What's better than a day without a 2 hour meeting? A day where the 2 hour meeting is replaced by a 3 hour conference call that I don't have to participate in. And which ends up at the State Fair. Hey, the NC State Fair even has a webcam. Like they say, one of the great things about the South is that we'll deep fry anything. And then sell it to you. I briefly considered the fried Oreos (at the same stand where we sampled the fried candy bar a few years back when I went with friends from work) or the fried Twinkie (so conceptually horrifying and yet strangely compelling that I still don't know how I resisted the temptation) but, really, I'd entered the fairgrounds with a mission -- to find the fried banana pudding. And find it we did, altho we really just stumbled onto the stand while we were wandering. The guys even asked me how we'd heard of them (there was a brief mention in the N&O article last Friday). I was hoping that they were selling banana pudding which was fried. But, actually, what they're selling is pudding made with fried bananas. More accurately, deep-fried bananas with a side of pudding served as a dipping sauce. They also had on the menu something called a fried banana wrap. My guess is the fried bananas and pudding rolled up in a crepe, possibly with some whipped cream involved. But I didn't see anyone ordering one of those. No matter, the bananas were awesome. But I still think the deep-fried pudding idea would totally work. Just freeze some banana pudding, put a stick in it, dip it in batter and bang it in some hot oil... what's not to love?
The other thing I thought about getting was the pork-chop-on-a-stick. It's just such a cool name for a food product. But I remember my bro getting one of those when we went last year and being kinda disappointed. And I'm all about avoiding the disappointing food experiences. I meant to go back and find the Cajun booth that was selling alligator-on-a-stick but by the time it stopped raining I was tired of walking around the fair and we were near the exit so we just bagged it for home.
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