If you’re like me, you can’t think of a fair — be it a county fair or the state fair — without thinking of that catchy little tune from the 1973 animated version of Charlotte’s Web:
- A fair is a veritable smorgasbord orgasbord orgasbord
- After the crowds have ceased
- Each night when the lights go out
- It can be found on the ground all around
- Oh, what a ratly feast!
Periodically as Mr. Burt and I walked around the State Fair of Texas yesterday, I would burst into this song. Especially as we passed the food stalls. Even though there was a sad lack of the rotten cotton candy Templeton so gleefully sings of as he gorges himself on leftover fair food, items such as German fajitas — a bratwurst and saurkraut wrapped up in a tortilla — made it easy to imagine fair guests rolling back to the parking lot at the end of the day.
And the German fajitas weren’t the most unhealthy foods at the fair. Far from it.
Fried bacon was this year’s new fried concoction at the fair. You should have seen the lines for it. And as if fried bacon itself wasn’t unhealthy enough, people were helping themselves to ranch dressing to dip it in.
And finally, one which I just don’t get at all:
If only Templeton could attend the State Fair of Texas, huh?
19/10/2008 at 10:19 pm Permalink
Wow fried Bacon and Deep fried Latte?! What in the world is a deep fried latte? I thought I saw the worst it could get with fried Oreos and fried snickers but wow! I really don’t know what to say to that other then I don’t think even I want to try fried bacon or deep fried latte. I do have to admit to trying the fried oreos. They were wonderful but I was also pregnant at the time and have never tried them again. Did you eat any of it?
20/10/2008 at 1:39 am Permalink
Wow, I love your pictures of all the foods that were in the stands!!! Amazing what they come up with. You know what’s even funnier…why did one of our Russian friends want to come see in America???? THE FAT PEOPLE!!! I wish I could blog on it, but what if someone who was reading it took offense??? Crazy, huh?
Hey, how’s class? Are you guys still going?
20/10/2008 at 6:23 am Permalink
Margaret, apparently a deep-fried latte is a bit of a misnomer: “a fried pastry topped with cappuccino ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream and instant coffee powder.” I actually saw people eating these and didn’t know what it was. That actually sounds pretty good!
Karen, that is SOO funny about your friend. Darn it when you can’t blog about things for fear of offending someone.
21/10/2008 at 5:43 pm Permalink
And to think all I had for supper tonight was salad, broiled salmon, steamed squash and a boiled potato. Now I’ve got a hankerin’ for something FRIED! Fresh donuts. French fries. Hush puppies.
Speaking of deep fried foods, my older brother recently bought a turkey frier, and tried it out last weekend - he says it tasted good, but the lack of gravy was a drawback.
I love that Food Channel show called Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The host is constantly eating fried food and gushing over how fantastic it tastes. Can you blame us for craving it? Answer: No.