I went to the State Fair of Texas for the first time on Thursday.
I know! I know!
I have been claiming Texas as home for nearly 20 years, yet I hadn’t been to it’s
official fair…
oh, and speaking about OFFICIAL:
Yes, it is true.
Not only is the State Fair of Texas BIG, but it also boasts to be the “Fried Food Capital of Texas”.
I am not sure what other location has been vying for this title, but I will take their word for it.
Since I am in the fried food capital of Texas…
Let’s eat!
I will have to confess that it took us a few minute to decide on WHAT fried food was a
must-have.
I mean, the
fried butter is obvious, but what else?
Fried PB&J?
Fried Cookie Dough?
Fried Coke?
Fried PB&Banana?
Chicken-fried Bacon?
Fried Guacamole?
We settled on
fried coke…
fried cookie dough…
and the obvious
fried butter.
It was all a little frightening…especially when congregated together.
After extensive sampling, I declared a clear winner*…
FRIED BUTTER (which just tastes like a buttered biscuit)!
*By clear winner I mean the least offensive fried food**.
**By least offensive I mean something I could take more than one bite of***.
***By more than one bite, I don’t mean to infer that I will ever be eating it or any other fried food again.
Cheers from the Fried Food Capital of the World…
Now please come back tomorrow for a report on
The Smallest Horse in the World.
P.S. Heidi asked about the fried coke. Those of you who make it at home can correct me, BUT it appeared to me to be fried batter balls soaked in coke syrup. I didn’t care for it because it was OVERLY sweet. It was Blog-Stedman’s favorite of the three while we were there. On the way home he voiced fried coke regret.
Thank you for clearing that up. How many tickets for the defibrillator?
And I thought I liked fried food. Clearly, my love of onion rings marks me as a rank amateur in the world of fried food. And I think I’ll be fine staying that way.
And all this time I thought the smallest horse was that miniature Trojan horse in the Art Center. How did I miss this?
I’m glad you tried all those, but only FOUR butter balls for $4? That’s expensive!!
I sent Reese & Reed up to see the smallest horse in the world…again, I’m cheap and didn’t want to spend 2 tickets for myself! WHAT was it? The descriptive skills of 2 six year olds essentially told me it was a REAL horse, but that was about it. What did I miss????
You have to try deep fried oreos. I also saw deep fried pickles at our fair. Not my favorites.
I hope your husband is a cardiologist.
Please tell me, what the heck is fried Coke? Bits of fried dough in a Coke? I must know.
Oh, I wouldnt miss that smallest horse bit for anything.
Post Script: I wonder why they call it “butter”…is it because it goes straight to your BUTT?
I totally got a photo of the Fried Food Capitol of Texas sign! Did you save me any Fried Butter?