Fried Coca-Cola at the N.C. State fair
The N.C. State Fair starts on Friday, and you know what that means: fried food!
From Mark Binker at the Capital Beat:
And if you know anything at all about state fairs, it's that they are famous for frying things. So this year, new to the fair, joining the ranks of Twinkies and Snickers, is ...
...Coca-Cola. Yes, the soft drink. Yes, you can fry it, sort of.
Greg Seamster, who was whipping up swirls of new dough concoction for curious reporters Tuesday, explained the process. The batter is made with the dry ingredients that typically go into fried dough, but instead of mixing them with water, they are mixed with the soft drink.
"We first heard of this from the Texas state fair," said Seamster, as he added a few shakes of powdered sugar, a couple heavy squirts of cola syrup, followed by whip cream and a cherry.
While Mark's not a big fan, the judges in Texas liked it well enough to give it a win for creativity at the second-annual Big Tex Choice Awards Contest, beating out such delicacies as deep-fried macaroni cheese and deep-fried Cosmos. In fact, the creator of Fried Coke, Abel Gonzales Jr., is a repeat winner: his fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were winners in the tastiest category last year.
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