{"id":50972,"date":"2011-06-22T10:05:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T15:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=50972"},"modified":"2011-06-22T10:06:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T15:06:36","slug":"fried-kool-aid-balls-available-at-san-diego-fair-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/fried-kool-aid-balls-available-at-san-diego-fair-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Fried Kool-Aid Balls Available at San Diego Fair [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Fried Kool-Aid Balls Available at San Diego Fair [VIDEO]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/fried-kool-aid-balls-available-at-san-diego-fair-video\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-50986\" title=\"fried kool-aid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/fried-kool-aid-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/fried-kool-aid-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/fried-kool-aid.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We  all knew we were not supposed to \u201cdrink the Kool-Aid,\u201d but who would  have guessed that eating the Kool-Aid would ever become an option.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s  crazy but true. One can now obtain deep fried Kool-Aid balls.<\/p>\n<p>The inventor of the <strong><a title=\"Be Healthy at State Fairs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/eat-at-the-state-fair-and-stay-healthy\/how-to-be-healthy-at-the-state-fair\/\">state fair<\/a><\/strong> staple of deep fried Oreos has added  another ridiculous concoction to his repertoire. A recent<strong> <a title=\"Deep Fried Kool-Aid\" href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2011\/06\/20\/this-was-inevitable-deep-fried-kool-aid-balls-on-sale-at-california-county-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time<\/a><\/strong> article explains how the new treat is prepared for the county fair goers in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"fried kool-aid balls\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/eat-at-the-state-fair-and-stay-healthy\/fried-kool-aid\/\">Fried Kool-Aid ball<\/a><\/strong> creator, Charlie Boghosian prepares a thick mix of Kool-Aid and  then adds flour and water. He scoops the mix into a fryer with an ice  cream scoop, lets them bob for a minute and then pulls them out. He  compares the balls to doughnut holes. Boghosian uses cherry <strong><a title=\"Best and Worst Juices\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/the-best-and-worst-juices-for-your-kids\/\">Kool-Aid<\/a><\/strong> and  boasts of the strong cherry flavor.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Charlie  Boghosian, known as \u201cChicken Charlie\u201d after the food trailers he totes  around to California fairs, has many other deep-fried adventures  prepared in his trailers. <strong><a title=\"Fried Coke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/eat-at-the-state-fair-and-stay-healthy\/fried-coke\/\">Deep-fried Coca Cola<\/a><\/strong>, White Castle Burgers,  pop tarts, and even s\u2019mores are just a few of the over the top foods he  prepares.<\/p>\n<p>One  should use the term food lightly, though. While the flavors may be  enjoyable, these fried items are loaded with calories and light on  nutrients. It&#8217;s doubtful will they even satisfy an appetite, causing one to  consume even more calories just to feel full. The math adds up quickly  as to how America struggles so badly with obesity.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s  always a news story when these new items hit the food courts, but it\u2019s  not new. Apparently, Americans are still being excited by what the next  craziest item to be battered and fried will be. It\u2019s also apparent that  Americans are okay with being great fodder for the anonymous models in  news reports about <strong><a title=\"25% of Americans are Obese\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/25-of-americans-are-obese\/\">obesity<\/a><\/strong>. You know, the street shots of people walking  with their big bellies. The bellies that strangely resemble the  physique of the Kool-Aid Man.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=68EP0C9lzyU&#038;feature=player_embedded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all knew we were not supposed to \u201cdrink the Kool-Aid,\u201d but who would have guessed that eating the Kool-Aid would ever become an option. It\u2019s crazy but true. One can now obtain deep fried Kool-Aid balls. The inventor of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/fried-kool-aid-balls-available-at-san-diego-fair-video\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,1367,3695],"tags":[4378,169,8540],"class_list":["post-50972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-childrens-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-fairs","tag-fried-food","tag-fried-kool-aid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50974,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50972\/revisions\/50974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}