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Abel Gonzales Jr. flavors his batter with Coca-Cola, deep fries it, drizzles Coke fountain syrup on it, then tops it all off with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Gonzales's creation won for creativity at the second-annual Big Tex Choice Awards Contest, beating out such delicacies as deep-fried macaroni cheese and deep-fried Cosmos.
Deep-fried Coke may sound weird now, weird enough to get a little Farking, but back in 1942, a cornbread-battered hot dog on a stick might have sounded weird, too. Now we have corn dogs.
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10-22-2006 @11:17PM Laura in Texas said... How utterly typical.
So many of you read about some concoction at the State Fair of Texas and then automatically assume that ALL Texans AND Americans are "fat asses."
I've been all over the world and a great deal of the food offerings were just as high in fat, calories and cholesterol as anything offered at the State Fair of Texas.
So what if someone wants to try something new JUST ONCE? That entitles you to call ALL Texans AND Americans "fat asses"?
This just goes to prove how naive, insensitive and hateful people all around the world really are and can be. I'm appallled at some of the comments here.
Don't like "deep-fried Coke"? Don't go to the State Fair of Texas, and, more importantly, DO NOT EAT ANYTHING OFFERED! It's really THAT simple.
We've had a saying here in Texas for a long, long time:
"WELCOME TO TEXAS! - NOW GO HOME."
In fact, don't bother to come here; we've been doing just fine for centuries without you. We'll continue to do so.
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10-22-2006 @7:25AM Dale said... this is not good. alot of americans will eat this more than once becuase they dont have any self control. over 50% of americans are fat no thanks to mac donalds. its making kids fat adults fat. This is a heart failure waiting to happen. if u drink this oh sorry i mean eat this got confused becasue COKE IS MENT TO BE DRUNK not EATEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10-22-2006 @7:29AM Tori said... right on dale
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10-22-2006 @12:27PM Alexander said... I'd have never expected to encounter such political and social-based comments against the U.S. ON A FOOD SITE!!! But I see how someone who's constantly throwing rocks could find this as an opportunity to bother people.
1.- It's coke. Dont have to explain that...
2.- It's deep fried. Society demands you to be skinny plus being a consumist. Thats gotta have some impact on people who wishes to devour one of those baked/fried goods but they are too "cool" to have them, or as someone called them above "Weight Nazis" (start having fun ppl!!!)
3.- It's texas... The world owes texas for Gerge W. Bush (You people just complain and complain but you dont realize that eventually you'll have all the oil in the world and economics to stop worring at all, and your grand kids will enjoy that so at least be a little thankful for the corndogs he ate as a child haha.)
4.-The guy who invented it it's a mexican dude, LOL. this makes me giggle cause being a mexican myself, I'm aware of how our people can be, just ask one of us wetbacks if we ever turn to an instruction booklet for anything!!... We're gente inventadora esee!!!
I wish you could see the big picture from another perspective...
I'm a Die-hard fan of coca-cola so my life has a new meaning... haha
start having fun with life and stop worring about clogged arteries... WTF?
best regards XD
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10-22-2006 @1:39PM latinos-usa.com said... Well, I see that a lot of people here even from overseas starts writing a lot of none sense stuff when they have probably never visited another country and they are stuck in their own one, poor close minded people are not better, what about some asians that eat fried or grilled bugs, now that might seem gross for some but asians say they are good and have proteins or vitamins or whatever, or how about a good old glass of camel milk from the middle east countries, now, this is America what did you expect? a product of our own presented in a different way! I haven't tried it yet but I soon as I have the chance I will !!, and yes haters hate this...God Bless America and God Bless Texas. Always!!!! Proud to be Texan 100%.
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10-23-2006 @11:59AM Carole said... I think all the negativity is worse for general well-being than trying silly food.
BTW- I'm not from the South or Republican. Also, I do not believe that sampling Fried Coke will kill you. Now, that's truly silly.
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10-23-2006 @7:36PM Vi said... Quite hateful in the comments, but I guess that is the way. Too much fried foods will clog arteries and kill you; true as it makes one obese. ONCE in awhile won't though. It's not that you eat, only what you eat. At least so has been chanted lately. I don't like all the American bashing constantly; but other countries are malnourished from I assume lack of funding. Also a lot of behind the scenes on who said what to who and where the hate will be targetted.
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10-24-2006 @8:45PM abbylyn said... It's a TREAT! Not sustinence. Hey, if we Americans are fat, you Brits have bad teeth and at least we can lose weight. We also don't eat Haggis, head cheese or blood pudding. I'd soon eat fried junk than your "national" foods...eww blood and headcheese...
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10-26-2006 @12:19PM Donna said... only the skinny folks would call people "pigs" or "fat pigs". a treat like this one only is indulged once or twice a year, what harm could this be? Get real, you "Twiggies", what is the harm in trying all types of food? You folks need to get a life.
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10-29-2006 @11:44PM Elvis said... I like deep fried foods as an occasional snack. I haven't tried the coke yet, tho. One of my favorite things is fried squirrel on a stick and deep fried grubs. mmm-mmm good eat'n!
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10-27-2006 @9:48PM fredges said... Yeah, right, all Americans are fat-asses. And we all drive Hummers, support our President, hate anyone that isn't white, and don't know how to use chopsticks. Grow up.
I would try the fried coke once. Once.
