10 Worst Fair Foods: Yuck or Yum?
Okay, I've seen a lot of these (and the girl with the caveman turkey leg could be me), but I stopped short when I saw...could it be?
...the deep fried truffle.
Admittedly, I usually just get a Diet Coke and share someone's funnel cake.
The slideshow is missing deep fried cheeseburger and deep fried coca-cola.
The State Fair of Texas is notorious for 'treats' such as these. A new one this year is chocolate covered bacon on a stick. And you know people will be lining up 10 deep to get one!
Original Post by dnsmills:
And you know people will be lining up 10 deep to get one!
And then they'll be lining up six foot deep after the massive coronary.
Our local fair (the Calgary Stampede) had deep fried cheesecake and deep fried jelly beans.
My friend tried the deep-fried Oreos... she said they were like donuts.
Jelly beans? That doesn't even sound good.
They had the chocolate covered bacon at our local fair and we dared one of our friends to try it. It was cold...came in a little Chinese take out-like box. He bit into it and said it just tasted like salty chocolate. It was mostly chocolate, with little pieces of bacon mixed in. We all decided to try a bite, and it really wasn't that bad! If someone gave you a piece and didn't tell you that there was bacon in it, you wouldn't know. Not a treat I would probably ever choose to have again, but it was definitely interesting!
Other weird fair foods I saw this year:
-a hot dog inside a zucchini, deep-fried
-deep-fried cheesecake
-deep-fried pizza
-Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich (the donuts are the buns, yuck!!)
-deep-fried White Castle burger
Fair foods are basically about taking the most unhealthy food you can find, and then deep-frying it! I did have some delicious sweet potato fries and some of my friend's funnel cake :)
you guys ever funnel dusted someone like when concessionaire gives you the funnel cake and you slightly hold in front of someone when the wind is blowing?? that's so cool and mean!!
I thought deep fried twinkies were the worst thing I ever heard, but Krispy kreme chicken sandwich takes the cake (or donut). Disgusting!
OH MY GOD all that stuff is just DISGUSTING!! Why in the world does everything have to be fried!!! That turkey leg is pretty funny looking - if I was into dark meat I'd probably tackle like 5 of those bad boys... and those foot long dogs... well yea, if I still ate pork I'd devour them too!
I actually had a deep fried Mars Bar once. It was surprisingly delicious.
Some things are just ridiculously stupid. Why do you need a fried candy bar? Why do you have to ruin an oreo? Or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, for that matter?
There are some really bad fair foods out there...
At the WI State Fair, the "best of the best" (or "best of the worst" depending on how you look at it) in my opinion are -
-Roasted Corn on the Cob, still in husk (option to have it dipped in butter - pass on that!)
-Cream Puffs (haven't had one of these since I was a kid but it brings back memories!)
-Baked Potato (I had this for dinner at the state fair when I was vegan - if I remember correctly, the only topping I could get was salsa, but it was still very good)
I've had a deep-fried twinkie, and it was awesome. Obviously not something I'd eat with any regularity, but it's not like this stuff doesn't taste good.
Original Post by ezzied:
Some things are just ridiculously stupid. Why do you need a fried candy bar?
I didn't need it. I wanted to try it for the novelty factor. I don't think I ate the whole thing because it was incredibly rich - but the concept was just so bizarre that when I saw it on the dessert menu at a restaurant once, I had to try it.
Original Post by susiecue:
Original Post by ezzied:
Some things are just ridiculously stupid. Why do you need a fried candy bar?
I didn't need it. I wanted to try it for the novelty factor. I don't think I ate the whole thing because it was incredibly rich - but the concept was just so bizarre that when I saw it on the dessert menu at a restaurant once, I had to try it.
haha It wasn't directed at you, more like the world in general. I just can't understand why the strangest things need to be fried, or even THOUGHT to be fried. (poor oreos!) But truthfully, if I wasn't so petrified of the calorie and fat content in these things, I'd probably let go and give one a try too.
This morning I woke up to a sequel. This one has the deep fried White Castle somebody just mentioned, and IT'S HUGE. I though those things were itty bitty (we don't have them here)?
Still no sign of fried Coke.
BARF!
OK, never mind. A "hot beef sundae" just sounds like a fountain of gross.
The worst fair foods are the ones you actually eat. I'm recovering from all the curly fries (you know, the ones where they cut the potato on a gadget and fry it for you fresh?) and fried whole onions (like the bloomin' onion at Outback) which are very popular in Amish country. Each year I couldn't wait for these goodies. No wonder I got fat. That habit is no more, but I still sometimes crave something deep fried.
*GASP*
CH0C0LATE C0VERED BAC0N!
DEEP FRiED PENUT BUTTER AND BANANA SANDWHiCHES!
... my heart hurts now :(
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