Carnival Eats: 12x13

2 Fast 2 Furikake

Noah Cappe heads to the Washington State Spring Fair in Puyallup for the Wake n’ Bacon Fry Pie — a breakfast bonanza of eggs, bacon and hash browns rolled into a hand pie — and the Hapa Dog — a Hawaiian-inspired Portuguese sausage topped with creamy coleslaw and furikake. In the cornhusker state of Nebraska, the Taste of Omaha makes good on the maize with The Firecracker — a deep-fried corn on the cob rolled in hot cheese puffs and spicy blue tortilla chips. The heat gets turned up for the Fiery Frank Roll — an egg-rolled sausage covered in queso and jalapenos — and The Snoop — a chicken and waffle-stuffed wrap with jalapeno-bacon jam and maple syrup. Then, it’s off to Arizona for the Pima County Fair, where a savory cake surprises with layers of rice, seaweed, pineapple and canned meat, and a divisive dessert known as The Pickle Split tickles every taste bud with its giant dill pickle wrapped in fruit leather and topped with pineapple soft serve and tamarind candy string.