Gastronomic Euphoria or Intestinal Misfortune?

[cleanaturalady]

 That is the question.  What will you experience when you head out to the State Fair of Texas  (SFT)?  Once upon a time people went to the SFT, looked at prize winning animals, took in a couple of shows, rode a few rides and perhaps grabbed a Fletcher's Corny Dog or a candied apple along the way.  Gone are the old days, y'all, now when you stroll along the rows at the SFT, every food booth offers something different in the way of admittedly delicious, but oh so bad for you, probably deep fried, something-or-other.  I don't think people even attend the SFT to visit animal tents or ride rides any more; the food has totally taken over as the focus of the SFT.

So large is the draw of deep fried foods at the SFT, there is even a contest that has been held for the past few years, where they judge the best new deep fried food of the season.  This year's winners were Deep Fried Butter (voted most creative) and Fernie's Deep Fried Peaches and Cream (voted best tasting). *drool*

I would be remiss if I did not offer you a list of the epicurean ecstasy you will encounter in addition to the aforementioned Deep fried Butter and Fernie's Deep Fried Peaches and Cream on a trip to the SFT 2009.  Don't eat before you go.  Bring lots of money.  And don't plan to eat anything else (especially fried) for the next few days.  Have a nice, non-nutritious nosh-fest everyone!

• Deep Fried Peanuts
• Stuffed Fried Boneless Chicken Wings on a stick
• Fried Apple and Peanut Butter on a stick
• Deep Fried Pizza
• Smokin’ Bullets on-a-stick- fried beef egg-roll with Thai dipping sauce
• Fried Turkey on-a-stick
• Chocolate Jalapeño- batter-dipped pepper, deep fried and served with chocolate sauce
• Fried Peanuts n Shell  - you eat them shell and all
• Fernie’s Southern Fried Fajitas
• Twisted Yam on a Stick
• Texas Fried Pecan Pie
• Country Fried Pork Chips
• Sweet Jalapeno Corn Dog Shrimp
• Fried Peanut Butter Cup Macaroon - peanut butter cup wrapped in a macaroon, battered and fried
• Green Goblins- cherry peppers stuffed with meat, battered, fried and served with queso
• BBQ  Stuffed Wings - marinated chicken wings stuffed with beef, potato, onion, noodles and spices
• Rotisserie Chicken - sold by the 1/4 and 1/2
• Pokey O's- colossal ice cream sandwiches made with fresh baked cookies
• Texas Bar-B-Que Boomerangs- brisket wrapped in wonton wrappers and deep fried
• Banana Praline Waffles
• Mexican Pies - a mixture of chicken, corn, beans cheese, peppers and onions pressed between tortillas
• Frozen Turtle Cheesecake Dipped in Chocolate on a stick
• Frozen Explosion Swirl - swirled frozen beverage concoction
• Chili Cheese Dog Pot Pie- wieners and chili with a pastry crust
• Texas Pig Candy- spice cocktail sausages with a brown sugar glaze served with candied jalapeno peppers

Of course if you look really hard, I am sure you will still find a Fletcher's Corny Dog booth somewhere amongst all the other offerings.  Don't fret, if you don't get a chance to taste everything on your first trip, the SFT will be back again next year; I would stake Big Tex's life on that.

 

 

Tags: state fair of texas, deep fried food, eat, stomache ache

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[debra_benge]

Oct. 18, 2009 at 7:53 PM

Holy cow!!  I can feel my pants getting smaller just READING this list!!  Some of those sounded REALLY good, though, especially those Green Goblin thingies!

And I just came from Tx...  I won't be going back for a while...

[MunchiesMom324]

Oct. 18, 2009 at 9:24 PM

That's ok - here in SC we have wonderful things like "deep-fried candy bars" (yeah, you read it right) and my personal week-of-calorie favorite is the deep friend honey bun.  That's right, you take one of Lil Debbie's finest and you roll it around in dry pancake mix and drop that puppy in boiling hot grease... Wow, I need to change my pants... I mean, into my fat pants,,, (that came out all wrong, didnt it?)

[aurorabunny]

Oct. 18, 2009 at 9:30 PM

Ok Kim...most of that is seriously the fattest, grossest fodder I have ever heard of.  LOL. 

And you know what's really sad?  I am a vegan health food nut and for some reason deep fried peaches and cream sounds absolutely delightful...don't ask me why, I'm ashamed of myself enough as it is. :)

[KelleyP77]

Oct. 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM

Some of that stuff sounds really good, but most of it would jump-start a vomit. Blech.

We have the deep fried candy bars and twinkies down here at the rodeo. I have never eaten one though, because I always anticipate horrible bowel repercussions. One weakness...funnel cakes. Yum, yum, yum.

[burkemom]

Oct. 20, 2009 at 10:43 PM

I feel a tummy ache coming on after reading this.