so much food. so little time.

everyone knows of my enthusiasm for the great state fair of texas. in fact, i believe that around this time last year i wrote an entire blog solely dedicated to it. and after being asked this year by a canadian fellow what i would eat at the fair, i decided to dedicate another blog to just that after his suggestion for making a list.

so here is my list of the top ten new foods that i am hoping to try at the fair this year [in no particular order].

1) chicken fried bacon- how can you make bacon better? batter it and fry it again, of course.
2) deep fried s'mores- the campfire classic has been taken a step further, and who doesn't like fried things, really?
3) fried chocolate truffles- i don't think this needs an explanation
4) chocolate covered strawberry waffle balls- fried chocolate covered strawberries. yum-o, as rachael ray would say.
5) texas barbeque egg rolls- i decided that i didn't need to try just sweets this year, so i'm balancing it with texas barbeque.
6) fried apple iPie and deep fried apple bites- i love fruit-filled fried pies (thank you, ham's), so this seemed like a no-brainer to me.
7) beefy fried queso bites- it's like cheese dip, fried. c'mon.
8) fried cake on a stick- this one could go either way, but i'm going to be optimistic.
9) mini chicken fried steak slider- what balances sweets out better than gravy?
10) dessert shooters- miniature desserts. just enough at the end of the day to top it all off. besides i needed at least one non-fried item.

of course, there are some other foods that are just tradition for me to eat at the fair. i always start with a turkey leg (i recommend sharing, pace yourself). corny dogs are good around lunch time. fletcher's is the only way to go. fried cheesecake is a newer tradition, but is on it's way to being one of my favorites. it's amazing. and at the end of the day, nothing beats a funnel cake. i recommend sharing this too. you'll likely be too full from all of the food you've eatent the rest of the day.

it may seem like a lot of food, but i figure if you're walking around the fair all day long it's bound to balance out somehow, right? well, i hope this may have helped some of you. if not, at least it gave me a chance to make a plan of attack for my day at the great state fair of texas.