OC Fair Day Five With The Adams Including Franklyn 8/7/2009 (Page Nine)
Michele, Franklyn, and Theo joined us for our fifth day at the fait this year. We met about 10:30 and were off and running..
The mini-circus was getting ready for their first performance
The Fair At 10:00 AM on Saturday Morning
All quiet on the eastern front
We took the skyway for a round trip
Theo Arrives And We Visit The Animals
Lookit lookit lookit
He loves petting the animals
"Hey, this one has a tummy like GranPaul!"
Michele watches on
"Hey Dad, did you see thin one?"
Everybody is inside now
"OK, we can go somewhere else"
We Studies A Lot Of Rides
He did not want to ride on the train but he did use his train whistle a lot!
We watch on
Theo says sitting is fun!
Now we all sit except Michele who takes the pictures
Theo's Ride; The Super Slide
Get ready; Get set
Go!
"Now this is fun!"
Beware, Sand Box Ahead
"I promise not to get dirty!"
"That's my boy"
Trucks are magic at this age
Filler up!
You are doing a great job Theo
He is telling a story
Filler up
"See Dad... we need a sand box this big at home!"
Onward We Go
"OK Mom, where do you want to go?"
Here lizard lizard lizard
Weird Al in sand
Our favorite eatery
Always Time To Bounce
Break Time And Time To Eat
A Fried Twinkie
Did You Know? -
The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930 by a bakery manager James Dewar in Schiller Park, Illinois, making thrifty use of pans that were used for shortcake production only in strawberry season. Twinkies originally contained a banana cream filling, but this was replaced with a vanilla cream filling because of a banana shortage during World War II. The original flavor would be revisited
more than half a century later as an alternative flavor.
In June 2007, Hostess announced the return of the banana-flavored Twinkie. The banana-flavored version had previously been offered as a limited-time promotion.
Continental Foods admitted on a 2006 episode of television's How It's Made that Twinkies are, in fact, baked, ending years of speculation. The Washington Post reported on April 13, 2005 that "the cakes are baked for 10 minutes, then the cream filling is injected through three holes in the top, which is browned from baking. The cake is flipped before packaging, so the rounded yellow bottom becomes the top." Hostess was the implied source of this information. A 2007 book, Twinkie, Deconstructed, examines where all the ingredients come from and how they are made.
A deep-fried Twinkie involves freezing the popular Hostess Twinkie cake, dipping it into batter and deep frying it to create a variation on the traditional snack cake. According to the Hostess website, Christopher Sell, from Rugby, England, invented the "fried twinkie" in 2001 at the ChipShop, his restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. According to CNN, the dish was adopted by Chris Mullen, but invented at a "Brooklyn restaurant."
It was described by a The New York Times story in this way: "Something magical occurs when the pastry hits the hot oil. The creamy white vegetable shortening filling liquefies, impregnating the sponge cake with its luscious vanilla flavor... The cake itself softens and warms, nearly melting, contrasting with the crisp, deep-fried crust in a buttery and suave way. The piece de resistance, however, is a ruby-hued berry sauce, adding a tart sophistication to all that airy sugary goodness."
The deep-fried Twinkie was a runaway success after Mullen and his brother started selling it at county fairs in mid-August. "We sold 26,000 Twinkies in 18 days," By 2002, the Arkansas State Fair had introduced the fried Twinkie to great popular acclaim, and the notion spread to other state fairs across the U.S., as well as some establishments that specialize in fried foods. Fried Twinkies are sold throughout the U.S. in state fairs, as well as ball park games.
After Lunch, Theo Heads For Home
We head for the Skyway and the big Ferris Wheel
Look A little different that this morning
It's a swarm
She is smiling, she got me into the Ferris Wheel again!
Dessert; A Reward For Not Crying On The Ferris Wheel
Sue gets ice cream and Paul get his root beer float
Big critters in the Centennial Farms area
Asparagus coming up!
Bye bye piggies
Shhhhhhh... Don't wake us up!
Flying chickens, a way to remember the fair!
