Carnival Foods
It’s been a long time since I’ve gone to a carnival but the same types of food served there are also served at local Renaissance festivals, wine festivals, and, well, every other festival. Newsweek took a crack at the most unhealthy carnival foods:
- Deep fried Oreos
- Cotton candy
- Corn dogs
- Deep fried Twinkie (detecting a trend?)
- Snow cone
- Funnel cake - These are my favorite, but 8.3 ounces has 760 calories, 44g fat, 80g of carbs, and 20mg of cholesterol.
- Deep fried candy bars (if you haven’t detected the trend yet…)
In summary, the foods are bad in one of two ways. Either it’s deep fried or it’s basically sugar, or it’s deep fried sugar. Deep fried is never good for you. Copious amounts of sugar is never good for you. It’s no surprise these treats are bad for you so enjoy in moderation.
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Jul 8, 2008 - 05:07:01deep fried Coke (not the illagal drug but the soda).
Deep-fried Oreos - sold! I’m off to Mississippi in August (I’m a Brit) and will be tracking those bad-boys down. Cheers for the tip…