{"id":200,"date":"2006-10-26T02:47:53","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T06:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/10\/26\/fried-coke\/"},"modified":"2010-11-22T23:12:52","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T04:12:52","slug":"fried-coke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/10\/26\/fried-coke\/","title":{"rendered":"Fried Coke?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Yes it&#8217;s true:<\/p>\n<p>Fried Coke has become the latest artery-clogging hit at US state fairs, local Chicago media reports.  I need to get a photo of this for you.  It looks a bit like onion rings from what I saw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The gooey Coke-battered nuggets topped with cola syrup won the &#8220;most creative&#8221; title at the Texas state fair in Dallas last month. Since then, the deep-fried phenomenon has spread to North Carolina and Arizona. Now with this story I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s going to spread throughout North America too.  We love our odd sweets don&#8217;t we?<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been getting calls from everywhere since we introduced it,&#8221; Elizabeth Martin, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina fair, told the Dallas Morning News. I bet they have been getting calls. It&#8217;s both odd, interesting and I&#8217;m presuming highly fattening. <\/p>\n<p>Fried Coke&#8217;s inventor, concessionaire Abel Gonzales Jr. has sold 16,000 cups of the sticky balls in the first two weeks of the fair, which ran through October 22.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>I wonder if they&#8217;re going to come up with a catchy name for the gooey treat?  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