Zucchini Weenie: Intriguing Fair Fusion or Just Odd?
Summer fairs (state, county, and city) are not only places to view award-winning livestock, ride the Tilt-a-Whirl, and get taken by carnies. They’re also where you can find the most inventive and outrageous fried food in the world. With that, I expect a certain amount of deep-fired craziness when walking onto a fair grounds: deep-fried Oreos, for example, or deep-fried corn on the cob. Deep-fried ice cream and deep-fried pizza almost seem quaint these days. But never, until recently reading an article on Wral.com, had I heard of the deep-fried zucchini weenie. Featured at the OC Super Fair, it is (seriously) a hot dog stuffed inside a zucchini that’s then battered and deep fried. To me, that’s just wrong. Wrong! For one, how did they hollow out that zucchini? For two, do hot dog lovers and zucchini lovers really belong together? Take a look at the below photo (from Flikr) and tell me: does that look appealing to you?. Okay, maybe a little. But it’s still an abomination of nature. Even though, now, maybe, I want to try one.
--A.J. Rathbun
Elizabeth on August 20, 2009 at 02:57 PM
This is just too weird. I can't imagine that it would be any good at all. And I cannot get my face to unscrunch thinking about even tasting a little bite.
Granted, I'm neither a hotdog nor a cooked zucchini fan. But I WILL eat a corndog. I might even try a vegetarian corndog made with a zucchini rather than a wienie in the center. But both of them? No thanks....
(Did you try it?)
Ali on August 26, 2009 at 12:16 PM
I think it looks amazing and can't wait to try it at the State Fair! My friend had one the other day and said it was yummy!
scart kabel on September 21, 2009 at 03:58 AM
I always love the bbq'd turkey legs? Has anyone ever done that home? Where do you buy turkey legs anyway, it seems a shame to waste a whole turkey for a couple of turkey legs......Anyways it's a wonderfull recipe...
T on October 27, 2009 at 11:36 PM
I tried it when i was at the LA County fair. it was delicious!!! the salty from the hotdog, the crunchy sweet from the batter is what you expect from a corndog, but the freshness of the juice from the zucchini just balances it all out. 2 thumbs way up!