It seems that every year, in the days leading up to the New York State Fair’s opening, local television stations and the Post-Standard get suckered into covering some ridiculous new fad food debuting that year. Do people really care that some greasy spoon chef dropped something illogical and disgusting into the deep fryer this year? One we heard this year was deep fried gummy bears—no, really.

There’s always plenty of anticipation with the approach of opening day, so the Hound will try to stick to more newsworthy forecasts. We’ve heard that some fairs actually serve such delightful cuisine as deep fried butter and deep fried Red Bull, so don’t expect the idiocy to end any time soon.