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Twitter roundup: Seven sinful State Fair foods

Food has long had a central role in shaping the way people experience the N.C. State Fair. Premiums have been awarded for the production of top notch agricultural products since the first fair in 1853, and the first booths selling food appeared on the midway around 1900. At that time, many booths sold food to raise money for churches and civic organizations, and that is still true today. What’s more, in  a survey conducted a few years back, 70 percent of fairgoers chose food as one of the reasons they attended the N.C. State Fair. We wanted to highlight the…

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Deep Fried Ambassador: It’s been fun!

This is a guest blogger post by our Official Deep Fried Ambassador, Ashlee. We’ll be reposting her State Fair adventures from her Miss Ashlee blog throughout the Fair. Rocket’s Red Glare! It has been so much fun to be the Deep Fried Ambassador! I’ve connected to people on a whole new level. I’ve discovered the Fair in a whole new light and enjoyed myself to the max!!! It’s with sweet (literally) memories that I tuck this year’s fair into the folds of life and savor it for another year. The State Fair is such a great reminder that another season…

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Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup details

We’re just one day away from the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup and there’s lots of details to divulge. Here’s the scoop, but expect a few surprises. Who knows what else we’ll wrangle up by Thursday? Food – yes, this is the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, so we’ll have a few fried foods Deep Fried Chips Ahoy provided by the Deep Fried Heaven stand, (aka Murphy House) Hush Puppies provided by House Autry (no standing in line in the Commercial Building for these!) Howling Cow ice cream provided by the N.C. State Dairy Bar (not fried, but OH, so good!) UPDATE:…

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Deep Fried Ambassador: Take Me to the Fair

This is a guest blogger post by our Official Deep Fried Ambassador, Ashlee. We’ll be reposting her State Fair adventures from her Miss Ashlee blog throughout the Fair. Welcome Ashlee! Take Me To The Fair Take me to the fair, Don’t know anywhere I would rather be. Let’s go to the fair, We’ll walk hand in hand Through tomorrow land Honey you and me I wanna see everything…do everything While we’re viewing it all I’ll buy the peanuts and popcorn We’ll have us a ball…. This is a song by 

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Deep-fried heaven on a stick

Heaven is a deep-fried honey bun, or at least that’s my opinion. The press office, along with members of the media and our new Deep Fried Ambassador, sampled new Fair foods during Monday’s pre-Fair media lunch. There were deep-fried Chips Ahoy cookies, deep-fried Honey Buns and Kool-Aid Pickles. First, Sweet Corn and Firecracker sampled the deep-fried Chips Ahoy cookies, which are similar to deep-fried Oreos in that they are a fried ball of chocolate and cookie. Yum! Flying Bob and I joined in to tackle the deep-fried honey bun, which is about as close to deep-fried heaven as you get….

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Deep FRIEDays: Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen

Craving deep-fried goodness, but can’t wait until October? We’re here to help. Each Friday in September, Bearded Lady will visit a local Best Dish in N.C. restaurant to see what chefs are frying to satisfy a Fair fanatic’s hunger. Along the way, he’ll sample deep-fried creations worthy of the N.C. State Fair. And, while you won’t find these foods at the Fair, you will find them throughout the year at our participating restaurants. For our final Deep FRIEDays segment before the Fair, we move closer to the fairgrounds as we visit Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen in Cary. The restaurant, which is owned by Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels, is known  for its…

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Deep FRIEDays: Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse

Craving deep-fried goodness, but can’t wait until October? We’re here to help. Each Friday in September, Bearded Lady will visit a local Best Dish in N.C. restaurant to see what chefs are frying to satisfy a Fair fanatic’s hunger. Along the way, he’ll sample deep-fried creations worthy of the N.C. State Fair. And, while you won’t find these foods at the Fair, you will find them throughout the year at our participating restaurants.   Nestled in a Durham shopping center, Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse looks simple enough. But once inside, the experience and the food are anything but simple. Papa Mojo’s serves up Cajun and Creole specialites in a restaurant that looks…

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Deep Fried Ambassador update: Reptile on a stick

(This is part 4 of the “Whole Lotta Loony” series chronicling the adventures of your Deep-Fried Ambassador and Deputy Deep-Fried at the North Carolina State Fair.) Is it possible that all state fair food could be described as weird?  I mean, most of it is stuff we don’t normally eat in our daily lives, except for that one magical week of the year when diets and scales go out the window. But I think some fair food is stranger than others. Like side meat. What exactly is that? Guess I’m not southern enough. Also ostrich. I hope I don’t offend…

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Are some of our favorites your favorites, too?

The gates are now open and the fairgrounds is bustling with activity. As we’ve made our way around the grounds this week, we’ve been making mental notes on which of our personal favorite food items are back. Mini-donuts, yes! Roasted corn, check! Apple dumplings, absolutely! Gyros and pizza, they’re here! Fresh-cut fries, check, check! Steak sandwiches, check! Gourmet candy apples, yipee-yummo yes! Deep-fried Oreos, ooooh yeah! Strawberry shortcake, mmmm yes it’s here! Cinnamon buns, yesssssssssss! Blooming onion, absolutely! Chocolate-covered bananas, yep! When you spend 11 of the 11 days of the Fair on the fairgrounds, you get to experience a lot of…

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