Carnival Eats — Season 1
Sampling the Giant Texas Tenderloin Sandwich in Oklahoma, as well as Strawberry Pizza in Virginia.
About this season
Sampling the Giant Texas Tenderloin Sandwich in Oklahoma, as well as Strawberry Pizza in Virginia.
Episodes (21)
1. 89er Days/Pungo Strawberry Festival
Aired 11 August 2014 • 25 min
Host Noah Cappe moseys over to Oklahoma to pig out on the Giant Texas Tenderloin Sandwich, and gets berry excited over Strawberry Pizza in Virginia.
2. Viva! Vienna! Festival/Contraband Days Festival
Aired 25 August 2014 • 25 min
Host Noah Cappe goes coastal in Virginia for creamy crab dip and discovers the secret to authentic Crawfish Gumbo in Louisiana.
3. Oak Mountain Spring State Fair/Apache Rattlesnake Festival
Aired 1 September 2014 • 25 min
Host Noah Cappe is smitten over Fried Bread Pudding Bites in Alabama and gets bitten by Fried Rattlesnake in Oklahoma.
4. Portland Rose Festival & Got to be NC Fair
Aired 8 September 2014 • 25 min
Host Noah Cappe keeps things weird in Portland with Beef Tongue Tacos and samples a Donut Sloppy Joe in North Carolina.
5. Meadowlands State Fair/Gardendale Magnolia Festival
Aired 15 September 2014 • 25 min
Noah Cappe samples the freak show of food in New Jersey and indulges in Southern sweet potato pie ice cream.
6. California State Fair/North East Fair
Aired 22 September 2014 • 25 min
Noah Cappe chows down on a Lobster Corn Dog in California, and inhales a Deep Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich in Pennsylvania.
7. Miami-Dade County Fair; Sarasota County Agricultural Fair
Aired 2 October 2014 • 25 min
8. Carnival
Aired 9 October 2014 • 25 min
9. Stanislaus County Fair; Texas Crab Fest
Aired 10 October 2014 • 25 min
Noah is California dreaming as he takes on Lobster Fries and jumps for Grasshopper Fried Pie in Texas
10. K-Days/North Dakota State Fair
Aired 16 October 2014 • 25 min
In this episode, host Noah Cappe travels to Edmonton, Alberta for K Days. He starts the day off right with a Canadian specialty turned into brunch: Breakfast Poutine. The creative combos continue with a fusion-inspired Japanese Dog and a S'mores Mini Donuts, with the summer camp favorite topping the perennial carnival classic. Across the border in North Dakota, Wild Rice Burgers, Idaho Tacos and Kettle Corn make up the regional fare in this prairie state.
11. Indiana State Fair/Old Canal Days
Aired 23 October 2014 • 25 min
Noah constructs a Collosal Grilled Cheese in Indiana, and goes a round with Black & Blue Fries in Illinois.
12. Illinois State Fair/Erie County Fair
Aired 6 November 2014 • 25 min
The Illinois State Fair is one of the longest running fairs in the U.S. and luckily for host Noah Cappe, he's able to sample a taste of Illinois history with the Horseshoe Sandwich: a deep fried pork tenderloin topped with French fries and creamy cheese sauce. Then he puts together an over-the-top deep fried peanut butter sandwich, topped with homemade fluff. Next, Noah travels to New York for the Erie County Fair where he chows down on some local Buffalo favourites like Buffalo Chicken Wing Pizza, Beef on Weck Eggrolls and the Bacon Bomber.
13. Ohio State Fair/NC Potato Festival
Aired 13 November 2014 • 25 min
In Ohio, Noah gets pulled in by the Pulled Pork Donut and goes fish in North Carolina for Calabash Flounder.
14. Canadian National Exhibition/PrairieFest
Aired 20 November 2014 • 25 min
At the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario host Noah Cappe has nothing but appreciation for the Thanksgiving Waffle: a turkey dinner served on a waffle made from classic stuffing ingredients. Ethnic food options abound with traditional Arancini and a vegetarian Tofu Bao Taco. Then it's off to PrairieFest in Oswego, Illinois, where Noah indulges in a Chicago-style Beef and Sausage extravaganza, a Kimchee Korean Dog and some homemade Churros with Deep Fried Ice Cream.
15. Calgary Stampede
Aired 4 December 2014 • 25 min
It's the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, and host Noah Cappe has arrived at the Calgary Stampede ready to eat! He starts his visit off with the Stampede's hot new hit, Scorpion Pizza -- a slice of pizza loaded with edible insects. There are fair classics like Deep Fried Butter, Hot Beef Sundae, Deep Fried Mac and Cheese and Saltwater Taffy. Noah partakes of Calgary's cowboy culture in the traditional Stampede Breakfast, and finds some fusion food in the form of the Chicken Tinga Masala Tostada.
16. All American Eats
Aired 2 July 2015 • 25 min
Margaret's Soul Food Fried Chicken; Big Daddy's BBQ Ribs; fried green tomatoes; lobster rolls; apple pie fries.
17. Go Nuts for Donuts
Aired 2 July 2015 • 25 min
Inventive dishes featuring donuts; glazed donut bacon cheeseburger; grilled chicken raspberry donut; donut ice cream sandwiches.
18. We Deep Fried That!
Aired 9 July 2015 • 25 min
Deep fried treats of the carnival.
19. Stick It to Me
Aired 8 July 2015 • 25 min
Fork-free and portable foods served on a skewer; Family Dog; Bacon Bomber; Gator Kabobs; Fudge Puppy.
20. Fully Loaded
Aired 26 August 2015 • 25 min
Noah puts the spotlight on foods piled high with flavor. Foods included are the "Loaded Potato Bites" at Illinois' Old Canal Days; "Cookie Dough Split" at the North Dakota State Fair; a BBQ Baked Potato at Alabama's Oak Mountain Spring State Fair; a "Colossal Grilled Cheese" at the Indiana State Fair; "loaded Pierogies" at the Virginia's Viva Vienna festival; "Lobster Fries" at California's Stanislaus County Fair; and the "Ice Cream Sundae Funnel Cake" at the Ohio State Fair.
21. All You Can Meat
Aired 2 September 2015 • 25 min
Noah recalls over-the-top meat delicacies at the fairs featured this season. Foods included are a "Tri-Tip Beef Sandwich" in Portland's Rose Festival; "Maple Bacon Funnel Cake" at Louisiana's Pirate Contraband Days; "Philly Cheesesteak Fries" at Virginia's Viva Vienna Festival; Chimichurri Steak Tacos at the Illinois State Fair; a "Giant Texas Tenderloin Sandwich" at Oklahoma's 89'er Days; a "Hot Beef Sundae" at Canada's Calgary Stampede; and "Chicken Wing Ice Cream" at Florida's Miami-Dade County Fair.