The Standard American Diet (SAD) has many faults, and one of them is the dangerous amounts of high fat foods on the menu. Deep-fried foods are especially popular, whether its Chicken McNuggets, french fries, or an assortment of dessert items that are high in sugar as well.
In 2006, the State Fair in Texas introduced a phenomenon called fried coke that caught the attention of the fast-food industry, and has spawned a whole new litany of deep-fried foods. (In addition to the article below, check out this link that lists some new fried foods that are the darlings of the carnival industry this year: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20466401/ ).
Just when you thought you had seen it all, they have found a way to take a product like a soft drink, unhealthy in its own right due to sugar, artificial sweeteners, and other toxic chemicals, and compound the problem by deep frying it and adding additional sugar as well! It would not be so bad if folks only indulged in a food such as this once a year at fair time, but unfortunately it is just another form of the types of foods that many Americans subsist on day in and day out. No wonder obesity is at epidemic proportions.
Put down that corndog, fried Coke is it
Fatty state fair fare
COMMENTARY
By Brian Tracey
Business Editor
MSNBC
One ritual millions of Americans love is attending their state or county fair with all of its sensory seductions: The carousel calliope music, the twinkling lights and, of course, the smells and tastes of fatty fried foods.
Well, attention funnel-cake fans and french-fry aficionados, coming to a carnival near you: Deep-fried Coke.
The gelatinous cola-infused snack won the "most creative" title at the Texas State Fair in Dallas last month. Since then, the deep-fried phenomenon has spread to North Carolina and Arizona.
"We have been getting calls from everywhere since we introduced it," said Elizabeth Martin, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina state fair, in a recent report in the Dallas Morning News. "Everyone wants to know where they can get it."
The Texas fair has long prided itself in offering foods that would make a cardiologist faint. Beginning with now ubiquitous corndog in 1942, the Lone Star State extravaganza has seen Twinkies, cookies and even pickles stuck on a stick, dipped in batter and then deep fried.
The Dallas newspaper said Fried Coke's inventor, concessionaire Abel Gonzales Jr., is a fanatical fryer. Last year he sold 20,000 fried peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwiches. Fried Coke appears to be an even bigger hit: He sold 16,000 cups in the first two weeks of the fair, which runs through next week.
And unlike Coca-Cola, Gonzales has also had more success modifying his formula. He reworked the recipe to make the dough more absorbent so it would soak up more of the cola syrup.
"They were good before, but they are even better now," Gonzales said.
Maybe he could offer discounts on angioplasties with each serving.
http://ori.msnbc.msn.com/id/15334588/
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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