We hit up the Texas State Fair this week, and I'm ashamed to admit that we couldn't resist trying many of the fried foods, especially the 2011 award winners. I'm still recovering. And I can't get that 2nd grade song "We're going to the country, we're going to the fair, to see the senoritas with flowers in her hair..." song out of my head.
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| Big Tex himself |
2011 Best Taste: Buffalo Chicken in a Flapjack. It's a buffalo chicken strip coated in flapjack (I say pan-kay-kay) batter, rolled in jalapeno bread crumbs, deep fried, skewed and served with a side of maple syrup. Surprisingly delicious, minus the maple syrup.
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| buffalo chicky in a flapjack |
2011 Most Creative: Fried Bubblegum. Bubblegum flavored marshmallow dipped in batter, fried, then decorated with a swirl of blue icing and sprinkling of chiclets. This was a warm, oozy, liquid-filled dough ball thing. Jeff ate one and kinda gagged. I ate two and still couldn't decide if they were good. The chiclets were the best part.
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| fried bubble-yum (don't be startled by the jackets and scarves in this picture. we may have had a little cold front sweep thru for 2 days, but Texans over-reacted in a big way and busted out the winter clothes. drama-rama.) |
2011 Finalist: Deep Fried Texas Salsa. Nasty hard fried balls of tomato, onion, garlic, and jalapenos mashed together and rolled in crunchy tortilla chips, fried and served with warm queso. This was not the highlight of the fried foods. We each had about 2 bites and tossed it. Not sure how this was a finalist.
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| grody fried salsa |
Fletchers Corny Dog. Yep, they really do call them "corny" dogs down here. Everybody. It sounds so funny to us. This was my favorite of all the things we tried, which is good because the Fletchers Corny Dog is the staple food item at the fair.
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| corny dog |
I never found my pineapple whip (thank you Blow for introducing this delicious dessert to me at the Indiana state fair years ago), which was supposedly somewhere in the fairgrounds according to my food map. The fair was huge and the people were even huge-er. I like big butts and I cannot lie....
Definitely a once-a-year experience and no more. Oh, and we saw little piggy races.
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| piggies |
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I can’t believe we didn’t come visit during THIS time. Sounds fabulous! Although, most of those food creations sound a little nuts. I will stick with my nachos and pineapple whip. I sure do love corn-y dogs though! I’m glad you said something about the weather b/c that is the first thing I noticed…the North Faces!
ReplyDeleteDig you cheer on the little piggies??