An Informal Debate Staged by My Inner Voice

[constance]

Proposed (while driving to lunch): God, wouldn't it be great if there were a fast food restaurant that sold funnel cakes?

Pro: HELL YEAH.

Con: Yeah, fat girl, like you need more fried food and sugar in your life.

Pro: HELL YEAH.

Con: You are the reason why the world laughs at the American diet, you know.

Pro: HELL YEAH.

Con: *abandons argument in sheer disgust*

Pro: ROCK ON I AM THE GREATEST DEBATER IN THE WORLD. SONIC GET ON THAT OKAY.

Comments

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

At New York street fairs they are given the blatant name of "Fried Dough." That Wikipedia article suggests that Fried Dough is yeast-based, but the New York version is eggy, just like a funnel cake. I've even eaten Fried Dough and Zeppole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppole) at the same fair.

Southwestern Fry Bread is pretty damn tasty, and it wins on versatility, since it may be served either sweet or savory, but I still dream sometimes about a treat I had at the Prater amusement park in Vienna many years ago. It was like an oversized raised donut, but instead of sugar, it was coated in garlic butter. I have no idea what it was called, but it was one of the best street foods I ever ate.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, that sounds completely fabulous. I now feel like making a trip to Vienna just for that bread.

You know, though, I never met a fried bread I didn't like. Sopapillas and beignets and zeppole and elephant ears and good old doughnuts and I don't know what all else. And I've never had southestern fry-bread before, but clearly I must remedy that forthwith, and okay, my head is starting to spin. I wonder if I should be checking myself into some sort of twelve-step program. Is there one, do you think, for bread lovers? If not, there totally should be, damn it.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I should be checking myself into some sort of twelve-step program. Is there one, do you think, for bread lovers?

I think it is called The South Beach Diet.

But I say, embrace your love of fried dough! Recognize your avocation and follow your dream! You know there must be a coffee table book in this.

AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Or a fried-dough bar. (http://tofty.livejournal.com/67240.html?thread=598696#t598696)