Fried Heroin

Yes, it has been almost a month since I have posted an entry.  I apologize to my six loyal readers (at least the six that I know about – Jessica, Stephanie, Trish, John, Tim, and Jenn (I think Jenn reads regularly, but I’m not certain)).  I just have not felt inspired to write for the past several weeks.  But the books are piling up (I have three to review – an exciting week to come for my readers).  So, what pressing topic could bring me back to the keyboard?  Fried Pepsi!

You didn’t read that incorrectly; I wrote fried Pepsi.  Apparently it is the new trend sweeping state fairs across the country.  Since Virginia’s State Fair began last week, the Richmond Times-Dispatch is featuring fair-related stories almost every day.  The story on Thursday was about the fried Pepsi:

No, the trendiest food on many a midway is more along the lines of a soda-flavored funnel cake. Variations exist, depending on the fair, from disc shapes to fritters to dumplings.

Virginia’s version is Pepsi-flavored batter shaped like a turnover, deep-fried and sprinkled with sugar.

I see the words “lump of Pepsi concoction” and think “delicious!”  I’ve been dared by one of my co-workers to sample the fried Pepsi when Tim and I head to the fair this week.  I don’t know if I have the courage (or artery capacity) to do so.

However, if I like the fried Pepsi enough, I can go to this web-site and pay $3 to purchase the recipe.  The web-site also claims, “[The] State Fair of Texas has sold up to 35,000 fried Pepsis over 24 days for $4.50 each – and won a prize for coming up with the ‘most creative’ new fair food.”  I want that prize – I’m thinking for next year that I could market fried heroin.  Can’t get better (or worse for you) than that.