New to Weekend Blogging: WOBAT

Weekend Obnoxious But Amazingly Tasty recipes.  To show you what I mean, here's an example:  I've been seriously laughing my butt off the last few years over this whole Fried Twinkie at the County Fair fad, but, you know, there's always a line at that food trailer.  I've never been in that line so I didn't get it. Literally.

Instead, I searched the internet, found a recipe, and made them.

(In the privacy of my own home where no one need ever have known I'd make such an atrocity had I not just squealed on myself in front of everyone who reads this blog. Some people might question the double-digit-ness of my IQ over this, but what the hell.  I gotta be me and I admit I'm intrigued by ridiculousness of frying Twinkies.)

Read to the end to find out when to submit your own entries for the roundup...

I'm hoping someday that you guys and God will forgive me for even being curious about such a white trash concept. I mean, really. Who thought of this in the first place?  Someone deep frying a turkey (now that's delicious--I shouldn't make fun) and accidently dropped a Twinkie in?  Someone who snuck Twinkie contraband in while working at Long John Silvers and needed a quck place to hide it? 

According to The Kitchen Project it went something like this:

Suzanne Hackett, the general manager of an English restaurant in New York City called The ChipShop, said the fried Twinkie was born in her eatery out of boredom.

"We had a very slow night in the restaurant so we decided to buy a bunch of junk food and deep fry it," Hackett said. "And the Twinkies just tasted so good."

I hate to say it but I agree with Hackett.  They are good.  You know that chemical aftertaste Twinkies have?  That's the reason I never eat them. When you fry them that taste goes away.  Also, the outside gets a sugary crispness from the batter that makes the inside all melty and creamy.  I ate half of one. Gene ate the rest of that half and the other three. That's the proof of yummy right there.

Anyone, or anyone's children who'd like to join me in my quest for the most outrageous and obnoxious but tasty food, please feel free to email me links by each Sunday at 6pm (central time) and we'll do a little "No Way!" roundup each Monday.

Email:  Marie9949 (at symbol) sbcglobal (dot) net

By the way, you all know why you had children, right? To give me someone my own mental age to play with.  My nieces and nephew will attest I'm in my element with the 8-12 year old crowd.  So bring it on, be it kids' stuff, white trash trailer park fare, or just plain odd combinations of food that defies all reasoning and still comes out tasty.  The more embarrassing it is for you to admit you liked it, the more I'll enjoy posting it. 

Who's game?

Since it's already Saturday, let's count this weekend as my trial run and we'll get serious for roundup next weekend.

Fried Twinkies from Susan Hackett

6 Hostess Twinkies®
Wooden popcicle sticks
4 cups vegetable oil
Flour
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp oil
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

DIRECTIONS:

Freeze the Twinkies for several hours or overnight.

Preheat 4 cups oil in a deep fryer to 375 F.

Prepare a batter mixing 1 cup flour, milk, vinegar & oil. In another bowl, blend flour, baking powder & salt.

Whisk wet ingredients into dry & continue mixing until smooth. Refrigerate the batter while the oil reaches desired temperature.

Push sticks into Twinkies lengthwise, leaving about 2 inches to use as a handle, dust with the remaining flour & dip into the batter.

Rotate until batter covers the entire cake, allow excess to drip then place carefully in the hot oil.

The Twinkie will float, so hold it under with an extra stick or other utensil, to provide even browning. The cake should turn golden in 3 to 4 minutes. When frying do not crowd the Twinkies, one at a time is probably best.

Remove from oil & place on a paper towel to drain. Remove the stick (the center will be to soft to use the stick to hold the Twinkie) & allow to sit for about 5 minutes. Serve warm.

SERVING TIPS: Serve Twinkie warm, it is not good cold, with your choice of topping. Try dusting with confection sugar or drizzle raspberry or chocolate sauce.

For more information on the Deep Fried Twinkie travel to New York, & visit the ChipShop at 383 Fifth Avenue in the Park Slope neighborhood or visit at http://www.chipshopnyc.com.

Comments

[Ivonne]

They look good ... they look very good.

I want a fried twinkie!

[Glenna]

Ivonne, Have you ever eaten one of these things? The snob in me was fully prepared to say "These are the nastiest things I've ever heard of" but they're actually pretty good. Seriously.

[sher]

LOL! OK, be honest--how many did you eat? They were all the rage here at the State Fair, and they served them with a fresh strawberry sauce!! Wish I could eat one of yours.

[Glenna]

Ha! I really did only eat 1/2 of one. And they were really were good. After they were gone, THEN I thought "Hey, that would have been great with some caramel or chocolate sauce drizzled over it." Oh well. Too late now.

[gattina]

Oh crazy! Just crazy!!! Although I've admitted, when I saw on TV those people seem very happy to munch on this fried cake, I wanted to try too! But too bad Glenna, I'll go on vacation soon and won't be back next month, will give WOBAT a miss first.

[Glenna]

Gattina--But you'll be thinking about it now everytime you see some weird food thing, won't you? Sher and I both do now all the time. We'll be like "Hey, now that's just disgu--gotta try it for WOBAT!" It will give us the chance to try things we'd never admit before we were curious about!

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