If they're in season, taste some famous Ozark tomatoes. You'll know why we swear that it takes rocky Ozark soil to raise tasty tomatoes. You can pick them up along with other fresh vegetables, flowers, and farm produce at the seasonal farmers market on the Branson lakefront.
Locals swear the two best fruitcakes in the world are made in the Ozarks.
College of the Ozarks makes tons of fruitcakes a year. The other cake offering is made by Assumption Abbey on Bryant Creek 14 miles east of Ava. One of the best ways to see the sights of The Strip and shops, meet people, and get a bit of exercise is to become a Branson Strip walker. Park at a designated point, walk down one side, poking into what interests you, then when you're half played out, walk the other side back. With the new improved roads in the Branson area, traffic gridlock is seldom the problem it used to be.