Fried Coca-Cola On A Stick Being Served At State Fair

[matcom]

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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.

http://www.wftv.com/foodnews/9789814/detail.html

[MiniMandaRuth]

1. What the hell. I eat school food.

I'd try it.

[LaraMN]

9. Haha! I nearly starved to death, my first year of college.

Ok, not really, but I did lose fifteen pounds, and I'd been pretty skinny to start with. I can't stand cafeteria food. Never could.

[wildhorses]

2. sounds good to me...of course

being southern I will eat anything Fried:shrug:

[LynneSin]

3. Does it come with a side of Insulin

:scared:

[mduffy31]

12. And with a coupon for a free angioplasty

[Love Bug]

4. Wow-- and we only got hotdish on a stick!

Fried coke sounds pretty horrible, tho.

[deucemagnet]

5. Texas -- Fried-thing-on-a-stick capital of the world.

Oh, what the hell. Get a few beers in me and I'll try one of each.

[Ravenseye]

8. seriously

I read the title and my immediate thought was 'texas state fair'.

[u4ic]

6. Ugh...

:puke:

[Initech]

7. Wow. Proof that you can deep-fry just about anything!

[ComerPerro]

10. Sounds like it might be good, but I keep picturing it might taste burnt

[Arugula Latte]

11. Proud to be an Amurikin!

:patriot:

Who says our cuisine can't stand up to the Frenchies' food?

[MrCoffee]

13. i would eat that.