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Poll: Would You Eat Deep Fried Butter?

By: Nancy Howard : 9/9/2009 5:08:51 PM : 875 comments : 23,300 Views

As many of you know, I live in the great state of Texas. However September is the one time of year I am almost embarrassed to say where I am from.

Why September, you may ask? This is when the great State Fair of Texas opens the gates to some of the wackiest and most processed foods one will ever come across. Each year the entries for new food vending treats to be sold and served during the fair become more bizarre by the minute and this year is no exception. It's as if the more wacky the food, the more publicity is gained for the fair.

This year's entries include of all things deep fried butter, deep fried pecan pie, deep fried peaches and cream, and deep fried peanut butter cup macaroons. And this is no joke. Many foods that are now commonly found at state fairs around the country have their humble beginnings in Texas.

Many of us are fully aware of fried Twinkies, fried Snickers, and fried OREOS. But have you ever heard of a fried banana split, Texas fried Cookie dough and yes, even fried Coke? And if you are curious as to how one fries Coke--it is actually a Coke-flavored dough that is deep fried and smothered in a Coke-flavored syrup, topped whipped cream and cinnamon, all for a whopping 830 calories, or the equivalent of me having to run well over 8 miles just to burn off the calories.

With Texas having one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, not to mention having the city of Arlington being named in Men's Health Magazine as the fast food addicts capital, one would think that we could offer healthier options at the fair.

There comes a time when the novelty is long gone and it is time to move on to healthier choices. These foods certainly fit the bill of Dr. David Kessler's food description in his book The End of Overeating. Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite of fat, on sugar, on salt, on fat, etc.

My challenge to my state and to fair officials is to offer healthier choices and enough with the fried foods. And trust me, you will NEVER see me eating deep fried butter, no matter how hungry I get even if it comes with a free deep fried Coke!

Have you ever tried any of these foods at your fair? Would you be willing to try these foods just to see how they taste? If you have tried them, how did you like them? Were they worth the calories?

