* Starke, My Home Town *

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FESTIVALS IN NORTH FLORIDA
(Fun things to do on your days off)

February
Hoggetown Medieval Faire                Gainesville                     (352)334-2197

March
Cracker Day                                     Bunnell                           (904)437-7464
Crawfish Festival                              Jacksonville Beach         (904)384-5694

April
Bradford County Fair and Strawberry Festival
                                                         Starke                            (904)964-5278
Sidewalk Art Festival                       Cedar Key                       (352)543-5249
Cabbage and Potato Festival            Hastings                         (904)692-1420
Tupelo Honey Festival                      Wewahitchka                  (904)639-2371
Cracker Day                                     Deland                           (904)822-5778
Taste of Jacksonville                         Jacksonville                   (904)396-4900
Seafood-Minorcan Fromajardis Serenade Festival
                                                         St Augustine                   (904)829-6545
Seafood Festival                                Steinhatchee                 (352)578-2161
Railroad Days                                   Waldo                            (352)468-1001
Shrimp Festival                                 Amelia Island               (904)261-3248
Clabber Girl Cookoff                         Live Oak
Springing the Blues                           Jacksonville Beach        (904)247-4242
Walk Through Time                          Micanopy                       (352)466-4100

May
Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival    Amelia Island                (904)261-4212
Heritage Day                                    Deland                          (904)738-0649
Kuumba                                            American Beach           (904)353-2270
Blue Crab Festival                            Palatka                          (904)325-4406
Florida Folk Festival                         White Springs                (904)397-2192

June
Watermelon Festival                          Newberry                    (352)472-3361

July
Greater Jacksonville Kingfish           Jacksonville Beach
Tournament and Seafood Festival    (Mayport)                     (904)241-7127

August
Possum and Fun Day Festival             Wausau                       (904)638-1271

September
Native American Heritage Festival    Tallahassee                 (904)575-8684
Greek Festival                                    Jacksonville                (904)396-5383
Festival of the Arts                             Starke                         (352)372-1976

October
Good Life Jubilee                                Alachua                      (352)642-8005
Cracker Day Celebration                   St Augustine               (904)824-4564
Ham Jam                                           Green Cove Springs    (904)282-4444
Ameliafest                                          Amelia Island             (904)837-6241
Seafood Festival                                 Cedar Key                   (352)543-5308
Jazz Festival                                      Jacksonville                (904)353-7770

November
Fall Harvest Festival                          Micanopy                    (352)446-3540
Peanut Festival                                  Williston                      (352)528-6169
Chowder Cook-off                              Cedar Key                   (352)543-5600
Fall Festival                                       Cross Creek                 (352)466-4068
Down Home Days                              Trenton                       (352)463-6327
Suwanee River Olden Days                White Springs             (352)397-2385
Museum                                             Tallahassee                 (904)575-8684
Rural Folk Life Fiesta                         White Springs              (352)397-2733

December
Farm Days Syrup Making                  Gainesville                  (352)374-2170

  For more information
on the Bradford County area
click on the url below.

StarkeOnline - Your community website for Starke, FL

SOME WORDS YOU WILL HEAR IN REFERENCE TO THE SOUTH.

Alligator pear: Avocado.
Brown Turkey Figs: Favored fig in North Florida for perserves and fig cakes.
Cast Iron Skillet: Preferred cooking pans for Southern-style foods.
Conch: large snail-like sea creature found in waters of the Florida Keys and islands, popular
in fritters and salads.
Cooter: Local name for fresh water turtles,soft-shell and alligator turtles.
Crackers: Early North Florida settlers.
Cracker cattle: a breed of cows brought to the New World by the Spanish in the 1500's.
Datil Pepper: Small fiery peppers grown around St. Johns County. Most popular in pepper sauce.
Gator tail: meat from the tail section of the alligator.
Gophers: land tortoises and those things my momma said for me not to bring home anymore cause
the was endangered now.
Greens: collards, turnips, mustard. Southern traditions with cornbread.
MayHaw: Small crab apple like fruit native to North Florida. Treasured for jelly and butter.
Moon Pies: Round sweet cakes with rich chocolate icing popular with children and some adults
in the Deep South. Usually savored with an RC Cola.
Boiled green pnuts: just what it says boiled green peanuts. If they are dry you can roast them
or fry them with garlic powder.
Scuppernong: a type of sweet grape common in the south sometimes referred to as "bullets". Can
be bronze color or deep purple.
Shine: Local name for bootleg whiskey.
St Augustine Sweet: Onion grown in St. Johns County. similar to Vidalia onion.
Sweet Potatoes Popular potatoes in the South served as a vegtable or as dessert.
Swamp Cabbage: The heart of the cabbage palm,eaten raw or cooked in stews.

That is all I can think of right now. But I will add more as soon as I think of them or if you
have any to add just email me and I will be glad to add them.
 

 Designed by Barbara with help from Tim