{"id":45890,"date":"2026-05-15T01:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/45890\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:00:48","slug":"spam-fries-candied-pickles-and-ramen-doughnuts-feature-on-calgary-stampedes-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/45890\/","title":{"rendered":"Spam fries, candied pickles and ramen doughnuts feature on Calgary Stampede\u2019s menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A ramen doughnut, one of the new midway food items at the 2026 Calgary Stampede.Calgary Stampede\/via The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Calgary Stampede Princess Sarah O\u2019Brien and First Nations Princess Raegan First Rider took a deep breath Thursday before taking a big bite of \u201cWhat the Duck,\u201d a creation unveiled for the Stampede\u2019s midway this summer.<\/p>\n

The concoction of a duck breast, paired with crispy fried century egg on a bao bun was one of the dishes available for the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s different but it\u2019s pretty good. It goes really well with the hoisin sauce and the duck and the bao bun is really delicious. I think I would give this one a 9 out of 10,\u201d said O\u2019Brien with First Rider nodding in agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this was the thing I was most nervous of \u2013 duck and a century egg and a bao bun seems like a crazy item but surprisingly it goes really well together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Century eggs are a Chinese delicacy made by preserving duck eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to months. The process turns the white into a dark brown, jelly-like substance and the yolk into a creamy, savoury, umami-packed centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCentury is a duck egg, a preserved duck egg. You could eat it raw too. It\u2019s an Asian Chinese culture thing,\u201d said Tim Cheng of Dumpling Hero, who invented the dish.<\/p>\n

Duck breast with a duck egg on a bao bun. Doughnuts filled with cheese, topped with a golden crust of ramen noodles. A cheese pizza dipped in corn dog batter and deep fried. They’ll be just some of the artery-clogging items on the Calgary Stampede menu this summer.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Other foods on the 2026 menu include doughnuts filled with cheese, topped with a golden crust of ramen noodles, as well as Spam fries and candied pickles on a stick.<\/p>\n

Cheese pizza dipped in corn dog batter, dusted with Cheetos seasoning and tossed in the deep fryer are the creation of Jason Sheardown, the culinary director for Pizza 73.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the guy responsible for deep-frying slices. How do we make it stand out and be crazy and be worthy of a Calgary Stampede midway?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you\u2019ve got two great things combined into one delicious, deep-fried monstrosity.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re just some of the artery-clogging items featured on this summer\u2019s Stampede menu.<\/p>\n

The lineup may seem a little less daunting than last year for food aficionados, who got the chance to chow down on mopane worm poutine.<\/p>\n

Ashley Warner, the Stampede\u2019s midway manager, said exhibitors spend months developing imaginative and exclusive dishes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey take all year to look outside of Calgary and Alberta,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are looking at other events. They\u2019re really exploring so that you\u2019ll see a real variety of things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: A ramen doughnut, one of the new midway food items at the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[164,224,238,214,212,239,51,17,211,230,231,227,213,210,235,171,234,143,222,249,215,216,229,225,226,219,240,220,244,245,247,242,246,94,243,217,142,233,113,232,241,223,236,237,228,221,218,248],"class_list":{"0":"post-45890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-calgary","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-canada-news","17":"tag-canada-sports","18":"tag-canada-sports-news","19":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","20":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","21":"tag-canadian-news","22":"tag-economy","23":"tag-education","24":"tag-environment","25":"tag-federal-government","26":"tag-foreign-news","27":"tag-globe-and-mail","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","30":"tag-government","31":"tag-life-news","32":"tag-lifestyle","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-manitoba","35":"tag-national-news","36":"tag-new-brunswick","37":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","38":"tag-northwest-territories","39":"tag-nova-scotia","40":"tag-nunavut","41":"tag-ontario","42":"tag-pei","43":"tag-photos","44":"tag-political-news","45":"tag-political-opinion","46":"tag-politics","47":"tag-politics-news","48":"tag-quebec","49":"tag-sports-news","50":"tag-technology","51":"tag-travel","52":"tag-trudeau","53":"tag-us-news","54":"tag-world-news","55":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}