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An order of deep-fried Kool Aid Tuesday at the San Diego County Fair.
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The deep-fried Kool-Aid is selling like deep-fried hot cakes, according to their famed creator, "Chicken" Charlie Boghosian.
Chicken Charlie's is a staple of fried rations at fairs across the country. It sold 400 to 600 orders of deep-fried Kool-Aid per day the first weekend of the San Diego County Fair. That's about double the rate of previous debut items, Boghosian said.
"That's because it tastes so darn good," Boghosian said of the Kool-Aid.
The deep-fried novelty takes the shape of a doughnut-hole.There are five per order. That breaks down to as much as 9,000 balls of deep-fried Kool-Aid eaten over opening weekend.
Boghosian said Chicken Charlie's has already gone through 150 pounds of Kool-Aid powder and 1,500 pounds of flour. [b]Chicken Charlie's debuted deep-fried Klondike Bars and Pop Tarts in past years.
Fairgoers on Tuesday were also buying up the deep-fried Kool-Aid. "It starts off tart and tangy, and then finishes really sweet... I love this stuff," said Seth Baldwin of Vista.
"It tastes just like a doughnut ball," said Rashed Karram, who said he prefers the deep-fried Klondike Bars.
Chicken Charlie's still sells the Klondike Bars, as well as deep-fried thin mints and even frog legs.
"I don't know if I have the stomach for that," Karram said of the frog legs.
So basically it is a deep fried lump of colored sugar with flavoring. Ick! Fried ice cream, I get. Fried pickles, I get. This fried Kool-Aid, not so much.
I don't get the deep fried Kool-Aid/deep fried Coke nomenclature. It's not like you are deep frying a liquid, obviously. You're deep frying a batter or dough made with the liquid in place of milk or water that is used in typical batter or dough. Which really makes it no different than any other fried dough-type carnival food. Or a doughnut or doughnut hole, really...it just has different flavoring. It'd be like calling a doughnut "deep fried sugar," because sugar is the flavoring.
Not much different than fried Twinkies...which are apparently quite popular...
At least twinkies have the dough and frosting. This is just a lump of artificially flavored/colored sugar. I'll pass, YMMV.
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Originally Posted by TabulaRasa
I don't get the deep fried Kool-Aid/deep fried Coke nomenclature. It's not like you are deep frying a liquid, obviously. You're deep frying a batter or dough made with the liquid in place of milk or water that is used in typical batter or dough. Which really makes it no different than any other fried dough-type carnival food. Or a doughnut or doughnut hole, really...it just has different flavoring. It'd be like calling a doughnut "deep fried sugar," because sugar is the flavoring.
Ok, sounds like you've actually had it. I didn't read in the OP where there were any other ingredients included other than the Kool-aid and that which it was fried in.
At least twinkies have the dough and frosting. This is just a lump of artificially flavored/colored sugar. I'll pass, YMMV.
The KoolAid must have some kind of binder - you can't just deep fry loose powder.... and frosting is pretty much sugar and butter just like the filling in a Twinkie....
At least twinkies have the dough and frosting. This is just a lump of artificially flavored/colored sugar. I'll pass, YMMV.
Ok, sounds like you've actually had it. I didn't read in the OP where there were any other ingredients included other than the Kool-aid and that which it was fried in.
Nah, I've never had it. I just know how the "deep fried Coke" that was popular in Texas a few years back was made, and so I looked it up to see if the Kool-Aid thing was similar.
I love deep fried treats, but rarely indulge. And if I do, it's usually savory stuff, not sweet. A plain funnel cake (no topping) is about as sweet as I'll go. None of this fried Oreos, fried Mars bars stuff for me. I dislike Kool-Aid in its natural, drinkable state...can't imagine I'd like it in a fritter.
So basically it is a deep fried lump of colored sugar with flavoring. Ick! Fried ice cream, I get. Fried pickles, I get. This fried Kool-Aid, not so much.
Fried pickles, yes I agree. But fried ice cream?? GROSS!
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