Big Tex...and the Best Deep Fried Surprise

Howdy, Pardner! The students from San Jose State tagged along for their first dose of Texas fun at the State Fair in the Cotton Bowl. Yes, the same place where the "Miracle at the Expo" happened last Saturday, as the Longhorns decisively trounced the Oklahoma University in the Red River Rivalry (say that three times after a few Jell-O shots) game. How riveting! But today, Old Big Tex and the State Fair were two items on the HFTP bucket list during this trip. The weather cooperated as no raindrops fell on us here. And what do people from San Francisco/San Jose go for the culinary fix? Deep fried Nutella washed down by a deep fried margarita. These cats deep fry anything in the Lone Star State. They'll do ice cream, Latte, Oreos, and cheesecake. But nothing better than a crisp October afternoon with deep fried Nutella sans the banana and the deep fried margarita. Both nutritious and delicious just right after lunch at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse, which had the 3/4 lb. order of sausage, ribs, and beef sans the collard greens. A hunk of potato salad was dunked on the plate to round out the fixins. Now I need to work off the 2000 calories now. Big Tex would be proud.