slo’s MONDAY 7/17 poll - Fried Festival Food

[slo]

It’s carnival, fair, and festival season which means it’s also unhealthy treats season - LOL!
When you go to a fest, do you enjoy eating fried foods?
If yes….what treats do you indulge in?
(multiple choice)



For Me…..I will confess that fried foods at a fest are a guilty pleasure of mine - especially fried dough. We don’t go to many feats, but when we do we always get elephant ears or a funnel cake, fried Oreos, a corn dog, a fried misc type item (last year it was fried Pop Tart) and a fried Twinkie (I love fried Twinkies). I’ve had other things in the past, but these are our favorites.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I have not been to a festival in years. I’ve been to a few craft shows where they do have fried foods.
Fried cheese fried vegetables in like you I love fried dough pretty much game to try just about anything fried but if it’s super hot outside, then no I can’t do the sweets and it’s really hot
Now you made me hungry!! That stuff looks delicious in your pics!!! Fried Twinkie sounds yummy

 

[Kitty 34]

Never really have been into fried foods but I will eat an occasional Elephant ear at our local festival.

 

[mjkacmom]

The most popular fare food here are zeppoles, served with powdered sugar in a paper bag. Some pizzerias sell them too.

 

[nw6675]

Craving a fresh made corn dog now at 7:53 AM.

Thanks, Slo...

 

[Meriweather]

I haven't been to any festivals in years......but I used to like to get funnel cake topped with fruit (blueberries the most) and bricks of french fries

 

[unrequited23]

I never realized how much fried food we eat at fairs until there was a list I had to choose from...We usually have fresh cut fries, elephant ears, fried veggies split between 4 people in addition the the hand-shaken lemonades and chicken pitas (you know for health reasons.)

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I have no interest at all in going to festivals and even if I did I probably would never eat anything there.

 

[CGB]

I love funnel cakes! I haven't had one in years, though. Maybe I should hunt down that stand the next time we go to the ballpark....hmmm....

 

[soccerdad72]

When we go to a fair, our usual go to fried food is an elephant ear.

 

[ronandannette]

Other. I would love to eat ALL THE THINGS but deep-fried food (even just a few bites) kicks my reflux into hyper-drive and the suffering just isn’t worth it.

 

[disneychrista]

It’s been a dozen or so years since I went to a fair. I “had to have” a fried snickers. I remember being disappointed. It was very messy and just not that good.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

I don't go to fairs / festivals, but I will sometimes get a funnel cake if we're at a theme park.

 

[LoveDaisy]

We usually go to the Big E each year. We share several fried items to maximize what we can try and always take kettle corn and the Big Cream Puff and Big Eclairs home with us. September seems so far away.

 

[MIGrandma]

We fried fair food! And since we go so rarely we don’t feel guilty about indulging . We enjoy fresh cut fries with malt vinegar and salt, elephant ears, funnel cakes, fried vegetables, twinkies, Oreos, etc. Not all of them at every fair, but 2 or 3.

 

[GAN]

I don’t go for the typical fair-type food at all, I’d be more likely to grab fried seafood of some kind over anything else. But, I live near the water so it comes with the territory around here.

 

[georgina]

Don't care for fried festival food. Usually too greasy, unappetizing to me. Rarely go somewhere it is available, we have gone to a Renaissance festival but stay away from the fried foods.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I love festivals, and I love a lot of those foods (though sometimes we have them at home - I do onion rings, mushrooms, motz. sticks, etc. in the air fryer).

Specifically at fairs and festivals, I love fried dough, or a version I remember from the county fair as a kid - sugar waffles!

I'm also likely to get fresh cut fries with malt vinegar, because I'm the only one in my house who likes them that way.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I like that stuff though rarely have it. Not a fair goer though. Last funnel cake I had was Sleepy Hollow at MK, probably 2014. Last elephant ear was in Canada in Epcot, whenever was the last year those were available there.

Marie's mom used to make really great pizza fritte (fried pizza dough). Some were plain, some with sugar, some with cinnamon and sugar. She'd make that msybe monthly. With her passing years ago, Natalie has picked up making them, but less often, maybe yearly. Just as good though.

 

[robinb]

I’m from Wisconsin, so I enjoy cheese curds at festivals. I had some on Thursday!