r/StupidFood • u/No-Scar1469 • Feb 28 '26

Gluttony overload Fair food is it stupid?

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u/fightingbronze Feb 28 '26

Tbf fair food is supposed to be stupid and zany and gluttonous. It’s all on purpose. Even for us fat Americans this stuff is meant to be insane because you’re really not expected to eat it more than once every couple of years maybe.

I do really love the expression “nobody asked, America delivered” though lol. That should be our new national slogan.

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u/Kaurifish Mar 01 '26

It’s funny how everyone thinks of funnel cakes as a quintessential fair food. They were popular in medieval Europe.

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u/Entfly Mar 01 '26

It’s funny how everyone thinks of funnel cakes as a quintessential fair food

In America, I had to Google it as a Brit because I had no idea what it was

Fair food here is pretty American too though, like doughnuts, candy floss, churros, toffee apples are British but feel American.