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Time newsfeed: This Was Inevitable - Deep-Fried Kool-Aid Balls on Sale at California County Fair

This is America, the land our Founding Fathers built on certain unalienable rights—namely those of life, liberty and the pursuit of deep-frying everything we can possibly think of. Which includes, apparently, Kool-Aid.

An ABC News video shows a vendor at a county fair making the deep-fried balls of Kool-Aid. "Chicken" Charlie Boghosian starts by creating a thick, sherbert-like mix of the drink powder, flour and water. He then uses a ice-cream scooper to drop balls of the mix into the fryer. After a minute bobbing, he pulls them out, comparing them to doughnut holes. The cherry flavor really comes through, he says. At this point, one feels equally inspired to make comments about American-style ingenuity and American-style obesity.

This isn't the first time ole Chicken Charlie, named after the food trailers he trots around to California fairs, has gotten ink for his culinary experiments. One LA Weekly article calls him "the inventor of the deep-fried oreo" (though this seems like a controversial title, given that other people have laid claim to "beignets' country cousins"). The same story details his previous deep-fried feats:

In 2007, he gave the world deep-fried Coca Cola, frog legs, and Elvis' favorite peanut butter banana and honey sandwiches; in 2008, it was deep-fried White Castle burgers, spam, and pop tarts. This year, he did it again: a hot dog inside a hollowed-out zucchini boat, battered, deep-fried and served on a stick -- a creation he affectionately calls the zucchini-weeni; and a classic s'more, deep-fried in pancake batter.

That, folks, is a man living his version of the American dream. Oh yeah.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68EP0C9lzyU

Other deep-fried stuff this guy's trying out for the first time:

Deep-Fried Girl Scout Cookies — Thin Mints

Puts the iconic Girl Scout cookie into a sweet batter and a hot fryer. This revisits vendor “Chicken” Charlie Boghosian’s origins: He caused a fair-circuit sensation when he invented Deep-Fried Oreos. Oddly enough, deep frying Thin Mints — that minty, chocolate wafer coated in chocolate — steps this up from girly-fundraiser-cookie to man-diet material. Still, I’m Team-Samoas.

FryBQ Ribs

With a crunchy crust and as much meat as a scrawny chicken wing, the good parts of this dish are its spicy, albeit alarmingly pink, sauce and the bed of skinny fries underneath. This one gets by just because it’s in the taboo food group. “We want what we can’t have,” Chicken Charlie explains about our fascination with his fried foods. His grilled chicken-breast kebabs are big savory logs and his top sellers, though.

Deep-Fried Brownie

Like a pain au chocolat — except that croissant is fried cake and filled with a melted brownie reminiscent of Easy-Bake Oven dessert goo.

 

[Barrett2]

Fucking hell...

 

[sixteen-bit]

Gross.

 

[The Technomancer]

Christ on a cracker...

 

[FairyD]

Edit: Never mind Article explains.

 

[andymcc]

i made deep fried bacon once. turned out pretty good.

 

[Veidt]

next:
shit marinated in shit.

 

[3N16MA]

County fair's are always moving cuisine forward.

 

[Wellington]

Christ on a cracker...

Can we deep-fry that?

 

[Bboy AJ]

Damn, I bet this tastes good. Fried oreos are fantastic.

Just don't pig out on this stuff. No worries then.

 

[layzie1989]

I'd like to try this and the deep fried beer.

 

[Dresden]

Deep fried thin mints has potential. It'll be crispy on the outside, piping hot on the inside, all that mint turned gooey from the heat...

 

[andymcc]

Can we deep-fry that?

chicken-fried salvation?

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

I almost just threw up...What the hell is this?

 

[donkey show]

 

[XiaNaphryz]

This actually sounds pretty tame compared to past deep-fried stuff. These are basically doughnut holes with cherry Kool-aid inside them.

 

[eternaLightness]

What the heck!?

 

[Clydefrog]

deep fried bottled water
$22

 

[Barrett2]

Can we deep-fry that?

Trans-fatsubstantiation

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

I've had deep fried Oreos, deep fried bananas, the Double Down ,and one of those doughnut burgers. But this is too far.

 

[vordhosbn]

No.

