Guilty Pleasure - Funnel Cake
by Connie Fox
Title
Guilty Pleasure - Funnel Cake
Artist
Connie Fox
Medium
Photograph - Outdoor Color Photo
Description
Funnel cake is a regional food popular in North America at carnivals, fairs, sporting events, and seaside resorts. Funnel cakes are made by pouring batter into hot cooking oil in a circular pattern and deep frying the overlapping mass until golden-brown. When made at concession stands, a pitcher with an integral funnel spout is employed.
Funnel cakes are typically served plain with powdered sugar or other toppings. In North America, funnel cakes were originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region. This image was shot in Houston, Texas, at the Wings Over Houston Air Show.
In Austrian cuisine the equivalent is called Strauben and is made and served similarly. In Slovenian cuisine they are called flancati. In Finnish the analogous tippaleipa is traditionally served at May Day (Vappu) celebrations.
According to one website, a 6 inch (150 mm) diameter funnel cake has fewer than 300 calories, though most funnel cakes are closer to 9 inches (230 mm) in diameter. Funnel cake can vary dramatically in its caloric content, depending upon which toppings are added. (Credit to Wikipedia for information to this point.)
Calorie count would also depend, of course, on greasiness. I had two bites of this one. Not greasy, but delicious and fun to eat.
Copyright 2013 Connie Steitz Fox. All Rights Reserved.
Nikon D80, hand-held, with Nikkor 50mm/f1.8 lens and ND filter. Slight cropping and no enhancements.
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Featured October 2013 in Beauty Captured and in Your Best Work, November 2013. Featured by Premium FAA Artists, FAA Featured Images, and Beauty, February 2014. My thanks!
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October 29th, 2013
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Comments (7)
Richard Bryce and Family
So delicious! Don't forget the zeppoles - my other fair guilty pleasure! lol ;p
Connie Fox
Thank you, Robert Harmon, for featuring this image in FAA Featured Images! I really appreciate that.
Connie Fox
Thanks, Dan, for featuring this festival food image on the homepage of Premium FAA Artists.