The Grossest Fair Food You'd Ever Want To Not Eat
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Let's see: we've seen fried avocadoes, deep-fried Snickers bars, fried ice cream, fried Coca-Cola, and fried (is there a theme here?- Ed.) Twinkees already, so isnt' it about time we branched out, as Fair Season cranks up once again?
Right-o. Announcing this year's novelty entry: something that's not fried at all. It's a "melt." Kinda like a patty melt. Kinda. The recipe seems simple enough: two slices of bread, some melted cheese, probably some butter or cooking oil or something, and ...
Dried maggots.
Apparently, a new Maggot-Melt is set to debut at the California State Fair in Sacramento, Thursday. Frankly, I don't see a need to rush in opening day, because I just have to assume this won't be a big seller. Credit to the Sacramento Bee newspaper for breaking the story.
Fairs always are looking for something different, and they've pretty much tested the limits of what you can fry, and still get publicity. But as a marketing tool, I just don't know that I'd turn to maggots to do the heavy lifting. Not even with a "Melty the Maggot"- mascot: some high school kid, sweatin' away inside a rented costume, spinning a sign that directs me to the trailer where MMs are getting served up.
Good luck with your campaign, State Fair. "A" for innovation. Not necessarily for "Appetizing."
