Have you ever noticed how different onion rings, hot dogs, and cotton candy
taste, when you're at a fair, or the circus, or an amusement park?  They 
have a strange taste to them, not unpleasant, but somehow different than 
they taste when you eat them at home or a restaurant.  It's almost like they
take on the taste of the air.  They taste like excited little kids who are
begging their parents for a ride on the carousel.  They taste like teenagers
who are trying to pretend they're having a horrible time but can't quite
manage to be convincing.  They taste like the magician who does tricks and
pulls a nickel out of the laughing child's ear.  They taste like the
excitement, the laughter, the happiness of being in a place where time and
the world are gone, where you can have a good time, and ignore the fact that
you need to do this or do that.  Sometimes they even taste faintly like
smoke.  It's amazing how different things can taste at a carnival.