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Is it true that you only work three weeks a year, and it's at the State Fair?
AG: That is correct.
That's unbelievable!
AG: I know! I feel pretty lucky. It is great but it's not like I'm rolling around in a Rolls Royce. I have a pretty good lifestyle but it's not mansion stuff. In my time off I take long walks with my dog and sleep late, not a whole lot. When I'm working the fair I wake up at six and never leave before midnight.
How many years have you been doing it?
AG: This is our ninth year. We struggled like everyone else in the beginning. But the fair started putting on the Big Tex choice awards and then what happens is they pick a best new fair food every year and we've been lucky enough to win four out of five years. They announced it to the media and it really became a story.
Tell me about your creations.
AG: The first time we won the fair had an Elvis theme and we won for fried peanut butter, banana and jelly sandwiches. Last year I won for fried butter. This year we went back to something simple but we hope is really good. We're doing a fried chocolate which is like a brownie that's stuffed with white chocolate, maraschino cherries and pecans and we dump that whole thing into a chocolate cake batter and deep fry it.
Any terrible failures?
AG: The one that comes to mind is we tried to deep fry a mint and it didn't work.
How do you come up with the ideas?
AG: I'm a junk-food junkie by nature. It kind of comes easy to me.
Suffer any injuries?
AG: Some burns but nothing really serious, but if you're going to work the fryer you're going to get burned, that's a fact.
What's your favorite?
AG: I really, really liked the deep-fried butter. It sounds gross but it's really more like a biscuit with a buttery inside.
You're not three hundred pounds, how is that possible?
AG: Long walks with the dog. The fact is I'm not making this food year round. It's special food for a special time.
Any plans to open a restaurant or do a T.V. show?
AG: I'm way too lazy for a restaurant. We're in talks for a T.V. show and if it happens that would be great.
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9-03-2010 @7:00PM Luci Vaughn said... no, no we don't
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9-03-2010 @6:46PM hopeangeli said... miamigold - Learn to spell before calling everyone and their brother morons. I think you're overdoing it a tad, but if you compare eating fried foods to someone murdering your child, well then I guess we know where your brain is!
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9-03-2010 @7:26PM SAM said... actually it does sound nasty but some people have gone as far as frying pizza!! thats right yall heard me! PIZZA!!! YUM!!!
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9-03-2010 @7:10PM lwh said... I don't get it..how do you deep fry butter? Does it not melt ?
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10-15-2010 @1:06PM steph stewart said... now how many of u folks out there have ever had a deep fried hot roll, hummmmmm ?????....i figure quite a lot, at one time in your life...i think those were the first things that were considered off the wall back in the fifties, but now anything goes..it's not just hot dogs and elephant ears any more....now they're gettin even more creative..and here in OHIO, i've seen some really strange ones (deep fried pork rinds, deep fried pickled eggs, deep fried jelly biscuits, and even deep fried cupcakes, and the proverbial deep fried pickle)...the one with the butter is just actually a little square of it in the middle of your pastry or biscuit dough, and dippin it in the deep fry batter......it's really good......so,not indulging is the thing, but with deep fried snickers bars to the fillets stuffed w/cream cheese and chives, it's gettin pretty weird out there....
9-03-2010 @7:55PM Sheesh, get the name right! said... The man's name is Abel, not Albert! Sheesh! And, I agree with Karen who said... Oh for crying out loud you people. He does this for 3 WEEKS A YEAR! He said he doesn't eat this every day and takes long walks in his off time. He's not a murderer and you CAN eat something fatty and fried once a year at the fair and not DIE!
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9-04-2010 @7:53AM Lou said... I don't think this guy is the first to fry butter. I saw a lady on a cooking show a few years ago deep fry butter.
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9-04-2010 @2:24PM Joanna said... No wonder were the fattest country in the world.
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9-04-2010 @5:37PM Ajax said... How about breaded and deep fried bacon
or deep fried lard with butter for dipping?
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9-04-2010 @5:49PM Karen said... It's all part of the fun of going to the State Fair and has been for years. What are they going to deep fry this year? Or, what are they going to put on a stick? I'm almost 45, fit, and healthy, but I go to the Fair once a year and will most likely eat something fried. My cholesterol and triglicerides are fine. I might even eat a candy apple or cotton candy. And I might have a few beers too. As long as I'm not driving if I do that, who is going to get hurt? Yes, there are many overweight people in this country, but I'm pretty sure it's not all Abel Gonzales's fault. I work in health care, and I think much of the reason people are so fat as a whole is convenience and let's be honest. Good healthy food is EXPENSIVE! Life is hectic, people work long hours and it is easier to stop for a burger and fries at McD's on the way home after working 12 hrs to the tune of 4 bucks vs buying lean meat and fresh fruit and veggies. Then you have to go home and cook it. Not that I do this often but I can see how people get sucked in to that lifestyle. And then you have to work out after all that. Life is exhausting.
So anyway, sorry about the rant. Back to the fair and Abel. Once a year, it's okay. Moderation is the key to everything. I'll admit, deep fried butter sounds gross, but I am a sucker for a deep fried oreo and look forward to having one once in awhile.
(Hope my spelling and grammar is ok, and I hope I spelled the guys name right.)
Now, off to the New York State Fair! :)
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