Maybe next will be Chef Salad on a Stick: a romaine lettuce leaf, a cherry tomato, a small hunk of ham, a smaller one of turkey, and a chunk of cheese. Or Greek Salad on a Stick: A piece of cucumber, a small hunk of onion, and feta cheese that will crumble off the stick as soon as you pick it up.

Mermaids', the tourist-trap slot machine parlor across the street from Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas, serves deep-fried Twinkies. They also serve footballs full of beer.

There's at least one tiny restaurant in the Lot Valley, in south-central France, that serves "aguillettes de canard," or, as Ellen Kushner delightedly puts it, "Duck on a stick!"

The only thing I could think of isn't Thai, but how about wilted spinach salad? You gotta fry the bacon and then use the fat for the dressing which is poured warm over the spinach. And there's always German potato salad. Damn I love German potato salad. I'm getting hungry.

MKK

I've had fried cauliflower and broccoli (and probably other vegies) at the Texas Renaissance Festival in, IIRC, Magnolia. Tasted like chicken. :)

Rikibeth: in my meager experience, there were several differences: the batter was very different (not nearly as light), the cuts of vegetables were much thicker, and (this is key): no delicious sauce to dip in. Well, ranch dressing...but it's not the same.

I see that I was typing under the influence of Ambien. Oriol? Fryed? Good heavens. It was the fault of the drugs, your honor.

The earliest Oriol cookies on record were made at Oxford University. Oriols are now manufactured in the United States by Fordyce & Ripken. They're filled with a distinctive orange and black frosting, and are shipped in beautifully made woven fiber packages.

Then there's sugar. My mother makes banana pudding with not only the usual (boxed) vanilla pudding, but also a tub of Cool Whip and a can of Eagle Brand. So sweet it makes your fillings buzz. (Not to mention what it does for your dentist.)

So does the MN State Fair offer funnel cake on a stick?