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BASINRUNNER 11/8/2009 9:32:02 AM	That sounds nasty! I can't imagine what that does for your cholesterol levels. I'm from Texas and wouldn't even think of trying it.	825
URBANLOTUS 11/8/2009 6:32:25 AM	I'm intrigued about how they can deep fry butter?? It would be interesting to taste, not to eat a whole bunch. We don;t tend to get such 'delicacies' at our events in Australia so much. Maye I just don't know about them though....	824
AEROBICSAHOLIC 11/7/2009 9:17:56 PM	Yuck! It's not even sensible to deep fry butter and eat it whole...unlike deep fried cheese cake (which I had twice in my lifetime and need to stay away). I guess if you want it you can eat it, but think of the crap you are putting in your body before you do.	823
PANDAFLY_99 11/7/2009 8:48:15 PM	Sadly, I probably would try it. Which is the root of all my problems ;). I'll try any type of food and haven't met an enemy just yet !!	822
LADYJANE30 11/7/2009 7:55:08 PM	NO WAY, but I would be interested in knowing what the calories are for each one.	821
THEALEXIS 11/7/2009 7:29:19 PM	Those foods do not at all sound appetizing.	820
SFITZPAT 11/7/2009 12:57:15 PM	It is not only in Texas--we just had a fair in MA and one of the highlights was a burger that consisted of two fried doughnut halves as the bun, a bunch of greasy slabs of bacon, and a half pound of ground beef! I don't know how this sounds good to anyone....I definitely didn't try it, and I would probably not try deep fried butter either!	819
ROBINRS 11/7/2009 12:18:16 PM	I might try deep fried butter if the right combination of people were with me to share it. But it really doesn't even sound appealing. What kind of mind even thinks up such a thing - lets take some fat and fry it in more fat? One taste to see what the hype was about then I'd pull a fresh apple from my bag and enjoy a healthy food. The Illinois State Fair, every year, has a butter sculpture of a cow. This year's included Abe Lincoln reading a book beside the cow. It was fun to look at and is better as a sculpture than in our bodies.	818
SPARKGRLJEN 11/7/2009 8:20:34 AM	wow.. that's interesting! Just reading them.. makes you want to get up and exercise! lol	817
TRINISEXY 11/7/2009 5:38:14 AM	No way. Just the mention of the foods make me feel like I'm gaining weight!	816
MSDIAMOND 11/6/2009 10:49:37 PM	I think not..	815
USJEWEL 11/6/2009 1:03:00 PM	Absolutley not, not only the thought of fat cramps turn me off but all that clogging up my artery's..no-way!	814
CTONYAN 11/6/2009 10:29:52 AM	I would never even try it. I don't really get the whole deep fried thing when it comes to foods. Even veggies. Why take a perfectly good food, and fry it? Only Americans would come up with such a gross idea! No wonder we are so obese. (Yes, I am an American).	813
WACHEE 11/6/2009 7:57:33 AM	I wouldn't now that I am trying to eat healthy but back in the day... shoot yeah! If it was deep fried or covered with gray, I would have eaten it. Now it is the exact opposite!	812
MRSKRISTINA 11/6/2009 12:21:47 AM	Holy crap: "Texas fried Cookie dough and yes, even fried Coke? And if you are curious as to how one fries Coke--it is actually a Coke-flavored dough that is deep fried and smothered in a Coke-flavored syrup, topped whipped cream and cinnamon, all for a whopping 830 calories" That... is just not right.	811
STARWARD 11/5/2009 11:00:03 PM	No, I would not even consider trying these - deep fried foods have never been overly appealing to me. And for me .. I have "bigger fish to fry".	810
KIMS76 11/5/2009 1:50:55 PM	NOWAY!!!! It doesn't even sound appetizing!	809
COVEGIRL1 11/5/2009 1:24:42 PM	I love butter,but a little goes a long way. Fried! No Way, Jose!!!!	808
MISSBUNCLE 11/5/2009 12:08:01 PM	I think this sounds hilarious and would definitely try it - but maybe not finish it!	807
KKLENNERT809 11/5/2009 9:37:38 AM	I would never put that in my mouth. That kind of stuff shouldn't even be allowed for consumption.	806
SHIMMERINGBECCA 11/5/2009 4:47:03 AM	I will not lie - I love deep fried oreos. But I would never eat a whole portion - the key is moderation - I'd share them with a friend. But I could never deny myself a taste!	805
CLMANCHESTER 11/4/2009 9:44:24 PM	I would think that deep fried butter would taste like a biscuit with butter melted on it. My mom always says "If you never try it, you'll never crave it" so I wouldn't try it, because if I did like it, I would probably crave it down the road.	804
MARYPATN 11/4/2009 11:25:56 AM	NO butter is best on popcorn!!!	803
TERRI77 11/4/2009 11:03:23 AM	No, butter is only good spread on food or baked in it.	802
CATALINITA 11/4/2009 5:43:33 AM	Alas, I've never made it to the Texas State Fair. I don't think I'd really try most of the deep fried goodies. We seldom buy food at any of these places because it's too expensive. If I did eat it, the guilt would probably kill me...	801
DEAIKIN 11/3/2009 11:15:19 PM	All of the fried food at fairs are too much! But fried butter is way over the top! No, I wouldn't eat it.	800
MJYK2011 11/3/2009 9:12:16 PM	Yuck, I can't believe anybody would eat that, YUCK!!!!	799
CRACKERMOM 11/3/2009 7:50:51 PM	Since hubby and I started eating healthier after his high cholesterol caused heart blockages, deep fried anything sounds disgusting to me!	798
