Texas State Fair Foods

[sgt.null]

Beef & Beans Fire Bowl – A fired-up, one-dish meal made from ground beef, spicy beans, corn, crushed red peppers and Hotter N Hell seasoning covered with a baked-on jalapeno cornbread top. Not for the weak-hearted. (Going Bananas - Coca Cola Food Court)

Cajun Shrimp On A Stick – Spicy shrimp in a custom Cajun batter, fried and served with a choice of dipping sauce. (Gigi’s Food - Coca Cola Food Court)

Candy Apple Turnover – A flaky turnover, filled with apples, crushed red candy and brown sugar, is deep fried and topped with powdered sugar. (Granny's Funnel Cakes - Gateway Plaza)

Chocolate Covered Strawberries On-a-Stick – Fresh strawberries are skewered on a stick and dipped in deliciously warmed chocolate. (Family Fun Foods Candy Apple Stands – Nimitz Dr. & Centennial Bldg. and B.W.'s Fried Ribs – Coca Cola Food Court)

Cinnamon Praline Bananas Foster -- Caramelized banana rum sauce poured over Blue Bell Cinnamon ice cream, covered with whipped cream and topped off with a rich pecan praline sauce. (Going Bananas – Coca Cola Food Court)

Deep Fried Cosmopolitan - Contest Finalist – A delicious fried pastry is filled with rich cheesecake and topped with a sweet & tangy cranberry glaze and a lime wedge. Served on a stick. (Desperados – Nimitz Dr.)

Donkey Tails - Contest Finalist – Large all-beef franks, slit on one side and generously stuffed with sharp cheddar cheese, are wrapped tightly in a large flour tortilla and fried until golden brown. Served with mustard, chili, or Ruth's salsa. (Ruth's Tamale House – Cotton Bowl Plaza & Nimitz Dr.)

Down Home Banana Pudding Cheesecake – Created for people who like the rich flavor of homemade pudding or the elegance of cheesecake, the ingredients include bananas, pecans, cream cheese, brown sugar, coffee liqueur in a vanilla wafer crust. Served on a small plate. (Going Bananas – Coca Cola Food Court)

Fernie's Fried Chicken n' Waffle – A toasted 7" round waffle, brushed with melted butter and topped with three extra-crunchy honey-battered chicken breast tenders. Served with syrup or white cream gravy. Sweet and salty. (The Dock – Embarcadero Building)

Fernie's Fried Choco-rito - Contest Finalist – A flour tortilla – stuffed with marshmallows, coconut, candy bar pieces, caramel morsels and cinnamon – is dipped in pancake batter and deep fried to a crispy, crunchy outside and sweet, gooey inside. Drizzled with honey and topped with whipped cream. (The Dock – Embarcadero Building)

Fernie's Fried Mac 'n Cheese - Contest Finalist – Texas-sized bites of macaroni & cheese, covered with a layer of garlic & herb-flavored bread crumbs, are deep fried until crispy outside and hot & cheesy inside. Served on a stick with a side of dipping sauces. (The Dock – Embarcadero Building)

Fried Avocadoes – Hand-battered chunks of scrumptious avocado are breaded and fried to perfection. Choice of dipping sauces. A culinary hit in California. (Weiss Enterprises - Thrillway)

Fried Baked Potatoes – French fries right out of the fryer are topped with a choice of queso cheese sauce, bacon bits, chives or butter. (Benz Food – Cotton Bowl Plaza)

Fried Cinnamon Crispas – Hand-cut strips of flour tortillas are crispy fried and dusted with cinnamon sugar. (Weiss Enterprises - Thrillway)

Fried Coke - Contest Finalist – Smooth spheres of Coca-Cola-flavored batter are deep fried, drizzled with pure Coke fountain syrup, topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Served in souvenir contoured glasses. (Vandalay Industries – Nimitz Dr. and Midway)

Fried Pancake Sundae – Tasty country sausage bites wrapped in a light pancake batter, deep fried to perfection , topped with whipped cream, lightly glazed with hot fudge sauce and finished with a cherry on top. Pineapple and strawberry glaze options available. (Smokey John's BBQ – Cotton Bowl Plaza & Midway)

Fried Praline Perfection - Contest Finalist – Guaranteed to melt in your mouth. Plump coconut and pecan pralines, battered and fried to a rich golden crust. Served warm with powdered sugar. (Shirley London & Sons – Midway near Texas Star)

Hast Texas BBQ Nachos – Fair-famous Hast Texas Nachos are topped with BBQ beef and covered with a special-recipe sauce. (Hast Texas Nachos - Tower Building)

Melon Monroe – Honey dew melon sauce ladled over chocolate chip ice cream, topped with whipped cream then garnished with two fried-dough, shaped "legs" filled with a special caramel sauce. Served fresh out of the fryer. "Some like it hot !" (Midway - across from Lost Children)

S'mores – A new twist on a campfire favorite. Two graham crackers are pressed together with a marshmallow crème filling, skewered on a stick and dipped in delicious chocolate. (Family Fun Foods – Candy Apple Stands - Nimitz Dr. and Centennial Bldg.)

Texas Cajun Steak On-a-Stick – Tender morsels of steak coated in a spicy Cajun batter, fried golden brown and served on a stick with red or white dipping sauce. (Gigi's Foods – Coca Cola Food Court)

Texas Waffle – An extra large waffle is freshly cooked and topped with whipped cream and a choice of chocolate, strawberry or pineapple sauce. (B.W.'s BBQ – Coca Cola Food Court)

Texas Trash – In response to fairgoers' requests, this to-go sack of less-than-whole Hast Texas Nacho chips is served up in a white doughnut-style bag. (Hast Texas Nachos – Coca Cola Food Court)

Wedgee's – Frozen chocolate-covered Wisconsin cheesecake-on-a-stick offered in Turtle (caramel) and Key Lime flavors. (Weiss Enterprises – All Lemon Chill Carts)

[dlbpharmd]

WOW.