 

[MWS Natural]

FryBQ Ribs

With a crunchy crust and as much meat as a scrawny chicken wing, the good parts of this dish are its spicy, albeit alarmingly pink, sauce and the bed of skinny fries underneath. This one gets by just because it’s in the taboo food group. “We want what we can’t have,” Chicken Charlie explains about our fascination with his fried foods. His grilled chicken-breast kebabs are big savory logs and his top sellers, though.

Sounds AMAZING. We have a restaurant that serves deep fried taco's here and they are really good.

 

[GhettoGamer]

Heh i justed watched king of the hill where bill and boomhauer deep fried everything

 

[Ninja Scooter]

 

[kamspy]

When I worked at Hooters I deep fried the bacon in the morning because frying it took too long. No one ever noticed.

 

[Wellington]

PERFECT LOL

 

[Barrett2]

Loved that thread.

Someone should shop' Koolaid man on dude's face.

 

[Dresden]

This actually sounds pretty tame compared to past deep-fried stuff. These are basically doughnut holes with cherry Kool-aid inside them.

Yeah, it doesn't sound that bad. It's not like he's deep-frying balls of chopped up bacon larded up with mayo.

 

[ChocolateCupcakes]

That sounds absolutely disgusting. I can already feel the heartburn.

 

[Mengetsu]

Just..wow Good old USA. Home of the free land of the fried?

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Yeah, it doesn't sound that bad.

It does to me - I can't stand cherry Kool-aid.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

It's really not that big of a deal. It's like bread drenched with Kool-Aid and then they fry the bread.

You dudes never eat any fried foods? This is tame.

 

[3N16MA]

That sounds absolutely disgusting. I can already feel the heartburn.

This is nothing compared to deep fried butter.

 

[perfectnight]

 

[themadcowtipper]

Damn Gaf food nutters are the lowest of the low. As long as you dont eat this everyday ....

 

[Tobor]

It's really not that big of a deal. It's like bread drenched with Kool-Aid and then they fry the bread.

You dudes never eat any fried foods? This is tame.

Pretty much. It's a Kool-Aid flavored doughnut hole. Even says it in the article.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Oh Jonathan Frakes, what has become of you? You should be making First Contact II: Electric Boogaloo.

Mmmm, southern fried bacon.

 

[Ferrio]

Pretty much. It's a Kool-Aid flavored doughnut hole. Even says it in the article.

On GAF:
Anything fried == EVIL

 

[joelseph]

That sounds absolutely disgusting. I can already feel the heartburn.

You might be overreacting a touch.

 

[surazal]

Mmmm, southern fried bacon.

Looks like the recent thread about the beef made from human feces.

 

[Phonomezer]

I want to try all these fatty, deep-fried American foods, but not this

 

[KibblesBits]

Looks like the recent thread about the beef made from human feces.

EWWWWW.
Wait wat?
EWWWWW.

 

[krae_man]

I saw this trending on twitter yesterday and didn't know what the hell it was.

 

[LosDaddie]

I'd try it.

 

[Chamber]

Fried ice cream was where the whole thing jumped the shark for me. Now I just shake my head.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Wow, this sounds terrible. "OH NOO!" (in Kool-Aid guy voice) >_>

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

The name alone sounds ridiculous, but

a thick, sherbert-like mix of the drink powder, flour and water. He then uses a ice-cream scooper to drop balls of the mix into the fryer. After a minute bobbing, he pulls them out, comparing them to doughnut holes.

does not seem very outlandish. It's just a type of flavored donut.

 

[Azriell]

This sounds really gross. Don't get me wrong, I love fried stuff, but this doesn't sound good at all. Comparing it to donut holes only makes it sound worse as far as I'm concerned. Donut holes are supposed to be chocolately and awesome, not fruity. But maybe I'm just closed-minded.

 

[Dead Prince]

well i welcome new things to deep fry. i deep fried eggs and it was freaking amazingly good LOL.

 

[joelseph]

This sounds really gross. Don't get me wrong, I love fried stuff, but this doesn't sound good at all. Comparing it to donut holes only makes it sound worse as far as I'm concerned. Donut holes are supposed to be chocolately and awesome, not fruity. But maybe I'm just closed-minded.

Don't go to many bakery's? Make much toast?