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Firstly, as regards the below concoction:

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Originally Posted by VivienStarlust (Post 2352831)

Texas Fried Jelly Bellys. Jelly Bellys rolled in funnel cake batter and fried.

Eeeeew!!!!!! Im sorry but the textures of that just sounds horrible.
And also, someone mentioned deep fried oreos. why would someone do something so horrible to a poor innocent oreo! but also, imagine if all these sweet things were fried in animal fats, which they very well might be! thats really a bit sickening. I have to say i feel pretty lucky, the only things we deep fry here are fish and chips, which is only natural! yummm....

It all sounds so gross an greasy.

Except those fried smores. Them sound great!!! Ship me one?? lmao!

It's not just in TX! Here in Iowa they fry everything too. Haven't been to the state fair, but at one of our local fests, they had deep-fried cheesecake and deep-fried snickers. Ewwwwwwww! My DH and DS's like the funnel cakes (deep fried pancake batter), but I just can't eat the stuff-thank goodness!:lol:

Holy heart attack! Although, deep fried bacon? The smell of that wafting through Texas has to draw people in from CANADA!!! :drool:

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Originally Posted by VivienStarlust (Post 2352831)

Fernie's All-American Fried Grilled Cheese Sandwich. White bread sandwich with American and cheddar cheeses dipped in egg-and-milk batter, coated with bread crumbs, and fried.

Chicken Fried Bacon. Bacon with seasoning, battered, breaded, deep fried, served with ranch or honey mustard sauce.

Fried Banana Split. Banana and honey peanut butter rolled in balls, battered, and deep-fried, topped with powdered sugar, caramel and chocolate syrups, peanuts, whipped cream, banana split-flavored ice cream bites, and cherry.

Texas Fried Jelly Bellys. Jelly Bellys rolled in funnel cake batter and fried.

Deep Fried S'mores. Marshmallow and chocolate chips sandwiched between two graham crackers, dipped in batter, fried, and dusted in powdered sugar.

Fire & Ice. Pineapple ring, battered and deep-fried, topped with banana-flavored whipped cream that's been frozen in liquid nitrogen so it smokes.

Fried Chocolate Truffles. Dark chocolate truffle rolled in cocoa powder, battered, deep-fried, dusted in cinnamon, sugar, and cocoa powder.

Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Waffle Balls. Strawberries in chocolate shell, dipped in waffle batter, deep-fried, custed with powdered sugar, served on a stick.

:yikes:

Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea - hey, Pepto Bismol!

All of that sounds horrible!!! I hate the smell of deep fried food - can barely stomach the smell of frying chicken. My only weird fried food love is fried pickles and no one around here serves them except Hooters and thankfully, I don't frequent that establishment.

I'm a Dallas girl, so there is no escaping the fair. Luckily, none of that stuff sounds good to me. I like the old school fair food. Cotton candy and maybe a corn dog. AND A PIG RACE...what a hoot those are :rofl:

Hey I don't mind the ribbing! I've lived here all my life and I'm well aware that we are the butt of many jokes (and some are spot on). Sometimes I hear Texan accents myself and crack up.

We're a big state though so it's not all cowboy boots, there's plenty of Pucci going on too. ;)

My parents like to go to the county fair so a couple years ago, we went while visiting. I can't remember what we ate but eating wasn't our focus. I remember grilled corn on the cob and maybe roasted chicken? The only fried thing I've had at a fair is fried zucchini and that was when I was a kid. I've never been a fan of fried things though.

Here in Minnesota we're just as crazy. I think we had the deep-fried s'mores too, but the one that got the attention this year was chocolate-covered bacon! I was even going to try it, but when I got there this year (I go in the morning) the stand wasn't open until noon, and by then I was on the other side of the fairgrounds and just about ready to go home. And I think I got in enough walking to at least partly compensate for what I ate (strawberry shortcake on a scone base + blackcurrant ice tea for breakfast, lamb with tzatziki, baklava and Mediterranean lemonade [flavored with honey and basil] for lunch)

chocolate covered bacon? quite possibly the weirdest thing I have ever heard!.

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chocolate covered bacon? quite possibly the weirdest thing I have ever heard!.

It's actually not bad. :)

I was born in Texas (Corpus Christi). This makes me a native. Sometimes I let the Texan in me out just long enough to enjoy some sweet tea (lots of lemon) and..

deep fried pickles! :drool:

(and my meemaws gumbo that looks a lot like car sludge.)

(Oh, and barbequed crab, which "woke up in the Gulf this morning"...)

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deep fried pickles!

Droooooool. I love fried pickles with a little bit of remoulade to dip them in!

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(and my meemaw

You're the first person I've ever "met" online who also called her grandmother "meemaw". :)

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:lol: meemaw and ma-maw... Is that a southern thing or just isolated to East Texas?

It must be East Texas. My dad's mom was always Meemaw to us kids. But my mom's mom was Nana - which I think is more common and also a more "Northern" nickname.

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