Ballpark Food?

This was posted last week, but it's new to me...Brian VanOchten of the Grand Rapids Press has a blog and is not afraid to use it, especially when it comes to rating new potential foods at Fifth Third Ballpark, the home of the Midwest League Champion West Michigan Whitecaps, after a taste test.

Brian has a top five, but all you really need to know are the top two:

1. The pretzel bun for hamburgers and other gourmet sandwiches. "You can use it with any one of our gourmet sandwiches. It's my favorite," he said.

The skinny: It got a big thumps up from the rest of the testers. Expect it to be offered at the ballpark this season.

2. Deep-fried Pepsi and Mountain Dew: "It's unique and different," Timon said.

It's made by combining the soft drinks with a dough batter, frying it in zero-trans-fat oil (sounds like a health food, huh?), pouring Pepsi or Mountain Dew syrup over the doughnut-hole-shaped confections and finishing them off by drizzling Pepsi- or Mountain Dew-flavored icing on top.

The skinny: It sounds disgusting, but it should be a big hit with kids. I tried it but wasn't that impressed. The flavors are a little too subtle and I'd rather get soft-serve ice cream for dessert. For kids, though, it's a home run.

See, the caffine in the Mountain Dew fires through the arteries and blasts out the clogs. At least that's my theory. Who says ballpark food isn't healthy? You? Over there? Well, you are so wrong.