On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:57:40 -0400, Travis McGee >
wrote:

>http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydis...navtype=outfit
>
>Bacon-wrapped Jack Daniel's, fried Doritos, Pop Rocks doughnuts? It's
>the O.C. Fair
>Deep-fried foods at the Orange County Fair
>
>County fairs are not for the faint of heart. They take stamina,
>sunscreen, a willingness to be a serious gourmand and, for those
>determined to plunge into a deep fried food-induced coma, plenty of
>antacid.
>
>The Orange County Fair opened Friday with massive crowds and vats of hot
>oil. Each year the food vendors do their best to out-fry and out-hype
>one another, providing fair-goers with some truly innovative gut-busting
>treats. A deep-fried avocado or churro filled with butter may sound like
>an overindulgence, but at the fair it's just lunch.
>
>Here are three of the wackiest new fried foods you'll want to look out
>for this year. The fair runs until Aug. 10, so you'll have plenty of
>time for summer gluttony. You can also check them out in the video above.
>
>Bacon-wrapped Jack Daniel's
>
>Mike Peterson, owner of Bacon A-Fair, the bacon-centric fair vendor,
>wanted to push the limit this year, so he created the bacon-wrapped Jack
>Daniel's. No, it's not a bottle of Jack Daniel's wrapped in bacon,
>although that would be fun. Peterson hollows out a churro with a wooden
>stick, then injects it with a half shot of Jack Daniel's Tennessee
>whiskey. The churro is then rolled in sugar, wrapped in bacon, then put
>on the grill to render the bacon fat. Each churro is $6.50 and comes
>with a dollop of whipped cream and syrup.
>
>When you bite into the churro, the first thing you taste is the bacon,
>which gets just caramelized enough with the sugar from the churro. And
>the churro itself could easily double as thick slabs of French toast.
>The Jack Daniel's is subtle in some bites and almost pungent in others,
>depending on where the churro received its alcohol injection. With the
>syrup, it almost tastes like breakfast. And about the alcohol, it cooks
>out, so Peterson says it's safe to feed to the kids.
....

BS! A 1/2 shot INSIDE a churro wrapped in bacon and deep fried is NOT
gonna cook out all of the little bit less than 1/4 shot of pure
ethanol in the Jack Daniels!! Some, yes, but not all. I'll bet ya!!
I'm a deep frying expert, I know.

John Kuthe...