County and State Fairs are known for livestock, farm equipment, carnival games, rides and booths selling ShamWows. They are also known for lots of booths selling interesting and sometimes strange foods.

I’ve survived eating raw horse and fugu in Japan, stinky tofu and a thousand-year-old egg in Taiwan, poutine in Canada. So now it’s time to try some of America’s strange fair foods.

Deep Fried Twinkie, Food, Los Angeles, Fair, LA County Fair

I'm a believer that deep frying anything can make it taste better. And many of the food booths at the LA county fair seem to believe that also. Deep Fried Twinkie covered in chocolate syrup. Actually pretty good.

Chocolate Covered Bacon, Food, Los Angeles, Fair, LA County Fair

Chocolate Covered Bacon?

Chocolate Covered Bacon, Food, Los Angeles, Fair, LA County Fair

Yup, it really is chocolate covered bacon. Not as bad as it sounds, it has a strange salty, meaty taste under the initial chocolate taste. The salty chocolate taste is a bit like chocolate covered pretzels, but then you get the bacon taste that comes on strong as you chew. My biggest negative was that the chocolate used was dark chocolate and I'm a much bigger fan of milk chocolate.

Deep fried White Castle Hamburger, Food, Los Angeles, Fair, LA County Fair

The main course, a deep fried White Castle Hamburger.

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The White Castle is battered and deep fried, which gives it a crispy outside over the standard mushy White Castle. Not something I would want to eat everyday, but not too bad.