{"id":7857,"date":"2016-08-23T16:26:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T22:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=7857"},"modified":"2016-08-23T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T22:26:38","slug":"fair-food-preview-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2016\/08\/23\/fair-food-preview-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"[CONTEST CLOSED] Fair Food Preview + GIVEAWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In just <strong>10 days <\/strong>the 2016 LA County Fair opens! That means deep-fried dinners and afternoon treats almost every day in September for us. Take a look at just a few of our newest Fair foods:<br \/>\n<strong>Deep-Fried Nachos<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LACF_Food_deepfriednachos_bite1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7862\" title=\"LACF_Food_deepfriednachos_bite\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LACF_Food_deepfriednachos_bite1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"la county fair food \" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" \/><\/a>They&#8217;re gooey. They&#8217;re crunchy. They&#8217;re delicious. We tried them the other day and plan on having them at least a couple times during Fair season.<br \/>\n<strong>Affogatos<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LACF_Food_affogatocarnival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7859\" title=\"LACF_Food_affogatocarnival\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LACF_Food_affogatocarnival-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"la county fair food \" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is one of our top dessert picks this year. Creamy, cold gelato paired with a shot of espresso means a sugar AND caffeine high. We sampled it when we visited the San Diego fair earlier this year.<br \/>\n<strong>Deep-Fried Hot Sauce<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Deep-Fried-Hot-Sauce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7861\" title=\"Deep Fried Hot Sauce\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Deep-Fried-Hot-Sauce-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Every year Chicken Charlie creates a new deep-fried food, just for the LA County Fair. This year it&#8217;s Deep-Fried Hot Sauce. He gave us a sample to try and all we have to say is, YUM. This is definitely a must-try.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong>Of course, we&#8217;re not <em>all <\/em>batter, cheese and sugar. We&#8217;re also serving up harvest bowls, salads, and vegan nachos, tacos and burritos, along with a number of other healthy options, if that&#8217;s what you prefer!<br \/>\nWe want you to try all these food for yourself, which is why we&#8217;re hosting a Fair Food Giveaway!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fair Food Giveaway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300; text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Four Fair tickets\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300; text-align: center;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300; text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Food bucks\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300; text-align: center;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300; text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dare To Fair swag bag<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300; text-align: center;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nEnter to win by leaving a comment below, telling us which new Fair food you want to try the most! Winner announced here on <strong>Friday, August 26. <\/strong>Good luck!<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________________<br \/>\nWe have our winner! Congratulations to <strong>Honey <\/strong>for being selected as the winner of this blog giveaway. Honey is looking forward to trying the affogatos AND the deep-fried nachos. That&#8217;s the Dare To Fair spirit!<br \/>\nThank you to everyone who played. More giveaways coming very soon!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#DareToFair\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just 10 days the 2016 LA County Fair opens! That means deep-fried dinners and afternoon treats almost every day in September for us. Take a look at just a few of our newest Fair foods: Deep-Fried Nachos They&#8217;re gooey. They&#8217;re crunchy. They&#8217;re delicious. 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