Deep Fried Kool Aid?

Well, a salubrious day to you indeed! Coffee? Tasty low-fat muffin to go with it?  Go on…you know you want one.  Y'know I search the world to bring you interesting tidbits, expecially where food is concerned. Well, here's something you may want to try this summer. I mean kids love Kool-aid, right? Well, surprise them this weekend with, wait for it… deep fried kool aid chicken balls. 

Chicken Charlie’s is a staple of fried rations at fairs across the USA. It recently sold 400 to 600 orders of deep-fried Kool-Aid per day the first weekend of the San Diego County Fair.

The deep-fried novelty takes the shape of a doughnut-hole. There are five per order. That breaks down to as much as 9,000 balls of deep-fried Kool-Aid eaten over opening weekend.

Chicken Charlie’s has already gone through 150 pounds of Kool-Aid powder and 1,500 pounds of flour. Chicken Charlie’s debuted deep-fried Klondike Bars and Pop Tarts in past years.

Fairgoers on Tuesday were also buying up the deep-fried Kool-Aid.

“It starts off tart and tangy, and then finishes really sweet… I love this stuff,” said one customer.

“It tastes just like a doughnut ball,” said another, who said he prefers the deep-fried Klondike Bars.

Chicken Charlie’s still sells the Klondike Bars, as well as deep-fried thin mints. 

Holy Pop Tarts! There’s a raft of novel summer food ideas for you to try. Better have a bottle of Boodle’s or José Cuervo handy just in case, eh! Why stop with chicken? Be creative! Be inventive! Tell me what you come up with. Send me the recipe!

See ya!

Bob

Comment from Jenny in Farnborough, England:

Hi bob,   I'm suffering from anatidaephobia  and I'm just ". Living with it"  thinking about setting up an anatidaephobia  club for fellow sufferers,!! Any advice ??

Bob’s reply:

Just ducky to hear from you, Jen! At the first sign of anatidaephobia, you need to rush down to your local video shop and rent a copy of the Marx Bros. “Duck Soup”. Then, call your nearest Chinese takeaway and get a double order of the same. Maybe, ask for an order of Peking Duck deep fried in Kool-aid as well.  You have to eat your way through this duckbill-itating disease. Don’t let it drive you quackers whatever you do.

Dr. Bob (He ain’t no quack!)