IF YOU GOWhat: Valley FestWhere: Downtown Dunlap, Tenn.When: Noon to 5 p.m. CDT todayHow much: $5 adults, $1 children 12 and under
DUNLAP, Tenn.-Kathy Seals stood by a smoking stump to cook hot dogs Saturday at the first Valley Fest in Dunlap.
Seals said she learned to make “stump dogs” from her father, who used to sell them on the mountain when he was a little boy. The family started cooking dogs at the Coke Ovens Bluegrass Festival a few years ago and the specialty took off with the locals.
“There’s a smokiness, just like being cooked on an open fire,” Seals said.
Friday’s downpour and Saturday’s chilly gusts didn’t deter people from attending the downtown festival.