About two weeks ago there was an Autumn Festival down at the local square. It was nice and quaint, there were lots of little stands that had local goods and food. The main attraction were the stands above, burchak stands. Burchak is young wine, it is made from young grapes and is the primary step in the wine making process so it is sweet and a bit bubbly.
There were candle stands.
Lots of homemade scarfs and sweaters.
Here are chimney cakes. its dough wrapped onto a metal tube and then rolled through cinnamon sugar, or cinnamon and nuts. then coated with some butter and rolled over a fire to bake. They are delicious and are starting to show up in NYC at street fairs.
This is a Honey Wine stand. They served it hot and cold, the hot honey wine was great on a cold day.
I have no idea what this was but it looked traditional. First they made fresh, what seemed to be Czech tortillas. They then spread a herb butter on and added lots of different herbs spices and spreads. The smell was amazing.
I opted for some Czech kielbasa. One of the local wineries had a huge wood burning grill that smelled like the perfect winter fire, it gave the kielbasa a great double smoked flavor.
Out of know where came a traditional Czech band and flag throwers. The had traditional czech costumes too. The flags were spun around their bodies and then they soared about fifty feet up into the air. Czech festivals are fun!
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