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Fried Coke a big hit at US state fairs
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| 10/19/06
Posted on 10/19/2006, 8:54:43 PM by presidio9
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.
Gonzales has also had more success with changing his recipe than Coca Cola did. He reworked the recipe to make the dough less cakey and more spongy so it would soak up more of the cola syrup.
"They were good before, but they are even better now," Gonzales said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: americaschoice; barbacuesauce; boiledpeanuts; deepfrying; friedcoke; friedpickles; nascardads; ranchdressing; southerntraditions
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To: presidio9
I've never tried fried pickles. That sounds GOOD.
At my Festival, we have picklesicles - pickle brine in little cups, frozen. Man oh MAN, that rocks.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:56:00 PM
by
Xenalyte
(Viva España!)
To: presidio9
I didn't try it, but I heard from a couple of people who did that it pretty much tastes like Dunkin Donuts cake donuts.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:56:26 PM
by
Rastus
To: Xenalyte
There are several places around here (Tennessee) that serve fried pickles. I'm not that big of a fan, but i know several who are.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:57:29 PM
by
cpanter
To: presidio9
And we really wonder why Americans are turning into big fat slobs?!
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:57:30 PM
by
Tamar1973
(We can't be brilliant all the time but the path to conservative brilliance starts at Free Republic!)
To: Xenalyte
Fried pickles are GOOD. I had one at a county fair in Wisconsin a couple years ago.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:57:49 PM
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Karl Rove you magnificent bastard!)
To: Tamar1973
And we really wonder why Americans are turning into big fat slobs?!Some of us don't wonder.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:58:24 PM
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: Xenalyte
Fried pickles are one of the only reasons I've not killed myself. They are a gift from God.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:58:28 PM
by
Jaysun
(Idiot Muslims. They're just dying to have sex orgies.)
To: Xenalyte
I lived in the South for a while. I swear to God, you people would eat poison if somebody deep fried it for you.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:59:14 PM
by
presidio9
(Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
To: Xenalyte
I like to put dill pickles on pizza.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 8:59:30 PM
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: presidio9
Fried pickles are delicious. I was shocked when I didn't throw up the first time I ate em.
In any case my white trash quotient has gone sky high since I've added them to my diet.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:00:31 PM
by
zarf
To: cripplecreek
Do you dip you pizza in ranch dressing?
To: presidio9
Thursday, October 12, 2006
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:00:39 PM
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: presidio9
I've heard of the Deep Fried Coke. Here in Queens, NY we had one place that served deep fried twinkies, oreos and Mars Bars but it quickly went out of business. Its a shame because I never got to try any.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:00:40 PM
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: cripplecreek
I like to put dill pickles on pizza. Communist.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:01:40 PM
by
presidio9
(Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
To: Tamar1973
Time to buy more stock in pharma working on therapy for diabetes, obesity and
other diseases of The West!
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:02:39 PM
by
VOA
To: presidio9
Yum!! That sounds GOOD!
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:02:42 PM
by
Obadiah
To: K-oneTexas
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:03:58 PM
by
llevrok
(FREE KARASTAN !)
To: Xenalyte
I've never tried fried pickles. That sounds GOOD. Fried pickles are VERY good. :)
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:04:04 PM
by
Dianna
To: Xenalyte
I've never tried fried pickles. I was introduced to fried pickles at the Malibu Inn in Malibu, CA. Pretty delicious... and disgusting at the same time. But after a while, my brother and I were just peeling the breading off and eating the pickles themselves.
Pickle sicles actually sound interesting, and would be a great thing at some of the summertime endurance sporting events I've attended.
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posted on
10/19/2006, 9:04:08 PM
by
RepoGirl
("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Un-dead..." -- Frasier Crane)
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