A word about fair food

I can't very well blog about the Fair without at least mentioning the food. It was like nothing we've ever seen, or even heard of, before. They had all the usuals - corn dogs, cotton candy, popcorn etc. And then there's always the roasted turkey legs (just usual for Texas, I think) But what we didn't know is that you can get just about any deep fried thing you could possibly imagine (and a few I can't even wrap my head around - like deep fried latte??? or deep fried coke) at the Texas State Fair. We saw deep fried cookie dough, deep fried cheesecake,Texas fried jelly belly beans, deep fried PBJ&B (peanut butter, jelly and banana) deep fried moon pies and let's don't forget Crispy fried cantelope pie. But if deep fried isn't your style you can always try a pickle pop (like an otter pop made with pickle juice)or some pork on a stick. To see a more detailed list of (just some of) the food choices take a look here.

We had to try at least a couple...we went for the Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Waffle Balls (strawberries covered in chocolate, dipped in waffle batter and deep-fried. Then dusted with powdered sugar and served on a stick.)

















And the Deep Fried S’mores – Marshmallow cream and chocolate chips are sandwiched between two graham crackers, dipped in batter, fried and dusted with powdered sugar.

And lastly, we had to stick around for the Light Parade before calling it a day...actually Porter had already called it a day at that point...poor little guy!