Fried Pepsi

Bizarre. Yet I'm curious.

A former Patriot Ledger reporter enlightens her ex-colleagues on this Midwest treat:

‘‘It's like fried dough,’’ she tells us, ‘‘but whenever the recipe calls for water, they use Pepsi syrup, so it’s thicker and heavier than normal fried dough and tastes like Pepsi. Then they drizzle more Pepsi syrup on top, then coat it with your choice of powdered sugar or cinnamon. It is served in little balls, eight for $3.’’

(You can tell it's a completely dead August, also, when this is the top item of the Ledger's "Heard in the Halls" column. The next item is on something Tim Russert said. Last Thursday.)