by Marion Nestle
Aug
31
2014
Happy Labor Day Weekend: Eat!
It’s the end of summer and time to contemplate, if not visit, State Fairs selling increasingly imaginative deep-fried treats. Apparently, deep-fried Oreos and deep-fried butter are so last year.
The Wall Street Journal tells us that the Great New York State Fair—in Syracuse, right now—has a better one: “Twinks.”
And what, pray tell, is a Twink?
The recipe:
- Take one Twinkie.
- Stuff with a Twix candy bar
- Wrap in bacon.
- Dip in batter.
- Deep-fry.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
The damage? Just south of 1,000 calories.
And from Montana, Daniel Schultz sends this photo of the latest grocery store deal. If you buy a soda cake (soda cake?) for $4.99, you get 2 liters of your favorite soft drink to wash it down, free.
Drive carefully.