Fried Coke a big hit at US state fairs

[underpants]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061016/od_afp/usfoodcokeoffbeat_061016200041

CHICAGO (AFP) - Fried Coke has become the latest artery-clogging hit at US state fairs, local media reports.


The gooey Coke-battered nuggets topped with cola syrup won the "most creative" title at the Texas state fair in Dallas last month. Since then, the deep-fried phenomenon has spread to North Carolina and Arizona.

"We've been getting calls from everywhere since we introduced it," Elizabeth Martin, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina fair, told the Dallas Morning News. "Everyone wants to know where they can get it."

Fried treats are as big of a draw at state fairs as the rides and prize-winning farm animals. Twinkies, cookies and even pickles are stuck with a stick, dipped in batter and then seared in the deep fryer.

Fried Coke's inventor, concessionaire Abel Gonzales Jr., is a creative fryer whose experiments have proven popular. Last year he sold 20,000 fried peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwiches, the Morning News reported. Fried Coke looks to be an even bigger hit: he sold 16,000 cups of the sticky balls in the first two weeks of the fair, which runs through Oct. 22.

[izzybeans]

1. Some fried coke to go along with your tacos in a bag (chili cheese fritos

meat and cheese) and elephant ears. :puke:

[swimboy]

2. We have so much to be proud of, don't we?

Are you gonna finish those turkey testicles?

[Downtown Hound]

3. Ewwwwwww....

Why don't we just stick a straw into a bag of lipo-sucked fat and suck away?

[Chan790]

5. What and waste all that perfectly good soap-base?

[Chan790]

6. Delete please-double post

[Fleshdancer]

7. you would have to deep fry the lipo-sucked fat first

;)

[BarenakedLady]

4. Now I have my answer

to that post the other day about the most disgusting thing ever done to food.

That's just nasty.

[Deja Q]

8. GROSS! Fried feces sounds more palatable...

And it doesn't!

[calico1]

9. Eeewwww! n/t

[conscious evolution]

10. Part of me wants to try it

What can I say?
I was weened on the stuff.