ONLY In Texas Do They Fry Oreo Cookies!

[matcom]

note:
i am not texas-bashing
i am not texas-bashing
i am no....... :P

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DALLAS -- Welcome to the State Fair of Texas -- a magical land where calorie counting is a waste of time and almost every conceivable food product can end up deep fried.

Fried potatoes and catfish are old hat to Texans at what is billed as the largest state fair in the United States.

This year, eight new fried foods are debuting at the fair -- among them fried Oreo cookies and fried candy bars.

"Honey, I would fry pretty much anything because that is what the people like," said Olivia Acuna, who works at a booth that sells fried Snickers bars.

http://www.boston.com/news/daily/30/odds_fried.htm

[soleft]

1. I had a fried orea at the San Genero Festival in NYC

My arteries are still clogged

[supernova]

2. OMG! Probably at the NC State Fair

this year too! Coming in 3 weeks.

Last year, it was deep-fried twinkies. This year it's poor defenseless oreos. LOL!

[GOPisEvil]

3. WRONG!!!!!

I remember reading about the Minnesota state fair where fried candy bars were available.

Actually, I've had a fried Mars bar. Wrap a Mars bar in light pastry dough, fry it up, serve with caramel sauce, chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. MMMMMMMM Heart attack on a plate! :9

[Kathy in Cambridge]

5. Mmmmm-That Sounds YUMMY!

;-)

[indigo32]

4. Minnesota beat ya to it

we had fried candy bars last year :) Oreos this year.

Edit to add impression:
I didn't try the oreos...
the candybar wasn't bad... it's all melted and sweet inside a corndog like coating.

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. And I remember when it was considered "weird"

to deep fry mushrooms - and no, not the good kind. Just the regular salad bar variety.

[Paragon]

7. Is that worse for you than mixing Oreos with vanilla ice cream?

I think Cookies 'n' Cream is one of, if not the most, popular flavors in America.

[Maple]

8. It comes from Scotland

where they deep fry chocolate bars, Twinkies etc

Lots of recipes for them on the web.

[bif]

16. Yeah I heard about this years ago

Deep fried Skickers bars were (are?) all the rage in Scotland. Ugh!

[VelmaD]

9. I'm headed to the TX State Fair this weekend

to see Grambling play Texas Southern (and the Battle of the Bands - woohoo). I don't think I'll be trying the deep-fried Oreos or candy-bars. Ew.

DV

[realFedUp]

10. It seems to be a generic fried item at county fairs...

Twinkies and Oreos deep fried...saw them at
the LA County Fair.
Gar-an-teeeeeed to raise your cholesterol levels...

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. Hell, they probably do that in Scotland, too.

They deep-fry EVERYTHING in Scotland. You can get deep-fried Mars (Snickers, to Americans) bars, deep-fried pizza...of course, Scotland has the highest rate of death by heart disease in the developed world, too...

[MaineDem]

12. Oh dear lord

This must be like a culinary orgasm.

I've never heard of these...living in the sticks like I do...but, man, they all sound scrumptious. (Except the deep fried twinkies.)

[Padraig18]

13. Maybe, but...

...the deep-fried Twinkie originated at the Illinois State Fair! :puke:

[curse10]

14. I saw them once in Colorado, along with deep-fried twinkies

:puke:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. Oklahoma State Fair...

Right NOW.
Duckie

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. SW Virginia checking in: Deep-fried pickles

I think it was George Carlin who once said, "If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before, some fool will buy it from you." (Being the fool that I am, I tried one. Not too bad, and who wants soft arteries, anyway?)

[sonias]

18. Hey I'll take part of that Texas bashing

Because I'm from Texas and we can do that. This is relatively light fare. Is this any worse than donuts? At least if you partake in this you do it voluntarily.

Here's the bad bashing part, and only in Texas could some idiot think this would be acceptable. Well actually a good part of the South might make the same mistake. (Equal opportunity South bashing)
:evilgrin:

Texas Band Chief Apologizes for Nazi Flag
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030930_1216.html
A high school band director has apologized for a half time performance that included Adolf Hitler's anthem "Deutschland Uber Alles" and a student running across the field with a Nazi flag.

Welcome to Texas, It's a whole other state. (sickos)

Sonia

[Skittles]

19. Whitesboro Peanut Festival - Oct 18, 2003

Deep fried twinkies, a giant potato turned into one deep fried curly twisty potato chip; buttloads of peanuts and chili and beer. Bring it on!

[GOPisEvil]

20. There has to be stuff on a stick!

It's not a festival or fair if there isn't dead stuff on a stick.

[Skittles]

23. LOL

there's something they actually CALL "stuff on a stick". Don't ask what it is!!!

[jumptheshadow]

21. Local restaurant menu

Features fried Mars bars, Twix, Bounty, Snickers, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and Twinkies.

And they'll deliver them in a mini-car...

[Susang]

22. We deep fry Twinkies here in Chicago

I keep meaning to try one, they sound so decadent and evil! :evilgrin:

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. See...now I am wanting..CRAVING something I have never even SEEN.

Thanks, thanks alot...

note to self: I have oreos in the cupboard, oil in the pantry along with flour...do-able???

[carpetbagger]

25. There are some things we only fry in Huntsville TX.

People, for instance.

Edit: I'm not real fond at all of the practice.