Monday Morning Mirth
This entry is in honor of a very, very naughty *snack-filled* weekend. I recently gave up the Food of the Godz (erm, french fries) in hopes of staving off that Holiday 5 pounder that always ends up on my hips. I was doing really good until this happened and then I wanted (and tried) to eat everything in sight.
A friend told me about the trend at State & County Fairs of putting un-before thought of already cooked Food to the Fire – but food to the fire in a special way: FRIED in Deep FAT!
WHAT’s NOT to LOVE?
These were the Summer Romances of
quite a few Fair Followers
Make One in Your Own Kitchen! YUM!
AAArgh! The very thought of any of those deep-fried anythings is making my teeth hurt! But hey — we Canucks have **poutine**!
Ah, but you missed the latest–and possibly most disturbing–trend: fried coke!!
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/12/deepfried_cocacola.html
Down south, one does not need a State or County fair to enjoy deep fried pickles or Twinkies :) Just walk into a restaurant and order one. With deep fried pickles, we have the choice of a whole fried pickle, fried pickle spears, or fried pickle discs. Yum!
I was getting ready to mention the deep-fried Coke, but Ashley beat me to it…..
What’s next??????
I’m not big on fried foods, but fried pickles really are awesome! Especially when you do them yourself, using the best fish fry ever!
Ugh, chicken patty and a krispy kreme. There is something very wrong about that.
Ideed! but the clock just tolled NOON in Chicago and I’m thinkin’ it’d be yummy in my tummy :p
So wrong but maybe So Right!
I feel full just reading about it…
Deep fried Snickers? I bet that’s good.
But hey! It’s not Fair Food unless it’s on a stick. Deep-fried pickle on a stick. Deep-fried mac’n’cheese on a stick. And so on.
OH.MY. And I thought I’d eat anything. I’ve never tried any of those, and though I did give deep-fried Twinkies a passing thought in Maryland, I just couldn’t bring myself to it. I do love fried ice cream, though. And french fries? Yes. Food of the Godz, that I’ve also had to give up. Ergh.
Elephant ears? Boring? I think not! I have this hard and fast rule about fair food. If one has to step back and say WTF?, that is a bad sign. Fried mac and cheese? WTF? Fried Snickers? WTF? Elephant ears? Oh Yeah! We’ll take 2!
Why, it just so happens that I am married to the “Minnesota Pickle King”!
My husband owns a deep-fried pickle booth at the Minnesota State Fair. When he first ran the idea by me, I wanted to hurl. Turns out, they are pretty damn good! (Especially with cream cheese in the middle)
Deep-fried twinkies? Not so much.
Deep-fried Snickers bar? Only on a bowl of vanilla ice cream.
The Great Minnesota Get-Together is infamous for it’s deep-fried EVERYTHING. I believe the new deep-fried food this year was deep-fried hot dish.
And now I will throw up in my mouth.
Irish Clover is right – I can get deep fried pickles in a restaurant.
Deep-fried Snickers are good. They dip them in funnel cake batter first. YUM!
What? No funnel cake? It’s fried. And so so yummy.
A restaurant here started serving deep fried pickle slices. They are best when cut into spears or coins and fried in a really light crispy batter. Nobody will believe how good they are til they try them! Apparently they are originally from the south.