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Every October, culinary masters compete at the Texas State Fair for the “Big Tex” prize – an award for the most fabulous, new recipe for a fried dessert. Though this year’s winner – fried cookie dough – sounds lovely, I was bummed to hear that a recipe for Fried Banana Pudding failed to place, especially considering the heart-wrenching tale behind it, according to the Dallas Morning News:
“Although food vendor Debbie Hays and her family were among the vendors who weren’t awarded a Big Tex trophy, they said they are still walking tall.
B.W.’s Original Fried Banana Pudding was the invention of Ms. Hays’ brother, longtime concessionaire B.W. Morrow, who died of a heart attack earlier this year. His recipe was picked to be in the contest posthumously.
His wife and daughter came to the contest to see how everyone would respond to Mr. Morrow’s last fair food contribution, banana pudding wrapped in a tortilla and fried.
The judges said it was deliciously comforting.
“He had worked on creating this for this year’s fair,” said Mr. Morrow’s wife, Judy. “This is a real honor for us to be in the contest. He’d be proud.”
Rest in peace, B.W. You’ve earned your place in the pantheon of the greats.
Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman 
