Deep fried gum? Just don't see the appeal so no thanks. But deep fried oreos? Yes, please. We are taking my daughter to an amusement park on Saturday and I'm already looking forward to partaking in those.

We had deep fried kool-aid at the kool-aid festival and the state fair. I don't know what that's about or how it tastes just seems ridiculous. Just give me a funnel cake and I'm happy.

I was raised on healthy home-grow vegetables, no snacks, and had never eaten at Mc Donalds until I was 15 and in boarding school.
My stomach churns at the thought of deep fried butter. And bubble gum? How does that work? Can you still chew it?Don't you have to spit it out once you've finished?

The deep fried bubble gum is actually a bubble gum flavored marshmallow, which is battered and deep fried. Admittedly, I'm still not interested in it. The deep fried pineapple up-side-down cake at this year's fair, on the other hand, I'm bound to try (battered and fried pineapple ring with whip cream and a cherry). And fried oreos are totally delicious. I've only had them once, but they were great. It's a fun once a year thing for us to try some of the fried experiments. Nothing I've had beats the TX State Fair corny dog though.

The only deep-fried food worth it to me is fry bread at a pow wow.

I think the trend has gone on long enough.

Hell No it hasn't gone too far! Bring me your oreos and apple pies, your sauerkraut and questionable pork mixture! Your coke batter, your peanut butter balls, I'll take it all and fry it dammit!

You only live once!

It's not actually deep fried bubble gum. It's a marshmallow flavored like bubble gum.

And what's wrong with the Texas State Fair being known for frying creative items? It's a once a year event, and it's fun to try such creative concoctions. This year they also have fried salsa, which I would LOVE to try. If you are "over" it, that's fine, but I don't think there's anything wrong with letting people have their fun, even if it involves crazy fried foods.

I went to the Texas State Fair first time last year (and admittedly, will go again this year just because I'm pregnant and been craving those corn dogs for months now!) but its pretty nasty, guys.

I like fried junk as much as the next person. I got my corn dog there, i got a funnel cake, etc. But the weird fried junk? It's just gross and even scarier is to stand around the lines and watch the people hoard around like cattle to get this stuff! Last year was deep fried beer...people lined up, bought them, ate one and most said "Ew! this is gross!" then lined back up and got more. Makes no sense.

I'm all for people going buckwild with crazy fair foods but its gotten to a point now where its almost these vendors daring you to see how much youll pay to eat the weird junk they batter and fry.

The TX State Fair has something new fried each year it seems. I try to avoid NEW-to-me fried foods partially because I don't need anything else unhealthy that I like and most of the stuff just doesn't sound good. Give me a good old fashioned funnel cake and I'm happy.

Definitely agree--tired of fried-just-for-shock-value. Come up with something new!

I LOVE fried foods...but I LOVE healthy, hearty, delicious food as well.

I don't see a problem with deep frying everything in sight (you, there, eyes all agog at the toddler in the backseat...that statement was hyperbolic) but I see a problem when it's not counterbalanced with anything else. Grilled vegetable skewers (or something along those lines) would make my mouth water, but that's not how these food stalls roll. It's an endless parade of battered, fried, and sugary, with a pork burger being the only exception (at least here in the midwest).

The "frying stuff" game isn't bad in and of itself, it's the fact that it's the only game that's going on in these contexts.

Yuck! I love fried foods in small amounts (except french fries - I wonder why that is?). Anything that is already sweet and rich that is deep-fried is disgusting. I had a deep-fried oreo once. I couldn't even finish it.

That being said, I was at a wedding recently where they had waiters going around with beautiful copper pans of hot appetizers and one of them was fried zucchini sticks with honey mustard. Holy crap were they good! Of course, that was the last I saw of that waiter - and those zucchini sticks. I was very disappointed.

Moral of the story? Deep-fried vegetables and yeast bread dough (and battered fish and chicken) = delicious. Deep-fried anything else? Not so much. Even funnel cakes push it for me sometimes.

Seeing as most of the crazy things only make their appearances at state fairs in the summer, I think they're fairly harmless.

There's a restaurant near me that does a deep fried Mars bar. It's heavenly. I might have one about once a year. I think that's okay.

They're kitschy fair foods. I would hope most people don't try to recreate them at home (*stares at Paula Deen*).

Yes.

Hey our town fair is this weekend and i plan on eating every deep fried item I can find!

I want someone to deep fry chili.

I don't deep fry at home--it's a a special treat reserved for twice-a-year clams and the occasional street fair.

Yes, I believe, it's gone too far. It's gross. It's not respectful of food. It's silly to me. Not to say that some things aren't good. I love me some double fried fries in duck fat, but only as a treat.