SPARK8PLUG 11/3/2009 6:09:42 PM	Sure, why not! I just love to try everything once in my life at least...	797
CLOTHEDINWHITE 11/3/2009 3:24:10 PM	Gross! Why? I am sure there are more appetizing ways to enjoy a heart attack!	796
SUNNY4EVA 11/3/2009 1:43:03 PM	This article made me giggle... Especially after a good workout just now. Thinking of eating fried butter..hmm.. I am a bit of a foodie.. and tempted to try and see how it tastes. But that would be a once in a lifetime and I will have a story to tell for a long time.	795
FRANMA76 11/3/2009 1:16:48 PM	No. I saw the deep fried butter on Paula Deen's tribute to butter episode. Made me never want ANY butter again. We are a nation obsessed with unhealthy, processed, fried, sugary, empty calorie foods and it's seriously doing a number on our children. I work in preschool and the number of 4 year olds coming through at 100 pounds plus increases every year. If that's not child abuse I don't know what is. (sadly, I DO know what is, but raising a child to be obese should be ranked up there w/ corporal punishment in my book)	794
I_LIKE_TURTLES 11/3/2009 12:22:51 PM	Hell no! Even if by some miracle it was the best thing I had ever tasted (which lets face it, I don't think so) I would not want to try something that disgusting. That's the epitome of junk food.	793
JCMARTINEZ0614 11/3/2009 8:29:05 AM	I too am from Texas and we spent the whole day at the fair the last day. Last year I did try the deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and the fried oreos. This year since I am dieting I only had a corn dog. I did see the deep fried butter and would never even consider it. YUCK	792
SUSIED4639 11/3/2009 8:15:08 AM	E gad! (translation: NO!)	791
KARAGANDAMAMA 11/3/2009 7:41:05 AM	I saw this on Oprah and wonder why our nation is a bunch of obese people? Why are we obsessed with fried food instead of showcasing fresh fruits and veggies and why in such a rich country do we import our veggies and fruits from other countries that have 1000s of unheard of fruits and veggies we can even get access to like choclate bread pudding fruit from Australia yumm and we could strenghten our economy-	790
DOUBLENICKELS1 11/3/2009 7:40:41 AM	I almost gagged just reading the question, so I'd say that's a definitive NO vote!	789
TRACIS_SUCCESS 11/3/2009 7:16:03 AM	At one time I would have tried almost anything, but - while I'm still pretty sure that you can make anything edible with batter and a vat of hot oil (for most people, and definitely who I used to be) that wouldn't even have made fried butter sound palatable.	788
BUNNY1965 11/3/2009 2:15:45 AM	All of those things sound absolutely gross. I rarely even eat at our county fair...I eat before I go.	787
LOUISATHELAST 11/2/2009 10:36:38 PM	Don't go to the Texas State Fair if you don't want to eat fried food. Simple answer. Fairs are simply a traditional place to eat food that is delicious but bad for you. And come to that, it's once a year and you spend all day walking around anyway- I know, I've been there. Let loose! Enjoy some deep fried Oreos. They're terrific.	786
EC0115 11/2/2009 7:24:22 PM	I am also from Texas (Dallas to be exact) but I am currently living in New York. I couldn't believe when I heard about fried butter being the "thing" at the State Fair this year. I actually heard about it on Oprah's episode about the Texas State Fair. The only two things I have to get a bite of each year are the corn dog and the funnel cake. And i seriously mean a bite! As good as they are, they aren't worth all the calories. So would I ever try fried butter?? NO WAY!!!	785
WENDIQ 11/2/2009 7:15:35 PM	Once upon a life, I would have......no,no more......I have seen the errors of my ways........DARN!	784
AMBER0985 11/2/2009 5:48:44 PM	no fried foods enter my home or my mouth anymore. and butter deep fired that gives a new meaning to going overboard on something.	783
UMIJUNE 11/2/2009 3:36:20 PM	I would never try these foods, but I might have done when I was a kid. I loved elephant ears, those are deep fried and coated in sugar, yum, and sold at our local fairs and our weekly Saturday Market in town. But, they don't taste as good to me now as they did as a kid. I wonder if my taste buds changed or if it's also that the ingredients changed, there are more strange man-made ingredients and less normal natural ones, maybe. Oh the thought of deep fried butter, why?	782
COOKIE502 11/2/2009 2:33:09 PM	Yuck! Just picture that deep-fried food going right onto your thighs!	781
SHAKELL 11/2/2009 1:39:23 PM	I can't say that I don't like fried foods because I love them (just have to practice moderation). But I like those things that are "supposed" to be fried (like shrimp :) ) Butter is NOT one of those things!!	780
CONNIEDICKENS 11/2/2009 12:31:48 PM	NO, NO, NO !!!	779
COOPERD44 11/2/2009 9:46:36 AM	YUCK!! NO WAY.	778
CHERYLB80 11/2/2009 8:34:33 AM	I'm a HUGE butter fan, but deep fried sounds terrible!... I am also a fan of the funnel cake... last time I had some it was with powdered sugar AND bavarian cream... I'm from Texas too, imagine that!	777
JUICYSWEETS 11/2/2009 8:03:17 AM	I have to admit i would try one of these things...I love food and have a thing for trying anything once. That said after eating something deep fried I'd most likely get a stomach ache and feel "guilty" for eating something with so many calories.	776