Day 12: Reptile on a Stick

Over the past four years, we’ve had the chance to sample some of the latest, greatest and strangest fair food to come to the N.C. State Fair. In the spirit of year-end lists, we thought we would look back at 15 of our favorite food-related posts from the past four years. Each day between now and Christmas, we’ll post a different food review from our archives. 12. Deep Fried Ambassador update: Reptile on a stick (2009) (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…

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And the Deep-Fried Ambassador is…

About two weeks ago, we put out a call for our very first Deep Fried Ambassador. We were on the hunt for a fried food-eating, thrill-ride seeking, giant pumpkin-loving fan of the N.C. State Fair that would describe their love for the Fair on their blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts for all the world to see. In exchange, we would invite them to our pre-Fair media lunch, where we debut new Fair foods, spotlight artists and entertainers and cater a lunch to ramp things up for the upcoming Fair. We received 12 entries (you can see all of them in…

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