August 2010

Deep-Fried Beer

 

You can say whatever you will about Texas, the Long-Star state knows how to do some things exactly right- the Texas State Fair is selling Frozen Margaristas and Deep-fried Beer. Both items should appeal to discerning palates ready to get their alcohol in new and exciting ways. 
The deep-fried beer includes comes inside pretzel-pockets- when you bite into the doughy part of the pretzel pocket, beer pops out into your mouth. mmmmmmmmm. http://www.khou.com/news/Booze-done-better-State-Fair-to-feature-deep-fr... The Frozen Margaritas are not usual either- the frozen margarita mix is combined with funnel-cake batter containing standard Margarita ingredients and sprinkled with lemon, making for what I presume is a very unusual taste and sensation. 
The unusual alcohol/fried foods are not the only entries in the Texas State Fair's  fried food category. Other entries in the competition included deep-fried chocolate and Frito Pie- probably both delicious, but maybe not quite as exciting as an actual pretzel with beer inside. 
I don't know what kind of beer was used inside the pretzel pocket- maybe a Bud Lite- nor do I know what special ingredients were used in the Frozen Margarita funnel-cake concoction. I am guessing the ingredients will be kept a secret until the winner is found. Likewise, I am convinced that the combination of booze and fried food will win out over the more traditional fried foods for their novelty alone. 

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You can say whatever you will about Texas, the Lone-Star state knows how to do some things exactly right- the Texas State Fair is selling Frozen Margaristas and Deep-fried Beer. Both items should appeal to discerning palates ready to get their alcohol in new and exciting ways. 


The deep-fried beer comes inside pretzel-pockets- when you bite into the doughy part of the pretzel pocket, beer pops out into your mouth. Mmmmmmmmm.  The Frozen Margaritas are not usual either- the frozen margarita mix is combined with funnel-cake batter containing standard Margarita ingredients and sprinkled with lemon, making for what I presume is a very unusual taste and sensation. 

Cucumber Melon Sangria Blanca

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Okay, so what is classier than box wine? Making a delicious, expensive sounding, Sangria out of that box wine! Here's what you need to do:

To start you need a lot of wine, preferably the cheapest wine you can get in a large amount (like everyone's college favorite FRANZIA). This wine should have a really simple taste to it - you do not need any of that fancy "oaky flavor" grape-named wine - in fact the cheaper it is the better. Seeing as this is Sangria Blanca you want the wine to be white.

We need a vessel (or a few vessels) for this magical summer elixer so grab a punch bowl or some other large liquid-holding container you can find.

Man Pees in Cups, Then Leaves Cups on Bar- Classy!

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We have all heard the questionable statistic about how many different types of urine can be found in bar nuts, but THIS STORY from America’s strangest state in the nation fricking takes the absolute cake. A Brazilian student, Adolofo Mosmann, in Florida allegedly peed into two cups and put the urine on a bar counter.

MMMMMMM? I don’t think so. Gross.

 What could he possibly have been thinking? The bar had restrooms and I’m sure that if the bar was occupied, there must have been a street or vacant lot in the vicinity where he could have urinated in a little more socially more acceptable place, but he chose to instead to pee right there and leave the urine on the bar counter as a generous tip for the bartender. Lucky.

Williamsburg Winery

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The Williamsburg Winery in historic Williamsburg, Virginia has been cultivating vines since 1985. While its products don't yet stand up to the best of American viticulture (for that you'll have to look to California and Oregon), now is actually a great time to taste what the state of Virginia has to offer. It's easy enough for wine lovers to find the finest, most refined bottles in the world. It's another thing entirely to taste a great wine of the future in the middle of its maturation. That's the current appeal of Williamsburg Winery. It is the flavor of a wine that is soon to be stunning.