No Place to Hide from the Deep Fried

     Fried food. It used to be a thing confined to state fair treats called "elephant ears" and "funnel cakes." But in the past 15 years, more and more things are being deep fried. It started with Twinkies, then progressed to Oreos and Snickers. Now, the deep fryers are in the major leagues, with deep fried pizza, deep fried chocolate-covered bacon (oh yes), deep fried Coke, and deep fried Pepsi rings. I was researching fried foods via google to see what more people than just I thought about this new trend. In response to a blog on a health website, a woman told a story of her friend who, and I quote her quoting her friend, said, "When the kids are in doubt, we deep fry it out." Apparently, green beans, fruits, and other such horrid healthy things are so scary to kids they needed to disguise them under layers of hardened grease and batter.

     It gives you a strange view of America today. Not only are we rapidly gaining weight as a nation, but we have to disguise the healthy food AS junk food to get our children to eat it? Does this seem a little WRONG to anyone else here? Is there any thought process at all behind what we are teaching today's kids? A little bit of fried food is ok. I mean, Dunkin Donuts is everywhere and state fairs are what makes a summer, well, summer. But please. Almost all types of diabetes used to only be for adults, and now children are getting it every day due to adolescent obesity. Let's not encourage heart attacks to start spreading like wildfire among our child and teen communities too by clogging their arteries with FRIED green beans!

I wanted to show you all some pictures I found on someone else's blog, to show you where we have headed (credit below each photo).

**Deep fried Coke**

 

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/25-awesome-foods-you-never-knew-could.html

**Deep fried pizza**

 

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/25-awesome-foods-you-never-knew-could.html

**Deep fried Pop-Tarts**

 

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/25-awesome-foods-you-never-knew-could.html

**Deep fried SPAM (Some Parts Are Meat)** 

 

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/25-awesome-foods-you-never-knew-could.html

**Deep fried cheeseburgers**

 
 

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/25-awesome-foods-you-never-knew-could.html

** Deep fried cheesecake (this looks innocent, DON'T be fooled... heart issues await)**

 

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/25-awesome-foods-you-never-knew-could.html

**&, last but not least, as if the summer corn wasn't GOOD enough, TRY IT DEEP FRIED**

 

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/25-awesome-foods-you-never-knew-could.html

Deep frying the GOOD summer produce? The kind that only is good, well, in the summer?! Think about it!

Muah dears, please, save yourself the hospital bills and avoid this food.

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