The Wisconsin State Fair started yesterday. I’ve never actually been the fair so according to NPR, I can’t call myself a real Wisconsinite.
Now, I rarely disagree with NPR, but umm….I’m all real baby. Born and raised Wisconsin girl here. And proud of it.
I mean maybe I don’t have a cheese hat and I don’t even eat cheese. And I can’t drink beer (but I do love it!) And maybe I didn’t marry right out of high school and start having babies right away. (Stereotype much, Katie?)
But I DO love the Packers, the Brewers, and brats. Take that, NPR.
So the fair is known for the ridiculous deep fried concoctions, on sticks naturally. This morning I heard about the newest addition and I hate to say, I threw up a little just hearing about it. I mean, come on. There are limits people.
Behold, The Fat Elvis:
It’s a peanut butter cup, wrapped in bacon, dipped in banana batter, placed on a stick and then deep fried.
You eat it, and then you barf. And probably die.
Again, there are limits, people. This right here is well beyond the limits of propriety.
The Lakeshore Brewery, also in Milwaukee, has pulled out all the stops in honor of the fair being in town.
They are rolling out both Sweet Potato Fries with Marshmallow Dipping Sauce, which I’d never heard of, but of course bloggers have already made these and posted recipes to them. We’re so ahead of the game. And by we I mean all those other (good) bloggers.
You can also get a Beer Float, which is exactly what it sounds like. Because why have just a beer or just a scoop of ice cream when you can have BOTH. In one glass!!
Missy, this one’s for you – Deep Fried Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. On a stick. Of course.
That’s how we roll here. We put things that shouldn’t be on sticks onto sticks, we douse them in sugary batter and then fry them up in hot oil.
Consider the gaunlet thrown.
What’s the grossest and/or best thing you’ve ever eaten on a stick? Deep fried?
I didn’t know you were from WI!
The fried concoctions just keep getting worse! Blech.
Wow. That’s it. Just wow. I had no idea stuff like that even existed!
whoa….barf on that fat elvis….
My Dad used to work at the fair when he was a kid – he tells me some crazy stories about the shows and the people.
I truly dislike anything fried… but I did try corn on the cob once and that was pretty good. Best thing on a stick? orange creamsicle….
Oh dear! Although, if you took the bacon out, that Fat Elvis wouldn’t be quite so bad.
Honestly I try to stay away from the fried foods because they mess with my stomach and cause horrible heartburn. But most things taste better when you put them on a stick. I think the best thing I’ve eaten on a stick would have to be a brownie pop. Same as a cake pop, but with brownie on the inside.
You are so legit now!
I hate to burst your bubble but that nasty crap is available at most state fairs
So Only in Wisconsin isn’t totally accurate. Oh my gosh the one in Texas…I got fat just breathing there. I like to get a LARGE PICKLE at the fair 
But the fried stuff is too much. Too much! I don’t want to barf and then die!
Mmmm can’t wait for the Minnesota State Fair!!!! Just around the corner and also the same weekend of my wedding!!! Wahoo!!!
I’m also a born and bred Cheesehead, now living in Michigan — where they don’t even have a state fair anymore! I have to admit, the highlight of my summer is coming home and going to the state fair with my husband, nieces and sister JUST TO TRY THE WEIRD FOOD!!! Thank goodness it’s only once a year.
Hmm, can’t think with the on a stick thing, but once, Tony and I dared deep fried oreos. Not as bad as I thought they would be, but definitely not my things still!
Oh me. Oh my.
It was funny because as I was reading the post I was like “I’m about to shock her” because — I think that all looks – well, I am sure it all IS delicious. No doubt in.my.head.
I mean – anything fried really. Add sugar and fat and salt and sweet together? It will taste amazing. It’s a brain thing. (But I’ll take the fried icecream sans beer. Root beer maybe.)
But yeah…..wouldn’t touch. EXCEPT the PBJ. I’d do it. If I could bring myself to. One day I am certain I will. Anything for PBJ.
I watched like a two hour long special on crazy food at fairs once. With fascination.
Haven’t eaten anything on a stick in a while — I’d say grossest were in college –veggie corn dogs. Disgusting because so fake – but OH so delicious.
And deep fried? Again…not since….maybe <–maybe! Middle school? But I so remember fried zucchinni sticks at Fridays when I was little and Fried shrimp. Loves those when I was a youngster.