THE ONLY SURPRISE IS THAT GOD DIDN'T THINK TO HAVE THEM COME THAT WAY TO BEGIN WITH:

Chicken-fried bacon is favorite fried fare at Texas state fair contest (JESSICA MEYERS, 9/01/08, The Dallas Morning News)

Nothing says State Fair like fried everything, and nothing says Texas like chicken-fried steak. Glen Kusak's Chicken-Fried Bacon combined both, winning him the best taste award Monday at the fourth annual Big Tex Choice Awards.

"Everything in Texas is chicken-fried, and bacon makes everything better so we thought we'd put the two together," said Mr. Kusak, who owns Yoakum Packing and drives about 250 miles every year from South Texas to sell his smoked meat at the fair.