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.
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I totally got a photo of the Fried Food Capitol of Texas sign! Did you save me any Fried Butter?
Post Script: I wonder why they call it “butter”…is it because it goes straight to your BUTT?
Oh, I wouldnt miss that smallest horse bit for anything.
Please tell me, what the heck is fried Coke? Bits of fried dough in a Coke? I must know.
I hope your husband is a cardiologist.
You have to try deep fried oreos. I also saw deep fried pickles at our fair. Not my favorites.
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????
And all this time I thought the smallest horse was that miniature Trojan horse in the Art Center. How did I miss this?
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.
Thank you for clearing that up. How many tickets for the defibrillator?
fried oreos are the best! with deep fried avocados in a close second.
the fried coke we had was basically the syrup mixed with a batter and then deep fried. we didn’t like it either.
oh how i love state fairs!
That’s it….I am coming to Texas!
Fried Coke Regret! HA! Too funny!
Very interesting~ I have seen some of these items at the Iowa State Fair, haven’t been brave enough to try them! I enjoyed your pics of these fried foods, as well as your blog.
The next booth over was selling angioplasties, right?
I’d have to try the deep fried cookie dough. I mean, what’s not to love?
My oldest daughter went to the county fair with a friend a few months ago. They charged $4 for a funnel cake. I told her that we can make a whole batch for that price. Then We did. They were good!
Totally missing on the Fair this year. We used to go EVERY year. WAAAAH!!
What about fried Snickers or Oreos? Ah, you can try ‘em next year… : )
I’m fried with envy!
I can’t wait to hear about the smallest horse… I was so tempted to check that out
Fried coke? I didn’t make it to the fair this year. I really wanted to try that fried butter because really, all of this baby weight is coming off Soooooo easily. Glad you enjoyed it. I <3 the fair.
You are a very brave woman. I can’t move beyond elephant ears in the fried family of foods.
Wow I am not quite sure if Colorado has a version of this fair, with all it’s deep friend goodness graciousness.
Wait! No fried oreos??! No fried twinkies??!
Are you SURE you were at the Texas state fair???
Please explain fried Coke to us. Even after seeing the picture I still don’t get it. How do they fry it? Do they freeze t first? Do you drink it or eat it? It is like a fried thing you bite and then there is liquid inside that explodes into your mouth?
Um… I’m sorry, but that is just kinda gross. Fried butter?! Fried COKE?! No.
no no no no
and why? WHY?
(please note: to translate the above comment from Canadian to regular English simply remove ‘i’m sorry, but’.)