The Texas State Fair Part II

Just before she passed out from caloric overload "C" sent another report:

1. Chicken Fried Bacon - this year we went to another vendor and they didn't fry the bacon first so it wasn't that good. The coating was greasy and the bacon was soft and not crispy.
2. Country Fried Pork Chips - This was very good. The pork chops were sliced very thin and the batter was a light corn meal with lots of pepper. Very tender, crispy and down right good.
3. Sweet Jalapeno Corn Dog Shrimp - the shrimp were good and the sauce was good, but the corn dog batter was too thick and kind of ruined the experience. Would have been better with a tempura coating...flavor was good though.
4. Deep Fried Jalapeno dipped in chocolate - 3 jalapenos stuffed with monterey jack cheese, battered, deep fried and then dipped in chocolate. The only problem was they cleaned out all the membranes and the seeds so there was NO heat what-so-ever. Again that ruined the whole idea. The chocolate sauce was amazing though!
5. Deep Fried Pecan Pie - SOOOOO good, it was cooked to perfection. It was one of those little pecan pies and it was battered, deep fried and then covered with a pecan sauce and whipped cream. It was orgasmic!!!!!!
6. Deep Fried Chocolate Truffle - warm, melty, gooey .....Yum.

The Texas State Fair Part I

"C" is my roving report in Dallas and was happy to report that everything is still fried in Dallas!

She tried the following:
1. Green Goblin
2. Fried Butter with cherry sauce
3. Fried Butter Original
4. Fried Peaches and Cream (fresh peaches on the side and fresh peaches battered and deep fried. The batter was crunch, kind of like a coffee cake topping, sweet and cinnamony. A dollup of whipped cream with cherry sauce and a little dish of fresh cream and cinnamon).
This was Excellent! Winner of the Big Tex Best Tasting.
And the Fried butter was the winner of Big Tex Most Creative.
5. Fried Peanut Butter Cup Macaroon
This was just OK. I think if they had cooked it longer it would have been better. The peanut butter cup wasn't melted enough. The sweetened coconut was yummy and made it kinda taste like an Almond Joy.

Everything's Fried in Texas

Well, it is at the Texas State Fair which is held every Fall in Dallas.

I attended this Fair last year and was able to sample fried cheesecake, fried corny dog, fried chocolate truffle and (not shown) fried apple pie. I missed out on the chicken fried bacon, fried grilled cheese sandwich and fried oreo cookies.

Stay tuned for my guest blogger, "C", as she reports on what's new at the Texas State Fair for 2009.