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Fall Festivals Travel: Even More Fried Food on a Stick

October 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM | by kjb | 0 Comments

The North Carolina State Fair kicked off on October 16 and runs all the way through October 26 with the world's largest (somewhat) portable roller coaster, Toxic Shock and fried everything-on-a-stick.

If the usual midway games, carnival rides and huge vegetables on steroids aren't enough, Jared the Subway Guy is also making an appearance as he hosts a wacky dance competition--Pants Dance Revolution. Hopefully he won't fall off the wagon and be tempted by the fried pecan pie.

Entertainment offerings on tap for this year include ubiquitous Food Network celebrity Bobby Flay along with more traditional music acts including Montgomery Gentry, Mario and Idol-fave Bucky Covington. If the fair's unorthodox timing doesn't jive with your calendar, you can still stay in touch with all its happenings. Follow along through its blog--Fried @ the NC State Fair--or through Twitter.

Related Stories:
· 2008 NC State Fair [Official Site]
· Fried Fair Fare: Mac & Cheese, Pecan Pie [N&O]
· Fall Festivals coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo of Onion Rings of the Future: baltimike]

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Deep-Fried Madness: It's State Fair Season

August 18, 2008 at 1:05 PM | by BS | 1 Comment

Late summer means one thing to red-blooded American food fans: We're in prime state fair season! No other type of festival truly puts American food inventiveness on full display--and by inventiveness, we mean coming up with new ways to put stuff on a stick and deep fry it.

Without state fairs, we would never have tasted delicacies such as corn dogs, deep-fried Twinkies or deep-fried Oreos. The Indiana State Fair just ended this weekend and pleasantly introduced the world to this deliciousness: Deep-fried bananas foster cheesecake on a stick. Wow.

But surely that won't be the only culinary delight we get to taste this year. After the jump, a big, big list of state fairs currently underway and yet to come.

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