NY State Fair unveils 1,500-calorie 'Donut Burger'

[AsahinaKimi]

SYRACUSE, New York (AP) -- Want fries with that ... doughnut?

A food booth in Syracuse will unveil the "Big Kahuna Donut Burger" at this year's New York State Fair.

For between $5 and $6, the adventurous eater will get a quarter-pound burger in between slices of a grilled, glazed doughnut. Toss on some cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato and onion and you've got yourself a 1,500-calorie meal.

America's state fairs can be counted on to provide foods featuring offbeat ingredient combinations. Wisconsin has chocolate covered bacon on a stick, you can get fried beer in Texas, Massachusetts provides fried jelly beans and North Carolina has the "Koolickle," pickles soaked in Kool-Aid.

New York's fair opens Aug. 25.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/odd/news/20110730p2g00m0dm028000c.html

um..no thanks

[ZombieHorde]

1. I hope they have a defibrillator nearby. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Thank the lords for that gluten alergy

and this looks all but appetizing.

[DesertFlower]

3. it looks disgusting.

whatever happened to a plain hamburger?

[DLine]

4. Not original to NY

The North Carolina state fair was doing this artery clogger last year. Not sure if it originated in NC. But NC is home to Krispy Kreme which is what the vendors were using. Not that being the home state of this is anything to be proud of. LOL

[Wilms]

5. What? No ketchup?

What are they thinking?

[AsahinaKimi]

14. maybe tabasco sause?

Doesn't that spruce up everything?

[flvegan]

6. Does anyone go to a state fair wondering about nutritional value?

Look, I'm the most likely asshole to jump on this around here, but it's just stupid. OMG, meat/cheese/bacon/glaze...is glaze vegan? Doubtful. Evildoing donutmongers.

Fact is, folks go to a fair like this and eat shit. Can we please grind on something else?

[IcyPeas]

7. I believe this was originally created by Paula Deen..

on the Food Network a couple of years ago.

Here's a 1:40 clip of her assembling one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv8yEMRDe_w

yuk

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. I don't go to the fair looking to eat steamed veggies or tofu.

That said, the bacon makes it worth a try!

[Initech]

9. They should deep fry it and cover it in powdered sugar.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. a bit behind the curve. nt

[Scottybeamer70]

11. Looks very............

er, um, totally disgusting!

[Rex]

12. I'm sorry, but that just sounds awful!!!

[cabot]

13. revolting n/t