{"id":36,"date":"2008-05-29T12:22:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T18:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2008-05-29T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T18:22:16","slug":"deep-fried-bbq-and-chocolate-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2008\/05\/29\/deep-fried-bbq-and-chocolate-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-fried, BBQ and Chocolate, oh my!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>One of the things my family and friends always ask me before the Fair <\/span><\/a>gets here is what unusual food will you guys have this year? Guests have said in a survey that food<\/span><\/a> is the number one reason for coming to the Fair. Gooey food, frozen food, food on a stick, ginormous food, food covered in batter and fried, food covered in chocolate. FOOD! It\u2019s a phenomenon all its own here at the L.A. County Fair<\/span><\/a>. Perennial favorites are Hot Dog on a Stick<\/span> <\/a>(there I go again!), giant turkey legs, BBQ, 10-lb buns (oh yeah!). Then there are those of the sweet variety \u2013 deep-fried Oreos, Twinkies and Snickers, frozen chocolate-covered cheesecake with crushed Oreos on a stick (to diiiiiie for! But, really, you can only have one in an 18-day period, two max, ok – three but that\u2019s pushing diabetic coma) and Texas-sized doughnuts. There truly is something for every palate, even for the health-conscious. <\/span><\/p>\n

New this year is the world\u2019s largest waffle cone filled with gelato – the Colossal Gelato. A 16-inch cone is filled with two pints of gelato \u2013 enough for an entire family to share (or not). Also new is CBS Cupcakes which will offer muffin-sized cupcakes \u2013 Red Velvet, chocolate and vanilla flavored \u2013 that will be frosted per order with a choice of three frostings and eight different toppings. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fair food king Chicken Charlie Boghos is cookin\u2019 up some fun things for 2008. He started the Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich craze and last year had the deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwich in honor of the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of Elvis\u2019 death. This year he is serving Deep-Fried Spam with pineapples and bringing back the popular Deep-Fried Frog Legs and Deep-Fried Avocados. Charlie will also have a new food stand serving chicken and waffles, perfected with Charlie\u2019s own rotisserie chicken and homemade, family recipe waffles. It is here that he\u2019ll serve Deep-Fried White Castles<\/span> <\/a>(you know, those little hamburgers), which he thinks will be the next big hit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How \u2018bout BBQ at its most extreme? Juicys Food<\/span><\/a>\u2019s Outlaw Grill, one of the largest grills in the world, debuts as the L.A. County Fair <\/span><\/a>this year. Built on the back of a Peterbuilt 379 with an oven\/smoker that holds 700 turkey legs, 100 briskets and pork butts, a hydraulically powered 38-foot grill that can cook 1,500 turkey legs and gas burners for pots of beans and side dishes \u2013 you have to see this to believe it!\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Last year we sold: 25,000 funnel cakes; 700 lbs of popcorn; 33,000 lbs of potatoes; 500 lbs of rattlesnake bites (Eastern Diamondback variety); 27,000 lbs of lemons; and 103,000 Hot Dogs on a Stick (see I\u2019m not the only one who likes \u2018em!). Pretty amazing, isn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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So, for one day, let your love of classic American fair food take<\/span> flight! Ninety-nine days until the Fair \u2013 see you at the Hot Dog on a Stick stand, Chicken Charlie\u2019s stand, 10-lb. Buns stand, Frozen Cheesecake stand\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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