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Newest Fair Food: Deep-Fried Coca-Cola

POSTED: 12:35 pm EDT September 5, 2006

DALLAS -- There are fried Twinkies and even fried candy bars.

Now, vendor Abel Gonzales Jr. has come up with a new artery-clogging concoction for the State Fair of Texas. It's fried Coke.

Gonzales deep-fries Coca-Cola-flavored batter. He then drizzles Coke fountain syrup on it. The fried Coke is topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Gonzales said the fried Coke came about just from thinking aloud.

Gonzales' diet-buster wins the creativity honor at the second-annual Big Tex Choice Awards Contest.

Judges for the contest chose Shirley London's Fried Praline Perfection as the tastiest fried delicacy.

The two won out among 26 entries such as fried macaroni and cheese and a deep-fried cosmopolitan.

London said she came up with the fried pralines idea after buying pralines at the fair last year. She plans to sell the pralines alongside fried marshmallows.

Gonzales achieved notoriety in 2005 with the fried peanut butter, banana, and jelly sandwich -- selling an estimated 25,000 of the treats, according to the fair's Web site. The site said London got media attention in 2004 with her fried marshmallows on-a-stick.

This is the same state fair that brought about the corn dog. The Web site said Neil and Carl Fletcher conjured up a sweetened corn-battered wiener on-a-stick and sold it for 15 cents during the 1942 State Fair of Texas.

The fair begins Sept. 29.
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[DaCocoBrova]

 

[Funky Papa]

Funny, I was thinking on doing some deep fried twinkies this weekend, just to try.

Gonzales deep-fries Coca-Cola-flavored batter. He then drizzles Coke fountain syrup on it. The fried Coke is topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Gonzales said the fried Coke came about just from thinking aloud.

God damn it.

 

[LordMaji]

poop.

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

poop.

I dunno, some countries consider it a delicasy.

 

[xBigDanx]

Theres a place in Brooklyn (The Chip Shop) that deep fries anything.

One drunken Saturday lunch there, we were talking with the bartender and my buddy said "wouldn't it be great if we could deep fry whiskey?"

So later, he mentions they do Twinkies. I suggest "why don't we soak a Twinkie in whiskey and theen deep fry it"

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[LordMaji]

I dunno, some countries consider it a delicasy.

icky poo poo

 

[Chairman Yang]

poop.

It still wouldn't be good, but deep frying would still make poop more delicious than it would be otherwise.

 

[heavy liquid]

Fried ice cream.



Wait... that's actually delicious.

 

[Tuvoc]

I hate the taste of the coke syrup. That sounds nasty.

 

[GoutPatrol]

Would deep fried sushi work? I want to see that.

 

[OnkelC]

soup.

 

[iapetus]

This thread now officially falls under the administration of Glasgow City Council. Deep fried haggis will be handed out on entry to this thread.

 

[heavy liquid]

Would deep fried sushi work? I want to see that.

I've actually had that before.

A sushi place near me has what they call a "Sunday Morning Roll" It's a roll with the nori (seaweed) on the outside of the roll and consists of salmon and cream cheese. They dip it in a tempura batter and give it a quick fry. It's delicious.

 

[Tuvoc]

I've actually had that before.

A sushi place near me has what they call a "Sunday Morning Roll" It's a roll with the nori (seaweed) on the outside of the roll and consists of salmon and cream cheese. They dip it in a tempura batter and give it a quick fry. It's delicious.

Oh man that sounds delicious.


Now somebody just has to deep fry a salad.:lol

 

[MoxManiac]

Give in to deliciousness!

 

[ToxicAdam]

Deep fried macaroni and cheese sounds delicious.

 

[Zenith]

 

[Eggo]

Deep fried macaroni and cheese sounds delicious.

There's a place in Santa Monica called Cafe 50s that does deep fried mac and cheese, and it is extremely delicious. It's like a crab cake, but with mac and cheese instead of crab.

 

[Vlad]

Deep fried macaroni and cheese sounds delicious.

They do exactly that on the macaroni and cheese episode of good eats. He makes a batch of the stuff from scratch, then slices up the leftovers, coats them in something I can't remember (it was like bread crumbs or something), then deep-fries them. Looked damn good, IIRC.

I never did get around to recording that episode... going to try it next time it comes on, though.

 

[beelzebozo]

Deep fried macaroni and cheese sounds delicious.

alton brown's recipe.

enjoy!

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

This is why Im avoiding fried foods lately. Stuff like this casts a bad light on even the best of them.

 

[HolyStar]

I have never had anything that was deepfried.

 

[MrToughPants]

:lol

 

[AlanHemberger]

I have never had anything that was deepfried.

Sucks for you.

Buy some of those frozen burritos from stores and deep fry them. Delicious.

 

[MrToughPants]

gah...

 

[X26]

Are those rats? If so, wtf, those are as big as cats

 

[Rekwest]

I have never had anything that was deepfried.

What is deepfried? it is jus more fried than normal?

 

[echoshifting]

What is deepfried? it is jus more fried than normal?

Deep frying is the act of sticking something in a large pot of boiling fat and oil until it is covered in a layer of crunchy, greasy fat.

It's completely disgusting and horrible for you. Sorry guys, it is.

 

[Learn2read]

What is deepfried? it is jus more fried than normal?

I think normal frying would be considered cooking in a pan with a bit of oil at the bottom of the pan, deep frying would be cooking it fully immersed in the oil. Anybody?

 

[echoshifting]

I think normal frying would be considered cooking in a pan with a bit of oil at the bottom of the pan, deep frying would be cooking it fully immersed in the oil. Anybody?

This is essentially correct.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Aaaand how much is a plane ticket to Texas?

I wouldn't eat this with any regularity, but damn I'd try it once.

 

[the chew]

North american food makes me sick, italian food ftw.

 

[KiNeSiS]

North american food makes me sick, italian food ftw.

I'm about to eat some chicken parm that my woman slaved away in the kitchen to make for the lucky bastard I am.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Deep frying is healthier than shallow frying would you believe. When you shallow fry the fat soaks into the uncooked side, whereas in deep frying the outside layer is sealed in seconds. They're still both bypasstastic cooking methods though

 

[AlanHemberger]

Deep frying is the act of sticking something in a large pot of boiling fat and oil until it is covered in a layer of crunchy, greasy fat.

It's completely disgusting and horrible for you. Sorry guys, it is.

Your opinion is disgusting and horrible for anyone!

 

[Wellington]

Deep frying is the act of sticking something in a large pot of boiling fat and oil until it is covered in a layer of crunchy, greasy fat.

It's completely disgusting and horrible for you. Sorry guys, it is.

So what, let us die in peace.

 

[beelzebozo]

I think normal frying would be considered cooking in a pan with a bit of oil at the bottom of the pan, deep frying would be cooking it fully immersed in the oil. Anybody?

right--the former is called "pan frying," and as you say, involves only partial immersion the oil. it lets something like fried chicken develop a nice caramelized crust on the spots that come in contact with the pan, and the part of the food that isn't submerged is a spot for the steam created in cooking to escape. without that spot for release, steam tends to balloon the crust (which is why a lot of otherwise good fried chicken is ruined by the skin falling off after the first bite.)

 

[atomsk]

40 seconds?? But I want it now!