Ohio State Fair Food that will Kill You!!

Key Concepts

• State Fair Food: Focus on unique, over-the-top, and often unhealthy food combinations available only at state fairs.
• Food Innovation: Highlighting the creativity and risk-taking in American state fair cuisine.
• Regional Cuisine: Exploring the culinary specialties and traditions of different regions in the USA, starting with the Midwest (Ohio).
• Deep Frying & Bacon Wrapping: Common themes in state fair food preparation.
• AI-Generated Recipe: The use of artificial intelligence in creating a new food item (Sausage S'more).
• Fusion Cuisine: Combining different culinary traditions, such as Asian and Soul Food (Blazian Egg Roll).

Ohio State Fair Food Tour

Introduction

The video documents a food tour of the Ohio State Fair, known for its butter sculptures, pig races, and unique food offerings. The goal is to showcase the wildest and most unusual state fair foods.

Butter Sculpture

• The Ohio State Fair features a large butter sculpture.
• The sculptures require 2,000 lbs of butter.
• The sculpture is described as a "crossroads of farmers and art."

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Deviled Egg

• Location: Taste of Ohio Pavilion and Beer Garden.
• Description: A deviled egg with a chocolate chip cookie dough filling.
• Ingredients: Egg yolk mixed with cream cheese, heavy cream, powdered sugar, cookie crumble, topped with Cookie Crisp cereal.
• Taste: Predominantly sweet, with the cookie dough flavor dominating the egg white.
• Price: $15 for six egg halves.
• Significance: Represents the willingness of Ohioans to take risks and experiment with unusual food combinations.

O Pork Double-Decker Pork Loin Sandwich

• Vendor: Ohio Pork Council.
• Description: A large sandwich featuring two pork loins, bacon, coleslaw, and barbecue sauce.
• Preparation:
  • Pork loin is slow-cooked at 140°F, rested for 30 minutes to reach 145°F for optimal juiciness.
  • Two slices of Daisy Field bacon are added.
  • Topped with North Carolina-style coleslaw and DB Yummers barbecue sauce.
• Taste: A combination of heavy, greasy pork with the crispness and freshness of coleslaw. The bacon adds a smoky and sweet dimension.
• Key Argument: The sandwich exemplifies the state fair ethos of excess and over-the-top creations.

Forket Meat (Forget Me Not)

Ham Rolled Jalapeno Bacon Wrapped Mozzarella Stick

• Description: A mozzarella stick wrapped in ham and jalapeno bacon, deep-fried, and topped with jalapeno maple syrup.
• Preparation:
  • Mozzarella cheese is double-wrapped in raw jalapeno bacon.
  • Deep-fried until the bacon is cooked and the cheese is melted.
  • Topped with jalapeno maple syrup.
• Taste: A combination of sweet, bacony, and cheesy flavors with a hint of spice.
• Significance: Highlights American food innovation and the creation of unique flavor combinations.

Buffalo Chicken Bomb

• Description: A buffalo chicken dip wrapped in puff pastry, deep-fried, and served on a bed of seasoned fries with cheese sauce, buffalo sauce, and ranch dressing.
• Ingredients: Buffalo chicken dip (cheese, buffalo sauce, cream cheese, ranch), puff pastry, waffle fries, straight-cut fries, side winder fries, Cajun seasoning, cheese sauce, buffalo sauce, ranch.
• Preparation:
  • Buffalo chicken dip is hand-wrapped in puff pastry.
  • Deep-fried until golden brown.
  • Served on a bed of seasoned fries (waffle, straight-cut, and side winder).
  • Topped with cheese sauce, buffalo sauce, and ranch dressing.
• Taste: A powerful and flavorful combination of rich cheese, sour buffalo sauce, and salty chicken.
• Significance: Demonstrates the creation of a new food category by elevating a simple dip into an extravagant state fair creation.

Top-Notch Concessions

AI-Generated Sausage S'more

• Description: A smoked sausage skewer with marshmallows, Hershey's syrup, and graham crackers.
• Inspiration: Recipe generated using AI based on criteria of being easy to eat while walking, quick to produce, and a little bit wild.
• Ingredients: All-beef smoked sausage, marshmallows, Hershey's syrup, graham crackers.
• Taste: A combination of savory sausage with sweet chocolate and marshmallow.
• Significance: An example of using AI in food creation, though the presenter notes that the recipe needs improvement.

Hickory Tree Turkey Barbecue

Crack and Cheese Stuffed Turkey Leg

• Description: A smoked turkey leg stuffed with mac and cheese and topped with deep-fried turkey skin cracklings and barbecue sauce.
• Preparation:
  • A smoked turkey leg is hollowed out.
  • Stuffed with mac and cheese.
  • Topped with deep-fried turkey skin cracklings and barbecue sauce.
• Taste: A combination of tender smoked turkey, cheesy mac and cheese, crispy turkey skin, and sweet barbecue sauce.
• Significance: A unique take on the popular turkey leg, incorporating a Thanksgiving theme and using every part of the turkey.

Blazian Egg Roll

• Vendor: Donnie and Lisa's Egg Roll Wagon.
• Concept: Fusion of Asian (Filipino) and Soul Food traditions.
• Description: An egg roll filled with a combination of Asian and Soul Food ingredients.
• Blazian Egg Roll Ingredients: Chicken with Asian-inspired seasoning and spices, cheese, and a Filipino dipping sauce (island sauce).
• Soul Food Roll Ingredients: Chicken, mac and cheese, and collard greens.
• Preparation: Both egg rolls are dipped in a batter called "bumpy face juice" and deep-fried.
• Taste: The Blazian roll offers a tangy orange chicken flavor with a cheesy and sweet profile. The Soul Food roll combines the flavors of chicken, mac and cheese, and collard greens.
• Significance: Represents the blending of different cultural cuisines into a unique state fair food experience.

Deep Fried Taco

• Vendor: Deep Fried Taco.
• Description: A large flour tortilla filled with seasoned beef, vegetables, rice, beans, and cheese, then deep-fried.
• Taste: Resembles a chimichanga with flavors reminiscent of an Ortega seasoning packet.
• Significance: A Tex-Mex creation that doesn't fit neatly into traditional Mexican food categories.

Deep Fried Buckeyes

• Vendor: Deep Fried Kiosk.
• Description: A Buckeye (peanut butter ball dipped in chocolate) that is battered and deep-fried, with or without bacon wrapping.
• Preparation:
  • Buckeyes are stabbed with a toothpick, dipped in batter, and par-fried.
  • Some are wrapped in bacon and then deep-fried again.
  • Topped with powdered sugar.
• Taste: A combination of sweet peanut butter, chocolate, and crunchy fried batter, with the added saltiness and crunch of bacon in the bacon-wrapped version.
• Significance: A unique Ohio treat that is elevated to state fair status through deep-frying and bacon wrapping.

Conclusion

The Ohio State Fair offers a diverse range of unique and over-the-top food creations. The presenter's favorite food from the fair was the ham rolled jalapeno bacon wrapped mozzarella stick. The video concludes with a preview of the next state fair food tour in California.