Fried food guru (and fried butter inventor) Abel Gonzales Jr. failed to qualify for the Big Tex Choice Awards for the first time in nine years. Says Gonzales: "Maybe this fry game is a young man's game and it's passed me up. Or maybe I just sucked this year." Nonetheless, you can taste his new fried brisket when the fair kicks off on September 26. [City of Ate]
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