He brought us deep-fried peanut butter and jelly, then deep-fried Coke last year at the State Fair of Texas. This year,deep-fried butter. Abel Gonzales says he developed an obsession for toast and butter a couple of months ago and came upon the idea of fried butter.
He takes a ball of butter, either plain or injected with cherry, grape or garlic flavor, wraps it in dough, then into the grease it goes. Abel says it come out like a biscuit or croissant oozing with melted butter. Some of the other contestants for the Big Tex Choice Award are country-fried pork chips, jalapeno corn dog shrimp and a deep-fried peanut butter cup macaroon.
