BY NANCY SPENCER

nspencer@delphosherald.com

DELPHOS — Who doesn’t love the smell of fried chicken in the morning? Wait. In the morning? Yes. The aroma of fragrant fried chicken can be smelled for blocks on Saturday and Sunday of St. John’s Parish Fall Festival.

Janet Rode, back, and Dottie Backus fry chicken Sunday morning. Their efforts will fill platters and carry-out containers during the second day of St. John's Parish Fall Festival.

The chicken fryers get up before the crack of dawn and are hard at work filling tubs with their crispy fare that will be packed in roasters and then baked.