The Latest Culinary Horror: Fried Kool-Aid

Because whatever is bad for us in liquid form is better in fried form
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 20, 2011 6:57 PM CDT
Updated Jun 25, 2011 6:50 AM CDT

Maybe we've all been drinking the Kool-Aid too much, so it could be time to just plain deep fry it. That's the latest culinary monstrosity to grace San Diego's county fair, a longtime scene of gastric debauchery, writes Melissa Bell for the Washington Post. Seems "Chicken” Charlie Boghosian decided to mix cherry Kool-Aid powder, flour, and water into a batter of sorts, then expose it to bubbling fat for a minute. The resulting ball of ill-health was a hit. Check out the video in the gallery. (More Kool-Aid stories.)

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