I conducted my first interview for this episode in September 2022 – prior to attending that year’s Loris Bog-Off Festival. At that point, I had no idea a Historic Marker was in the works. Had I completed the episode by the end of 2022 as intended I would have completely missed including it. So although it took much longer than I would have liked to get this episode out I guess I’ll chalk it up to everything happening for a reason!

That typed, when you listen to the episode you may hear people saying “this year” regarding the Festival. Just know they are actually speaking of last year. The 2023 festival is happening this Saturday, Oct 21. (So listen to the episode and quickly plan a visit!)

Much like my last episode (The Local Farey Tale of the Garbage Plate), I had some patient Tale Tellers waiting for it to arrive and I thank them for their contributions. A special shoutout to Jay Williams for being a Tale Teller for a second time on my podcast! Happy he wanted to be a part of another episode.

You can listen to the episode here or anywhere you stream podcasts.

Note: The top photo is from my stack of 2 oz samples at the 2022 Loris Bog-Off Festival. As you can see, I didn’t clean out each sample but I was STILL full! I was excited that the Chicken Bog cook I voted for won People’s Choice – Rico Bellamy. Even before he won, I had handed him my card as I had hoped to interview him but we didn’t end up connecting.

See more photos from my Festival visit here. And check out the bonus photo below of (Fried) Chicken Bog Balls – a creation from Chicken Bog Tale Teller Samantha Norris’ Brother at Ritchie’s. They were delish!