[sgt.null]

unlikely that i'll try anything on the list.

[Worm of Despite]

Good, more for me. Sounds like Texas has some lovely eats. If it's an animal and it's fried, then I'm there.

[A Gunslinger]

I just gained 3 lbs. just READING your menu.

[sgt.null]

didn't see fried twinkies on the list, but we have them here.

[Wyldewode]

Fernie's Fried Mac 'n Cheese - Contest Finalist – Texas-sized bites of macaroni & cheese, covered with a layer of garlic & herb-flavored bread crumbs, are deep fried until crispy outside and hot & cheesy inside. Served on a stick with a side of dipping sauces. (The Dock – Embarcadero Building)

Alton Brown made deep fried Mac & Cheese on a recent episode of Good Eats. If Alton calls it Good Eats, I'd be willing to try it.

In my opinion, a lot of that food listed above could easily be called heart-attack-on-a-stick.


~Lyr

[Sunbaneglasses]

Fried Pancake Sundae – Tasty country sausage bites wrapped in a light pancake batter, deep fried to perfection , topped with whipped cream, lightly glazed with hot fudge sauce and finished with a cherry on top. Pineapple and strawberry glaze options available. (Smokey John's BBQ – Cotton Bowl Plaza & Midway)

What in the hell?

[Menolly]

OK, I'm anxious to try and duplicate the following. They all sound great!

Candy Apple Turnover – A flaky turnover, filled with apples, crushed red candy and brown sugar, is deep fried and topped with powdered sugar. (Granny's Funnel Cakes - Gateway Plaza)

Cinnamon Praline Bananas Foster -- Caramelized banana rum sauce poured over Blue Bell Cinnamon ice cream, covered with whipped cream and topped off with a rich pecan praline sauce. (Going Bananas – Coca Cola Food Court)
Tamale House – Cotton Bowl Plaza & Nimitz Dr.)

Down Home Banana Pudding Cheesecake – Created for people who like the rich flavor of homemade pudding or the elegance of cheesecake, the ingredients include bananas, pecans, cream cheese, brown sugar, coffee liqueur in a vanilla wafer crust. Served on a small plate. (Going Bananas – Coca Cola Food Court)

Fernie's Fried Choco-rito - Contest Finalist – A flour tortilla – stuffed with marshmallows, coconut, candy bar pieces, caramel morsels and cinnamon – is dipped in pancake batter and deep fried to a crispy, crunchy outside and sweet, gooey inside. Drizzled with honey and topped with whipped cream. (The Dock – Embarcadero Building)

Fernie's Fried Mac 'n Cheese - Contest Finalist – Texas-sized bites of macaroni & cheese, covered with a layer of garlic & herb-flavored bread crumbs, are deep fried until crispy outside and hot & cheesy inside. Served on a stick with a side of dipping sauces. (The Dock – Embarcadero Building)

Fried Avocadoes – Hand-battered chunks of scrumptious avocado are breaded and fried to perfection. Choice of dipping sauces. A culinary hit in California. (Weiss Enterprises - Thrillway)

Fried Coke - Contest Finalist – Smooth spheres of Coca-Cola-flavored batter are deep fried, drizzled with pure Coke fountain syrup, topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Served in souvenir contoured glasses. (Vandalay Industries – Nimitz Dr. and Midway)

Fried Praline Perfection - Contest Finalist – Guaranteed to melt in your mouth. Plump coconut and pecan pralines, battered and fried to a rich golden crust. Served warm with powdered sugar. (Shirley London & Sons – Midway near Texas Star)

Wedgee's – Frozen chocolate-covered Wisconsin cheesecake-on-a-stick offered in Turtle (caramel) and Key Lime flavors. (Weiss Enterprises – All Lemon Chill Carts)

[A Gunslinger]

The fried coke seems a touch strange.

[sgt.null]

i think i will stick with a funnel cake. right before i went veggie again i passed up a chance at gator at the rodeo...

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Dunno about gator, but I've eaten crocodile, and it's nothing special. White meat, the sauce is what makes it, as is so often the case.

--A

[Wyldewode]

Dunno about gator, but I've eaten crocodile, and it's nothing special. White meat, the sauce is what makes it, as is so often the case.

--A

Does it taste like chicken, Av?

~Lyr

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Tasted like garlic. Slightly oily texture.

--A

[Menolly]

Living in Gator Town like I do, I've had gator tid-bits. I would say it tastes more like snake meat than chicken...

[Wyldewode]

Tasted like garlic. Slightly oily texture.

--A

Eh. . . you know how people say *everything* tastes like chicken. We have a restaurant here that serves unique seafood, and I think gator tail is one of them. . . hold on. . I'll go find a link for it.

By the way, I live really close to Springfield. Missouri. . . home to BassPro Outdoor World. Inside that is Hemmingway's Blue Water Cafe. . . ah, here we go. www.hemingwaysbluewatercafe.com/ This is the place you can get aligator tail for $7.49 as an appetizer.
And here is some info about Bass Pro Shop for the uninitiated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Pro_Shops

~Lyr

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I knew why you were asking that.

Never eaten snake though, so can't compare. I definitely wasn't at all fishy. (I don't eat any fish.)

--A

[Wyldewode]

I knew why you were asking that.

Never eaten snake though, so can't compare. I definitely wasn't at all fishy. (I don't eat any fish.)

--A

A matter of conscience, or taste?

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Purely taste. Seafood makes me sick. *shrug*

--A

[sgt.null]

seafood is yummy. strange for a New Englander but I tried clam chowder for the first time yesterday. enjoyed it much.