Wednesday, August 27, 2008

WELCOME TO THE SOUTH

Fried Food Finalists from the 2007 State Fair of Texas with Fried Cookie Dough voted best new State Fair Food for 2008


Here are the "BIG TEX CHOICE AWARDS" finalists, which you will be able to sample at the Texas State Fair (if you dare)

Deep Fried Latte:
A fried, light-puff pastry with a hint of coffee is topped with cappuccino ice cream, sweet syrup, whipped cream and instant-coffee sprinkles. It won the Big Tex prize for most creative new food.


Texas Fried Cookie Dough:
Cookie dough, made with pecans, chocolate chips and coconut, is lightly battered and deep fried. Topped with chocolate syrup or whipped cream.

Zesty Fried Guacamole Bites:
Creamy avocado mixed with cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses and salsa is dipped in a zesty batter and fried. Served with ranch dressing or salsa.

B.W.'s Original Fried Banana Pudding:
Chilled banana pudding is ladled into a grilled tortilla and fried. Topped with powdered sugar and whipped topping.


Country Fried Peach Cobbler-on-a-Stick:
Peach cobbler is cooked thick with dumplings, rolled into a thin pastry dough and quick-fried. Topped with brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg

Mama's Fried Sweet Potato Pie:
A third-generation-recipe sweet potato pie filling is spread on a flour tortilla and lightly fried. Served plain or with a light sprinkle of cinnamon and powdered sugar.



Fernie's Fried Chili Frito Burrito:
A flour tortilla dipped in chicken broth is loaded with spicy Texas chili and smashed Chili Cheese Fritos, folded and deep-fried. Served with a choice of toppings.



10 comments:

Mrs. Case said...

Here in So Cal we have fried Coke's. It's basically a funnel cake loaded up with Coke syrup and fried to fit into a cup. My husband has forbade me from trying one. But that's OK because I make up for it in fried Oreos.

Anonymous said...

The hell with it we all need some good fried junk on occassion. Makes me want to hightail it down

The Kitchen said...

Dang that stuff looks yummy!!
The best friend thing I've had lately is the friend green beans at Frenchy's with ranch dipping - OMG!

Nonnie Moose said...

Yum! I think I gained 5lbs just looking at all that food.

I had my first deep fried oreo at the Rodeo this year. Divine!

Mmmmm

GiGi said...

Fried Guacamole! Love that. Sounds delish. I have lived in TX for 26 years, and I have still never made it the to state fair - pitiful, I know! This definetly makes me think about a trip up there.

Anonymous said...

You think Gary Mercer can make fried Guacamole? I'm thinking SuperBowl 09.

LW

Regi S. said...

My southern alter ego must be 500pounds. :googling fried sweet potato pie recipe:

Anonymous said...

Texas Stare Fair...Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, AnnMargaret caught the film late last night

Rikki said...

In NC we have the deep fried candy bars...the snickers and reese cup are awesome!!

CharmCityChica said...

Holy cow...is this why everything is bigger in texas?