The Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition. Have you been? Well, they want you to go. Here in Edmonton, they are advertising the cotton-candied, pop-stained mid-way and noisy rided teenage dream.
One attraction might be worth the 13 hour drive to the west coast. Deep fried butter. Uh…yum? I have a huge sweet tooth and I’ve indulged in deep fried oreos (life changingly good), deep fried coke (actually not bad) and the now common deep fried chocolate bar (had a snickers…chocolate melted…it was ok). And of course, who hasn’t had the deep fried ice cream at Julio’s Barrio on Whyte ave. But deep fried butter? Aren’t they called Krispy Kremes?
Deep fried butter w/ sauce Ctsy: Toronto Star
The balls o’butter also made a heart stopping appearance at the CNE earlier this summer. Got the trick to deep frying butter from a Toronto Star article.
“Skinkle mixes it with secret ingredients, scoops it into small portions with a melon baller and freezes it. When it’s good and cold she dips the butter balls in sweet funnel cake batter and deep fries them for about 20 seconds. The bite-size balls are drizzled with raspberry, chocolate, caramel or vanilla topping and sprinkled with icing sugar. A four-pack, served in a cardboard tray on toothpicks, costs $5″
You gotta check out this kid from the states. I haven’t tried the DF butter but by his reaction it must be pretty good. Either that or the hot oil has gone to his head.
If you have a favorite food, chances are someone has battered it and stuck it in a tub of boiling oil. There are deep fried mac and cheese balls. Deep fried pickles. Deep fried peaches and cream. Deep fried peanut butter and jam sandwiches.
Deep fried coke
What is it about deep frying food that makes it so good? I don’t know. Is it our ‘the bigger the better’ culture we live in? Is it the greasy, yummy taste it leaves in our mouth? Is the Eden-apple syndrome? We shouldn’t have it and that makes it even more irresistible?
Whatever it is…we pay a deep price for our grease addiction. Deep fried Mars bars are about 500 calories. Deep fried coke is more than 800. If you are on a diet, you might want to just stick with a Big Mac with cheese. It only has 704 calories.
Deep fried Cadbury creme egg
Even David Letterman talked about DFB in his daily top ten list. In “Things you should ask before you eat deep fried butter”, he asks “how close is the nearest emergency room?” and “Should I be heart smart…and order the deep fried margarine.” Laugh Dave…but keep looking for ‘Can’t believe it’s not deep fried!’
Disgusting, it’s too bad we actually would consider eating this crap. Remember that awful show “Fear Factor?” That’s where this type of artery plugging food belongs and I would NOT even try any of it for a million bucks! The little boy was sweet and he reminded me of my son, I hope his mother didn’t give him seconds though.
November 24th, 2010 at 3:30 pm