It’s amazing the types of foods that most Americans will eat, especially the fair going ones. It is even encouraged at most fairs such as the State Fair of Texas to have the “Big Tex Choice Awards” where fried foods are the winning entries. This year at the Texas State Fair (and Puyallup Fair in Washington State), the rumors are true; they will be serving “Deep Fried Butter”. The creator, Abel Gonzales came up with this fat and full of cholesterol fried food that consists of 100 percent pure butter that is light and fluffy and sweetened with several flavors then surrounded in special dough and deep fried. To me that sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen, I am curious to see if doctor visits go up after this years round of County and State fairs.
What happened to the normal (and still fattening) corn dogs and funnel cakes? I suppose those items had become too boring for those committed fair goers. Other items at this years State and County fairs will also include Deep Fried Peaches and Cream and of course deep fried candy bars such as Snickers, Reece’s bars and even Twinkies and deep fried cheese cake. I even saw chocolate covered bacon at this years L.A. County Fair, but I did not try it.
I also hear that there is deep fried Coca Cola, but I have yet to see it. Apparently it consists of Coca Cola flavored batter, fried and then cola syrup to drizzle over the fattening fried dough. What I wonder is, who actually eats this and does it taste good and do you eat it just to say you have tried it or are you genuinely interested in eating these fried foods?
Other past questionable deep fried fair foods:
Jelly Bellys deep fried. Who would have thought to deep fry Jelly Bellys? I mean they are one of my favorite candies, but I would prefer them not dipped in fattening batter and then deep fried, I will just eat them plain, thank you.
White Castle Burgers. I have tried White Castle Burgers and honestly I thought they were just as good as any other burger, nothing super special about them, but fair goers none the less will and have eaten a deep fried White Castle Burger (like you are not getting enough grease and fat from the hamburger already). I do not even want to know what the calories would look like for a deep fried White Castle Burger, but then again, most fair goers (much like me) do not count calories at the fair, it is like a “free” day. My boyfriend and I call it the one day a year Los Angeles residents will actually eat food without worrying too much about what they are actually consuming.
Fried Spam. Who even likes Spam to begin with and then to have it deep fried… yuck.
Pop Tarts turned funnel cake. That is right, some fairs have deep fried Pop Tarts and put them into funnel cake batter. I once heard that if you want to gain weight you should eat pop tarts on a daily basis. For some reason, that does not sound too appetizing to me. If I were to try any type of deep fried fair food, it most likely will not be the deep fried Pop Tart, although much better sounding than the deep fried Spam.
Ah, good old fair food… what is next, deep fried Crisco?