It all started so innocently, didn't it? Some guy speared a hotdog with a stick, dipped it in corn batter, and deep-fried it into a corndog. Now at stat fairs across the country, a corndog is just so...boring. We've got everything from deep-fried cheesecake to Coca-Cola. Remember the winning food in the Texas State Fair food competition last year? A Coke flavored batter deep-fried and served with cola syrup! Dip anything in batter, throw it into hot oil, and you could have a prize-winning food.
And it seems that every year, it gets crazier. At the Texas State Fair, which doesn't even start until the end of September, there are seven entries into the food competition, some of which are reasonable given history, like the Fried Cookie Dough (one step before deep frying an actual cookie, like an Oreo), and others that are just weird, like Fried Guacamole Bites:
- Deep Fried Latte
- Fried Cookie Dough
- Fried Guacamole Bites
- Country Pride Peach Cobbler on a Stick
- Fernie's Fried Chili Frito Burrito
- B.W.'s Original Fried Banana Pudding
- Mama's Fried Sweet Potato Pie
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8-27-2007 @ 6:00PM
Unika said...
Oh my Lord. All I did was walk past the pronto pup stand at the Evergreen State Fair yesterday, and my left arm started tingling...Guacamole bites? Sick. Isn't Country Pride a lemonade? I wonder if the batter is made of some powdered lemonade concoction?
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8-27-2007 @ 8:29PM
Lindsay said...
Can't top the fried Pepsi at the Florida state fair....fried dough balls coated in Pepsi syrup, powdered sugar and whipped cream. Unforgettable!!
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8-27-2007 @ 8:50PM
MJ said...
Thanks GOd the fair will soon be here! Fried elephant ears covered with powdered sugar and funnel cakes with strawberries.Homemade corndogs cant be beat!
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8-27-2007 @ 9:57PM
Silver_Potato said...
Nothing better than the smell of Corndogs in the morning. Makes me think of LSU fans.
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8-28-2007 @ 1:01AM
Hortência Cuauhtémoc de la Guatemala said...
Deep Fried Hard-boiled Eggs
Deep Fried Toothpaste
Deep Fried Chicken Lips and Hands
Deep Fried Spite with Coca Cola Sauce
Deep Fried Parents Gonna Getta Divorce
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8-28-2007 @ 10:54AM
samantha said...
My favorite is the deep fried green olives. The deep fried pickles and avocados are tasty too.
But nothing beats the deep fried cheese curds at the minnesota state fair.
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8-28-2007 @ 12:19PM
Frank said...
But it's alright if they fry it in zero trans-fat oil, right?
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8-28-2007 @ 5:18PM
jsmylie said...
That "nationwide obesity rates rising" story I heard on the radio this morning is starting to make sense...
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8-29-2007 @ 1:57AM
Jason said...
Deep Fried Hard-boiled Eggs... hmmm, why don't they have Scotch Eggs at fairs? Our nation's top frying scientists should be all over that one.
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8-29-2007 @ 9:54AM
Christy said...
But the lines at those fried food stands is surpisingly short.
It's still too damned hot here during the state fair, and that's why Hubby and I avoid the fried foods - well, except for corn dogs!
My kiddo has a "state fair day" off from school. Maybe I can suck it up and try some of these for ya.
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8-29-2007 @ 5:06PM
Matthew said...
I once saw a cooking show on the food network with a woman making deep fried butter....
On a different note, anyone here happens to know a way to track Mcdonald's new product launches or test products?
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9-01-2007 @ 2:41AM
Randy said...
That would be Paula Deen (well, one of the guests on her show). To be honest, it wasn't all butter--there was some cream cheese mixed in there, too!
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