Winners for Best Taste and Most Creative new foods will be selected Sept. 2 by a three-judge panel. All eight food finalists will be for sale during the State Fair of Texas, which runs Sept. 27 through Oct. 20, fair spokeswoman Sue Gooding said.
"We really do have incredible food," Gooding said. "I would encourage people who come to the fair to be prepared to share the treats so that you can try even more."
The Thanksgiving dinner features homemade stuffing and diced turkey that's wrapped in a ball, dipped in cream corn, rolled in cornmeal and then fried.
The Southern-style meatloaf slices are coated in chicken-fried breading and then deep fried and served with garlic mashed potatoes, Texas cream gravy and a glaze for dipping.
Among the other treats up for the choice awards include a deep-fried Nutella - cream cheese and hazelnut spread on flaky dough sheets, that are rolled and deep friend. It's served with honey and shaved almonds. And the Cuban roll is filled with slow-cooked pork shoulder, chopped ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and sauce, rolled in pastry dough and - what else? - deep fried.
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