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10-28-2006 @9:45AM Bernski said... I live overseas and I would love to try this. I am lookin for the recipe now. All those people that are rippin on Americans being fat are just jealous of the good life. Secondly, I hope they aren't British making these comments...They are just as fat, just without the good lifestyle that Americans enjoy...that is why they are hating on yall.
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10-28-2006 @1:03PM TDA said... I am with brit4246, Christi, and MDP, what is with all this hatred?! People don't eat this EVERYDAY and even if they did, why is that your business? Maybe people wouldn't be so fat if all the "thin" people didn't heap on the pressure to conform to their idea of being. This kind of hatred for anything fat (people or food) will help no one - geez people, if you wish to lighten up something, lighten up your attitudes.
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10-28-2006 @7:30PM Ron Mitchell said... GO FOR IT!!! Eat as many as you can! The less dumb fat Americans there are on this planet, the better!
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10-29-2006 @12:31PM Kaycie said... I'm still laughing...Those of you who have nothing better to do than "BITCH" about a new fair food...Fried Coke-Cola...I suggest you find something more constructive to get involved with....become a volunteer, volunteer to visit an elderly person in a nursing home, just visit with them...see the pleasure you give them...or become an active court advocate, help protect abused children and women...maybe you can save an innocent persons life...Get involved in your local animal shelter. The list goes on and on....
This is the most sympathetic response to the Fried Coke yet...
***17. We in Australia commend this fine delicacy to as many Bush/Iraq War supporters as possible. Bon appetit
Posted at 10:59PM on Oct 17th 2006 by Billy Joe 0 stars***
Yes Mr. President, even Fried Coke being consumed at our state fairs is your fault...Bring our troops home and lets send the insurgents our top secret recipe for *Fried Coke*, What a lovely idea from our Aussie friend. NOT!!!
Feels like I have more important causes in my life than bitch and complain or call names about, Fried Coke! Thank God, our great country, the USA, gives us that freedom to make a choice as to whether or not we want a "Fried Coke"...
Please, instead of wasting energy on something so trivial and rediculous, go out today and get involved in something to help a person in need.
God Bless America and the world we all live in.
Kaycie
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10-29-2006 @11:10AM Kuba said... Hi, I'm writing from Poland (a 38 mln country in the central Europe, boarders with Germany and the Czech Republic, so it's sth else than a village in Oregon). Whenever the people from Europe come to the USA, we are shocked at the sizes of American women's buttocks and bellies. It's really incredible. We take pictures of these supernatural phenomena. And after some time, we observe that there's nothing supernatural in it: almost every girl/woman is obsese, and the rest are just very fat. After another few days, we observe that in Europe people eat salads, pastas with some light olive-based sauces, thin pizzas with rucola and parmazan, fish, some selected parts of meat etc, and in your country you only eat two things: lard and sugar (or both at the same time). It has different labels (McDonald's, Wendy's, fired sth, fried sth else)... even if you eat a cake it's so disgusting that a European citizen would not touch it (it leaks with fattest ever cream, tons of artificial cancerogenic additives, syrup, etc)... For us, it's really dificult to eat something in the US, and we thus usualyy go to look for some national shops, like Polish bakery, or German butcher, where you have a CHANCE to find something that is not so much artificial and made of lard (PS. your bread is 100% chewmical product, it doesn't even taste like bread.) Of course, your girls are famous around the world fro being the fattest in this planet, so we come back to Europe to have a date iwth a nice girl who doesn't focus on "let's get some french fries, nuggets, pork chops, and milk-shake". BTW, do you know that SMALL Coke/shake/icecream/anything is LARGE in Europe? So, enjoy your deep fried-Coke!
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10-29-2006 @11:10AM Rachael said... I wish I could have tried this new fair fad! I live for trying new things. I didn't get to go to our state fair this year, but I usually do and try all the new foods and enjoy my old favorites! The fair lasts about two weeks. Two weeks out of the year will not make one fat! I promise! You could eat a fried something-or-another once a week and not get fat. It's called using your brain and knowing when to stop and knowing when to exercise. If America could get their heads out their ass's and understand this, our obesity problem will diminish.
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10-29-2006 @7:30PM Billy said... I was amazed when I read on the net that a man made over 100 Grand in as little as for days. It was even more impressive that this money came from a new recipe. Who would have thought that fried coke would be popular.
I found this site and half of all posts are basing Americans and the way we eat. It is known that most Americans are unaware or uncaring of their weight and personal apperance. Does this make it right for people of other countries to make fun of us? I mean, Americans travel all over the world enjoying different cultures and foods. We may like to eat, but we never complain about the food items that were present. I don't think you will see on this website an American saying "I travelled to a foriegn country and can you believe they eat parts of animals that we would not even put in our hot dogs!".
I don't think it is required that people bad mouth Americans and their eating habits. We don't ask other countries for food to feed ourselfs. So, there is no need for other countries to worry about how much or what we eat. We can worry about ourselves.
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10-30-2006 @12:47AM steph said... C'mon guys, once a year at a fair for a special treat isn't going to kill anyone. Don't tell me you guys don't all splurge on french fries once in awhile. Loosen up. Have some fun. Live a little bit! I'm a dancer and have to make sure I'm eating healthy, but even I don't see any reason why a special treat or trying something new at a fair is so distastrous.
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10-30-2006 @10:16AM FATSO said... The only thing missing is some butter flavored crisco for dipping. I am 6'1" and weigh 380. I have a fine girlfriend who SERVES me. I eat WHAT I WANT. Skinny people suck !!
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