Getting Your Palate Ready For The San Diego Fair

Every year, the food at the San Diego County Fair is more outrageous than the year before.  This year is no exception.  In case you missed the article in the UT recently, here are some of the fatty foods you can expect to find this year.

1.  Krispy Kreme fried chicken ice cream sandwich.  Take a Krispy Kreme donut and cut it in half, put on a piece of fried chicken, top that with a slab of vanilla ice cream maple syrup and fruity pebbles.  I can't even imagine what that might taste like.

2.  Jalapeno popper and bacon grilled cheese.  Take sour dough bread, load it with gooey cheddar cheese, bacon and crispy jalapeno cream cheese poppers, and you've got a new twist on grilled cheese.  At least this sounds good to me.

3.  Maui cowboy spam banh mi burger.  I'm a lover of Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches, but this one I would stay away from.  A slice of spam, pepper cheese, pickled vegetables (cilantro, red peppers, green onion, jalapeno) and chipotle mayo are piled on a ciabatta roll.  I'll stick to the traditional banh mi sandwich.

4.  Deep fried buffalo chicken ravioli.  Take a slightly spicy chicken ravioli, dredge it buffalo hot sauce seasoned breading, and fry.  Top with a variety of dipping sauces, including ranch and marinara.  That sounds like it might actually be good.

5.  Bacon wrapped grilled veggies.  This is something I would love.  Take fresh asparagus, wrap in bacon and grill.  Top with brown sugar and cayenne pepper.  They also offer pineapple slices wrapped in bacon, which sounds delicious.  Actually, anything with bacon has got to be good.

 If these delectable goodies don't grab your attention, you might try the deep fried peanut butter meatballs.  Yuck  Sounds awful to me, one who LOVES peanut butter.  If you're a Weight Watcher, none of these things will work.  Points for the Krispy Kreme fried chicken sandwich are probably over 40 points!  If I go, I'll head for the corn stand!