{"id":167,"date":"2008-10-25T14:54:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T18:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/?p=167"},"modified":"2008-10-25T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T18:54:45","slug":"nc-state-fair-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/events\/nc-state-fair-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Foodbuzz 24,24,24: Food Fare at the North Carolina State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Montage<\/a> H<\/span>aving chatted about it for over two years since we first heard of the event in the fall of 2006 or about 6 months after settling in our move from Louisiana, we decided it was high time for us to attend the North Carolina State Fair. Once we made the decision to attend this year I knew it would make a great blog contribution, and then excitement grew when selected to participate in the Foodbuzz<\/strong><\/a> 24 Meals, 24 Hours, 24 Blog Posts<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>event on October 25, 2008 where 24 food bloggers from around the globe are selected to report back on 24 foodie happenings within 24 hours. All images in this article are linked to the original, so you can click on them for a larger view.<\/p>\n

The N.C. State Fair is a massive expanse and undertaking, so let\u2019s start with breaking it down in plain numbers to present an idea of its size, scale and magnitude. The first North Carolina State Fair was held in 1853, and has been held every year since, with short interruptions only for the Civil War and WWII. <\/span>It\u2019s been held at the present site in Raleigh since 1928 and is the state’s largest event and is the largest ten-day agricultural fair in the United States.1 <\/sup>The fair runs for 11 days this year and opened at 3:00 PM on Thursday, October 16 and runs until midnight on Sunday, October 26, 2008. Last years record breaking attendance of 858,611 folks may be hard to beat with the current economic conditions as current figures are early and even with the addition of opening 1 day earlier than\u00a0years past\u00a0the total attendance count through\u00a0Friday is down by just over\u00a010%. Yet with over 350 food vendors serving up edible delights this year proves to be an all out eating bonanza and according to the fair surveys<\/a> food is the top reason folks attend the event.<\/p>\n

Fair food fare firsts<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Deep<\/a>Chef Alan Rubin of Murphy House is offering Fried Pecan Pie and Deep-Fried Mac\u2019n\u2019cheese as two new firsts to the State Fair this year. Chef\u2019s D\u2019lites also has the Deep-Fried Mac\u2019N\u2019Cheese as well as Deep-Fried Banana Pudding (which we tried) and the Deep-Fried Fruit Cobbler. See Deep-Fried @ The N.C. State Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Deep Fried Pecan Pie and Deep Fried Mac’n’Cheese is also reviewed in the video segment from 30Threads ThreadCast that features new foods at the N.C. State Fair this year. One comment was that it tastes like a pie inside a cake, which makes for a very interesting flavor profile for the deep fried dessert. See Ginny Skalski from 30Threads on the ThreadCast video (embedded below) about new foods at the N.C. State Fair. 30Threads highlights top Internet blog posts on current events in the Triangle area which typically includes the region of Raleigh \/ Durham \/ Chapel Hill in North Carolina.
\n