Wait. I just looked at as map of Texas and I may be all wrong. I'm thinking the intersection on the Rankin Highway, turn left and you go to Sprayberry Field turn right and you go to Midkiff was Hadcol corner. Am I right or wrong Pete?

The rest of the story:
Back in the days Midland county(and most others) was as dry as land itself. Now anyone that has slung a chain on the floor of a rig knows it gets pretty dang hot and after a long hard tour a roughneck might find his self wanting a little pick me up.

In the sprawling area commonly known as Midkiff, the local store stocked Hadacol tonic, which was between 14 and 20% grain alcohol. Since most crews stopped to catch a soda or smokes the place sold a lot of Hadacol. As the gang truck sped away, tonic was imbibed and at the next intersection, which was a T intersection, it was common to toss the bottle. There were literately hundreds of bottles at that intersection.

This way the hands got a little buzz and weren't faced with driving 40+ miles after they got home in order to get something from the not so local Pinky's.

Well bless all this modern technology. Especially that there wikii-pedia. Bell kept going off in my head this afternoon, hadacol??? The Hadacol Caravan - last of the big Medicine Shows - Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Minnie Pearl, Hank Williams (thats where I remember it from - his biography!), among others. Contained diluted hydrochloric acid and 12% alcohol (per the label). Seems it was sold by the shot (glass) at some pharmacies in some dry counties. Groucho Marx to the inventor (a Louisiana Senator) "what's it good for?" "oh it was good for about 5 1/2 million for me last year". Listen to the cover of "Hadacol Boogie" by Jerry Lee Lewis on his 1996 LP. "Supposedly Midkiff Texas in Upton County was to have beeh named Hadacol Corner but the US Postal Service objected persumably on the basis of a registerd trademark (Patent Medicine) being used as the name of a town". Wish I'd of waited on Pete's response, kinda like his story better though they do somewhat go hand in hand.

I am in the big D and I do mean Dallas. It’s State Fair of Texas time and today I am head out to confirm the rumor that the fried treat of the year is . . . <drum roll> . . . fried Frito Pie!!!

This year there were eight fried treat entries this year:
1. Deep fried s'mores Pop-Tart - deep fried chocolate, peanut butter and s'mores Pop-Tart, battered and served with chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
2. Fried beer - beer filled battered and fried pretzel pocket.
3. Deep fried frozen maragarita - margarita flavored funnel cake served in a salt rimmed glass
4. Fried chocolate - candy bar and cherry stuffed inside a brownie, dipped in chocolate cake batter and fried. Served with cherry sauce and chocolate whipped cream.
5. Fried lemonade - lemon flavored pastry baked and fried served with lemonade glaze.
6. Fernie's fried club salad - 12" spinach wrap filled with ham, chicken, lettuce and tomatoes - deep fried and topped with croutons and served on a stick.
7. Texas fried caviar - fried black eyed peas, served with "special sauce".
8. Texas fried Frito pie - traditional Texas Frito pie, battered and deep fried.

The winner was #8 Fried Frito Pie . . . I’m gonna get me some, I’ll report back later

Almost forgot, from last year, there was chicken fried bacon, and that's a pretty good thing in it's own right :)

Dang!! I'm hungry now.......

Fried Frito Pie will be featured on the Food Network Friday Night @ 9:00 p.m.

False Alarm on the FFP. It wasn't fried and they actually put chopped BBQ and (ughh) goat cheese on it. Sacrilege

That is just wrong.

On so many levels.

Well food network was profiling an Austin restaurant so I tend to place blame on the restaurant. Traditional Frito Pie is just not upscale enough for Austin palates. No offense intended Granger.

Well it may have won the fried taste treat of this years fair but let me tell you this, it ain’t Frito Pie. Not to bad until you realize that you are paying 6 bucks for three or four big bite sized fried Frito Pie wanna be.

Chili and Fritos, no onion, no jalapeños, no cheese, and it cost 12 coupons ($6.00)

Now my hunting buddy, king James, is a coinsure of fine foods, so he decided that this week at the ranch to re-create the fried Frito Pie, a la James. His recipe included onions, jalapeños, cheese, and secret ingredient, cilantro.

First batch tasted good but didn’t hold up, second batch was awesome. James still wants to refine his offering but I managed to choke down 8-10 of the second batch with no trouble

Patton Springs Concession Stand review . . .

Looked like a fine concession stand, located in the North end of the field and prices are just about right. I had been told there was a strong possibility that there would not be Frito Pie available but I can report that rumor was false.

Easily the second best Frito pie of the season, Fresh Fritos, a really awesome chili, nacho cheese, and Jalapeños on request, but no onions. Other C-Stand fare was priced right and the workers were helpful and friendly.

I'm assuming Ms. Syndey's original reciepe -- in portions large enough to feed a starving family for a week at $2 -- still is #1, right.

That's about the jest of it. If Patton Springs had added the onions . . . who's to know, I really liked the chili on the PS pie, but the portions at Loraine were enormous.

Pete wanted my report on the GC concession stand, so here it is. I had heard rumors of a rib-eye steak sandwich before I went to the game. THOSE RUMORS WERE CONFIRMED!!! A pefectly seasoned piece of real, good God fearing American, dead cow on a bun. This with a drink, chips of your choice, & your choice of a candy was very reasonably priced @ $7. I know now why their football team is so good, they know how to eat! No chick-friggin-filet sandwiches brought in there!

For those who want a frito pie report, I bit the bullet & got one in the second half. (I almost said to heck with it & went with another rib-eye sandwich.) It was good. Chili was a quality, from the can type. Fresh fritos. Plenty of cheese. They had a room to the side where all the fixings were available, onions, jalepenos, etc.

There were probably more people in GC tonight than there ever have been. Although the lines were fairly long & the girls & mommas working the stand were fairly hard pressed, they were very friendly & efficient in their work. GC is a fine community with good folks in it.