Mary’s Kitchen has seen a fair or two… 34 to be precise. Paul Fischer said three generations of his family have been selling cotton candy and kettle corn at the Kenai Peninsula Fair, but that nearly ended this year…
Fischer: “The ride company coming in didn’t like the idea, I guess last year, that they couldn’t sell cotton candy also. That was a big issue . Anyhow, the compromise has been worked out. The ride company will have cotton candy and so will the wagon will be in the same spot it’s been for 20-something years, but in the Fair for 40.”
Last year a Canadian carnival company joined the fair for the first time. Fischer’s family says they were guaranteed the carnival company wouldn’t compete on cotton candy sales.
Fischer’s son, Matt, announced on Facebook that his family had been denied their application this year. Paul was stunned by the response…
Fischer: “I never knew anything about social media at all. Then all of a sudden there were several hundred people that responded, I guess my son just said we’re not going to be in. These people were irritated, because lots of people push local over out of country. But it’s been worked out and so everything will go and we’ll see who has the best cotton candy.”
Calls to the Fair’s Board of Directors weren’t immediately returned.
