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You can fry anything and put it on a stick July 7, 2004
Last weekend Ger, Sam, and I went to the San Diego County Fair. Now, if you'll pardon the pun I'll point out that I'm not that much of a fair person. Rickety rides that are built to be broken down? Pass. Hucksters trying to get me to play rigged games for craptacular stuffed toys that I wouldn't want if they were free? No thanks. Obnoxious arts and crafts to make my house look like Holly Hobby exploded all over it? Nah. Prize winning livestock so smelly it makes me think --just for a second-- that vegans may be on to something? Uh-uh.
That all being said, though, there is one very good reason to go to the fair: The food. Any state or county fair teaches us the incontrovertible truth that you can fry anything, put it on a stick, and sell it by the truckload at the fair. At the Wisconsin State Fair I once counted over twenty foods on a stick, ranging from the traditional (corn dogs) to the ingenious (a row of chocolate-covered strawberries) to the bizarre (pizza) to the sublime (cheesecake). This year, though, took the yellow sponge cake, even though it wasn't technically on a stick. This year, we had a fried twinkie.
That's right. We found a place that sold fried twinkies, fried Snickers bars, and fried Oreo Cookies. We had to try it, and this was the result:
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Click for an even larger, higher calorie version. What you see there is a twinkie, covered in batter, fried in oil, doused in powdered sugar, then drenched in chocolate sauce. Just looking at it was equivalent to a 9,000 calorie meal. I thought it was disgusting and could only take one bite, which gave me diabetes for half an hour. Geralyn and the sweet tooth that sometimes takes over her mind, on the other hand, thought it was great. So your mileage may very.
While I stood there at the fair giving myself an insulin shot, I wondered what could possibly top fried twinkies or fried Snickers bars in terms of the utter destruction of one's health. The answer, of course, is simple: fried cigarettes. I fully expect to see them make a big splash at next year's fair.
Here's a few other pictures from the day:
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Unfortunately Sam is still too young to enjoy the fair, even though the whole thing had, for some reason, a Dr. Seuss theme, replete with puppet shows, magicians, and other stuff for the kids. Next year, though.
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Posted by Shawn on July 10, 2004 4:58 PM:
Mmmmm! We just went to the Chocolate Bar where they do not serve fried foods but rather virtually anything you can think of dipped in chocolate. Any fruit (you can even bring you own), double stuffed oreos, nutter butters, rice krispy treats. They even have a chocolate pizza which looks exactly like a real pizza. This was "dinner." We'll have to take you guys when you come. Better pack the insulin shot!
Posted by Geralyn on July 12, 2004 7:41 PM:
I'm sooo jealous! I must go to this Chocolate Bar place one day!