Monday, October 12, 2009

A new kind of shopping experience

Yesterday, Mike and I found ourselves at the mall. Now even though we live about two blocks from the mall, it is not a place that we normally find ourselves, unless we specifically need something then we go to the entrance closest to that store, get what we need and get out. Yesterday was petty much the same deal as I was headed to American greetings to buy a new calendar. Since we are into October, we are starting to make appointments for the new year and wanted to get them on a calendar where we could have a chance at remembering them. Unfortunately American Greetings did not have any Precious Moments calendars since they were recalled for a printing error, so we are still calendarless.However we did get our rings cleaned and even found another gem. Since we went in through the food court, we noticed a new place called Fair time. This place sells fair foods that one usually only sees at fairs. They had steak hoagies and french fries,of course but also had fried candy bars ( snickers, Reese's PB cups, Milky way,Twix) fried veggies, fried pickles, fried Twinkies and oreos , cotton candy, and so much more. Since it was past dinner, Mike and I split some fried veggies and of course I wanted for us to try a fried Milky way. Though it was not exactly as I thought it was pretty good. The place was a bit pricey so Mike and I discussed how we could make anything ( well except for cotton candy)at home a lot cheaper. I already know how to make an awesome beer batter for fried veggies and such so this morning I searched for a recipe for batter for candy bars and other sweets( for some reason beer batter might not be the best choice I think)What I found is that they use simple funnel cake mix for this.One can even buy the mix at the store if you wish. wow am I excited. I think I just may deep fry some candy someday soon.Don't that make all of you want to come visit ?