of before like chicken hot dogs, chicken burgers, and chicken egg rolls.”

One reason why the community of Fredericksburg goes to the Hinkelfest religiously each year could be because it is so cheap. You could go to the Hinkelfest, park for free, get in for free, and stuff your self with chicken at a relatively low cost (Hinkelfest 2003 1). At the Hinkelfest you can also watch free, live country music (2003 Country Music Shows 1). This festival is really important to the community and everyone that goes has fun. When Shann...

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...rished by the community for it to be as crowded as it was. Even in the worst of conditions, the Hinkelfest will be packed because it really does mean that much to our community.

Works Cited

Hinkelfest 2003. Bell and Evans. 12/3/03 <http://www.BellandEvans.com/Hinkelfest/>

Experience PA. PA treasure chest. 12/3/03 <http://www.experiencepa.com/experiencepa/details.do?name= hinkelfest>

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2002 Country Music Shows. Hall, Tabitha. 12/3/03

<http://www.schaefferstownfc.com/2003_country_music_shows.html

Beard, Amy “Hinkelfest Goes On” Lebanon Daily News 9/3/03, B1

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Zellers, Kim. Personal Interview. 11/30/03

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