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Yes, and they're awesome. I've also tried various deep fried candies and even deep fried Pepsi. All very enjoyable.

... if you ignore all the exercise I did the day after to kill those calories.

Some chick did this in Nashville recently. She paid over $500 and got sick to her stomach, from what I remember.

I think they even have deep fried butter here... ick.

once deep fried a smores poptart.

it was delicious.

I've had deep-fried oreos before. I love desserts, and typically the more unhealthy, the better, so you'd think something like that would be right up my alley. I didn't care for them at all though. The tastes completely clash, each detracting from the other to me.

Edited, Jun 23rd 2011 3:21pm by Eske

I try to avoid the fair food as much as possible. Deep fried yumminess or not, it's just too perilous!

Not even sure if I'll go to the fair this year. I see the lights right over the darn hill beckoning to me. But I'm in the midst of doing some remodeling/repair on the condo (doing a refinance as well), and the combination of time and willingness to spend more money just isn't there. I'm also not generally a huge fan of walking around and looking at stuff (don't like the zoo much either), so it's more of the social thing for me anyway. And I don't know if I'll be able to coordinate a day with some friends.


So I'm gonna pass on the challenge.

I work in a building adjacent to the park where they hold the county fair. Last year I went there every day for lunch. One stand is run by a local family that goes around to all they fairs and such in the area selling their homemade sausage. It's by the far the best sausage on the planet. It's somewhat similar to a brat, but with a finer texture and a bit of heat. They grill them up and you have to wait in line for at least ten minutes no matter when you go, but it's so worth it. They serve them with grilled peppers and onions, but I prefer mine plain with a bit of hot sauce. Damnit, now I want one and the fair isn't until the end of August. Damn you for bringing up the memory.

Also, chocolate covered bacon is overrated.

Edited, Jun 23rd 2011 6:48pm by Turin

deep fried twinkie is ok. Deep fried cheeseburgers rock. I tried deep fried bacon this year. And of course the best is fried pickles

Most of that stuff is sickening just to think about, but somehow the deep-fried hard-boiled egg sounds delicious.

Is there anything edible that you guys haven't deep fried?

I'm not a huge fan of deep fried stuff. I r a bad southerner.

Wrong again!

I went to the Del Mar Fair in San Diego over the weekend, which started the deep fried Kool-Aid trend. I tried a few things and asked for people's opinions of other things that I didn't have the courage or the heart to order:

Deep fried Kool-Aid: Tangy donut holes. The name is a misnomer. The Kool-Aid is added into the batter as an extra for sugar or it's added in liquid form with the milk. It was meh.

Deep fried Twinkies: Crispy outside but the cream inside was a bit hardened after frying. I'd prefer them fresh if I was one to eat Twinkies all the time.

Chocolate covered bacon: You couldn't taste the bacon at all. It was like chocolate with a bit of salt sprinkled on it.

Breakfast sundae: Ice cream sundae topped with butter, cream, caramel and bacon bits. The lady that ate this said it was the best thing she ate all day. But I still couldn't bring myself to waste $6 to order it. I stuck with my strawberry shortcake tower (a slice of pound cake topped with sliced strawberries and cream--the healthiest dessert I could find at the fair).

Deep fried Klondike bars: The crust defeats the purpose of having cold ice cream inside. It's rather slushy.

Deep fried Girl Scout cookies (thin mints): Didn't try, but the guy who ordered them (who also weighed more than Lobster Ben by 200 pounds) said they were delicious.

Deep fried brownies: The moistness that a brownie should have is ruined by the deep frying. One bite and I had to pass.

Hash dog: Potato spiraled onto a hot dog and deep fried. I prefer this over a regular corn dog. But still could only eat a few bites due to the grease factor.

Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich: I couldn't even bring myself to watch the lady who ordered this eat it. My arteries were too afraid to allow my eyeballs gaze on it for too long.

Deep fried jerky: The cowboy dude said it was the worst thing he ever put in his mouth, including the time when he got drunk in San Antonio and woke up wth a donkey.

Deep fried BBQ ribs: Great idea in concept, but the mess isn't worth it.

Bloomin' onion: Simple perfection, honestly, but still could only eat a bite and then pass on the rest.

And the piece de resistance: Deep fried Baby Ruth filled Jalapenos. Yes, you read that right. Take the jalapeno, jam a Baby Ruth up its butt and deep fry that sucker. The spicy, sweet heat you were supposed to have was off set with breading, according to one lady. I did not have the balls to try this.

But honestly, the best food I ate that day (and every year I have to get it), is the grilled turkey leg. One lovely turkey drumstick, roasted over an open fire, sprinkled with spices and you eat it like a caveman while walking around.

There were other goodies at the fair but the prices are high so you've got to make a conscious decision on which "treat" you're willing to sacrifice your health for. Except for the raspberry mocha I drank in the morning (which was surprisingly good), I stuck with water the rest of the day to flush out all the unhealthy foods that were trying to block my arteries and intestines.

ETA: I could not find one person that tried the deep fried butter or the deep fried bacon.

Edited, Jun 27th 2011 8:59am by Thumbelyna

I don't know if I'd have a heart attack after eating all that, or from the exercise trying to burn it off.