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A day at the Science Fair

What happened to “Does crack get you high?” Or “how many family members and cats can you get in one trailer?” [Cheers somethingawful]

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Crazy for Deep Fried Bubblegum

After trying for years to capture one of the top two prizes for food served at the State Fair of Texas, Justin Martinez, took home the big prize on Monday winning the “most creative” food category in the State Fair’s Seventh Annual Big Tex Choice Awards for his Fried Bubblegum. The bad news for all

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Americas Bizarre and Wacky Fair Foods

Cotton candy, corn dogs and candy apples once ruled the midway at the local fair, not any more, now it needs to be on a stick, deep fried or creepy crawly. North Carolina: Kool-Aid Pickles Also known as Koolickles, pickles soaked in the sugary kids’ beverage are a Southern tradition—and a sweet-and-sour snack at North

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Sugarlicious Mini Donut Factory

Now you don’t have to go to the State Fair to get some of those sugarlicious halos of sin into your belly. In fact, thanks to the new Automatic Mini Donut Factory, there is no longer any reason to venture out into the world anymore. The $179.99  $110.00 doughnut maker from Nostalgia Electrics sits on

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Deep Fried Kool-Aid sells like Deep Fried Hot Cakes

The slightly unusual ‘deep fried’ this and ‘on a stick’ that found most state and county fairs doesn’t hold water to this year’s hottest selling fried rations at fairs across the country – deep-fried Kool-Aid. Yup, according to creator Charlie Boghosian of Chicken Charlie’s his deep-fried-Kool-Aid is selling like deep-fried hot cakes, selling 400 to