Texas State Fair - Fried Food Finalists

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The final 8 selections are now out there…it includes Fried butter…Final selection will be made after a cookoff this weekend.

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Listed below are the eight finalists.

Green Goblins: Cherry peppers packed with spicy shredded chicken and guacamole, battered and deep fried. Topped with queso.

Deep Fried Butter: Pure butter whipped light and sweetened with choice of flavor. Placed in dough and deep fried on a stick.

Twisted Yam On A Stick: Spiral-cut yam fried crispy, rolled in butter, dusted with cinnamon and sugar.

Fernie’s Deep Fried Peaches & Cream: Peaches coated with batter and deep fried, sprinkled with streusel and cream. Served with raspberry sauce.

Texas Fried Pecan Pie: Pecan pie battered and deep fried, drizzled with caramel sauce and topped with cream and chopped pecans.

Country Fried Pork Chips: Thin pork loin seasoned, dipped in corn meal and deep fried. Served with ketchup or gravy.

Sweet Jalapeno Corn Dog Shrimp: Shrimp coated with sweet and spicy batter, deep fried and served with spicy glaze.

Fried Peanut Butter Cup Macaroon: Peanut butter cup wrapped in coconut macaroon, fried and dusted with powdered sugar. Ice cream scoop optional.

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I smell an offline coming.

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How come the TX state fair looks like that, but West Virginia has the most overweight people? TX is #11 on the list…maybe after this State Fair, and the fried butter on a stick, they will move to the top.

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I would do that offline.

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Perhaps the Fried Butter is sweetened with Splenda?


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Sunday, 9/27.

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The fried butter was featured on our local news this morning. A chunk of butter wrapped in dough and deep fried. I can’t imagine how disgusting this tastes.

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That might well work …

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Be advised that we will have a few miscreants on hand that weekend and that the State Fair might be overrun by hungover antics.

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while I can’t make it this year, attending the Texas State Fair to eat fried foods is one thing that I really hope I get to do before I die…(insert heart attack joke here)

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And the winners are…

Most Creative
Deep Fried Butter – 100% pure butter is whipped till light and fluffy, then specially sweetened with a choice of several flavors. The tantalizing mixture is surrounded by a special dough and quick fried. Located on Nimitz Drive. Winner of Most Creative in the Big Tex Choice Awards competition.

Best Taste
Fernie’s Deep Fried Peaches & Cream – Sweet juicy peaches are coated in a delicious batter of cinnamon, ginger, coconut, graham cracker crumbs, eggs & milk, then deep fried to a crunchy golden brown on the outside, while luscious and sweet on the inside. Served on a plate drizzled with raspberry sauce, lightly dusted with powdered sugar and topped with a cool dollop of whipped cream. A side of vanilla butter cream icing is provided for dipping. The Dock Restaurant inside the Embarcadero Building. Winner of Best Taste in the Big Tex Choice Awards competition.

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For those attending…here is where you can find all of the finalist…

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