Fancy, Fast, and Gross

Let's have a look at a couple of goofy food things.

MSN's Delish blog lists (and photographically depicts, much to our nausea) the "Top 10 Most Unusual State Fair Foods." These include the chicken-fried bacon at the State Fair of Texas and the spaghetti and-meatballs-on-a-stick at the Minnesota State Fair (the state fair of state fairs. Seriously, I've been to it, and Minnesotans go nuts for it.) The hot beef sundae at the Iowa State Fair actually looks pretty good. (There's no ice cream in it—it only looks like a sundae.)

The Fancy Fast Food Blog offers recipes for turning horrible fast food into dishes that look tasty and, well, delicious but are still ultimately horrible. It's really quite amazing what can be created from a sack of sliders or a KFC Original Recipe two-piece breast and wing meal. You won't believe that the "Dao Mi Noh Chow Mein" was made from nothing but a fancy Dominos pizza and a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke—but it was. "No additional ingredients have been added except for an occasional simple garnish," the site promises.