a while back i posted a thread about southern cooking in all its aspects. today i went to the nc state fair, and they have taken frying things to a sinister level. i even went so far as to call them out on it. the fair in nc is famous for frying just about anything you can think of and some you cant. ie, pickles, oreos, twinkies, candy bars, and some other things. but what i saw today made even my eyes bug out. they had such things as fried pecan pie, fried pb&j sandwiches, and other things that made a southern cook like me wonder what the hell the fair has come to. if its a publicity stunt,, they took it way to far. some things just dont get fried. who in their right mind would ever fry banana pudding??? theres just some lines you dont cross,, and they didnt cross it, they slingshotted into the realm of what the f#$% are they thinking????

the fair = a bunch of people on drugs....

maybe they were drunk bro.......hey steve......im not a cook...

coked up, strung out, trippin acid, rollin x, i dont care what the hell they were on,, there are some things you just dont batter and deep fry,,,

its not what they cook, but rather what the consumer buys.....
if it sells ,why not??
supply and demand!!!

i aint see not one person eating a fried pb and j,,, im just kinda dumbstruck about how some people can ruin something like that.

hey i wish i had fried cookin........here in cal..everythings safe and the skins takien off...it sucks.......i wanta eat!!!

well,, have to have a kfc or something out there

thats the best man!!!

Some of it just sounds gross, but they figure if they make it, people will buy it!!

That is true, Eileen, if people will buy it, they will make it. I have seen some of these items on TV.

i couldnt even bring myself to try any of it. call me nuts, but banana pudding should be served the way it was made,, with nilla wafers, pudding, bananas and meraunge. not battered after being froze and deep fried.

I had fried mac & cheese down there. It wasn't good. I think it's a stupid publicity stunt.

Someone battered & fried pecan pie?

They have started serving waffles with fried chicken out here calling it a southern thing??? WTH??

y'all have those together??

no dear,, thats soul food, not southern food,, there is a diffrence,, and yes chick someone battered and fried pecan pie. as far as the fried mac and cheese,, its good if its done right,, but only in small amounts,, you dont want to do alot at once,, it will clog your artieies before you can say wtf

yes In NC there was always fried chicken on the breakfast buffets. & Chicken biscuits are a classic breakfast.

not on the buffets that i grew up around,,, chicken was always boneless,, and most of the time it came from bojangles or the like

BOJANGLES Boberry bicuits, chicken biscuits,& iced tea! oh & that spicy fried chicken! No Bojangles in Wisconsin.