602134 Sun Mar 08 16:14:15 -0700 2009 199 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4485232 Please share your experience of The Best Fried Thing you ever ate... A recent contender bought earlier today (I ate it 5 hours later) from a Cambodian grocery store in Lynn, MA called: Pailin Lynn Market 859 Western Ave Lynn, MA 01905 (781) 593-0849 Hard to even describe: dense chewy donut-ish outer with a nice cracking/crumbling confectioners sugar frost. Inside an almost savory but sort of sweet. Thought it was white bean paste (but a bit more savory), very crumbly almost like cooked egg yoke. Not doing it justice, but it was sublime. Amongst the best deep fried things I have ever eaten. Sun Mar 08 16:14:15 -0700 2009 10169 StriperGuy 1 4485325 I nominate "suppli di riso" (also known as "arancini"). Cooked arborio rice rolled in a ball, stuffed w/ dolcelatte gorgonzola & fontina cheeses, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried. Served w/ a simple tomato sauce. Mmmm.... fried rice balls.... adam Sun Mar 08 16:45:55 -0700 2009 4485232 154787 adamshoe 2 4485344 I am a big fan of arancini. Other fried items I adore: clams, onion rings, donuts, zepolli di San Giuseppe, oysters, tostones, Brazilian salgadinhos, various Chines foods, fish sandwich... and more. Sun Mar 08 16:55:36 -0700 2009 4485325 10169 StriperGuy 2 4486582 Ooh yes arancini. I made those for our holiday dinner this year. Loved it! :) Mon Mar 09 06:18:04 -0700 2009 4485325 119275 Morganna 2 4491474 Well, they can be stuffed with various things—sometimes a little ragu, mozz—in fact I've never had them with gorgonzola. Best I ever had were in 1998 in a train station in Palermo on my birthday, which happens to be August 15, i.e. a holiday in Italy, ferie d'agosto, when everything else in the city was closed. I'd been feeling very sorry for myself all day—until that first bite. Then everything was golden and new. Tue Mar 10 11:52:00 -0700 2009 4485325 11106 tatamagouche 2 4495638 I'm right there with you on the aranchini! I love them and will hunt them down when I travel. But, this past week in NOLA I ate more fried oysters than I've had in years, and I'm still craving them! I simply adore them. Wed Mar 11 15:10:28 -0700 2009 4485325 222865 FoodChic 2 4502001 Just to clear up a few misconceptions. Arancini are a speciality of Sicilian cuisine. They are fried rice balls,filled with ragù (meat sauce), mozzarella, peas, On the outside they are simply coated with bread crumbs and fried. In Northern Italian cuisine, supplì di riso are similar, but typically are larger, have fewer vegetables, use gravy, and the rice used is generally leftover risotto rather than specially made. Neither would authentically use dolcelatte gorgonzola & fontina cheeses. In fact docelatte is a separate type of cheese it is in fact a milder smelling and tasting alternative. Fontina is very similar to Gruyere. In short Arancini and Suppli di Riso are two different things. A variant that uses gorgonzola and or fontina is not at all authentic, although I am pleased that you enjoyed it all the same. GFL Fri Mar 13 12:07:14 -0700 2009 4485325 139527 GodfatherofLunch 2 4504072 So no one in Italy would ever use gorgonzola or fontina in any arancini ever. Got it. Thanks for clearing that up. Good thing something not being authentic doesn't keep me from enjoying a really wonderful combination of flavours. :) Sat Mar 14 07:46:43 -0700 2009 4502008 119275 Morganna 3 4504462 I agree with you. If it tastes good, it tastes good- period Sat Mar 14 10:38:01 -0700 2009 4504072 139527 GodfatherofLunch 1 4485540 Cremator hot dog at Rut's Hut, Clifton, NJ Chicharon, New Mex and Bolivia Soppapillas, New Mexico treat, Rocky Mountain oysters too Cod tongues and cheeks, Norway Clams, fish, and scallops in Maine Liha Pirraka at the train station in Helsinki Fish or crab cakes Chorizo Pork and lamb chops Sun Mar 08 18:04:31 -0700 2009 4485232 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4485624 What is Liha Pirraka? And to the poster below, though I live in Beantown I far prefer NY style zeppoli, unless we are referring to Zeppoli di san giuseppe at Modern Pastry in the North End which is an amazing confection that I have posted about several times. Sun Mar 08 18:31:52 -0700 2009 4485540 10169 StriperGuy 3 4485748 A lijha pirraka is kind of like a cruller dough filled w/ ground beef, rice & spice (allspice?) and deep fry it. Then cut open one end, it is the sze of an oblong Whopper, through in a couple of nakki (hot dogs) and your favorite condiments. Great after a night of Korskonkorva Vodka. Hyvaa Ilta (good evening) Sun Mar 08 19:14:28 -0700 2009 4485624 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4486048 Now I REALLY want to go to Helsinki... Sun Mar 08 21:08:52 -0700 2009 4485748 198984 Jeri L 4 4489886 Passa, you're hurting me! ;-) Ah, the kioski in the rail station and the wonders of liha piiraka! Plus, the magnificent Finnish mustard to cut the grease. Suberb! Terve! Cay Mon Mar 09 23:09:30 -0700 2009 4485748 49525 cayjohan 5 4489990 When were you in Helsinke? For how long? We were there from '81-'86 Koff Tue Mar 10 01:50:06 -0700 2009 4489886 93538 Passadumkeg 6 4491773 1981 to 1982, a little over a year, then again for awhile in 1987. The fried makkara and pineapple sandwiches were heaven as well. Two a.m. on the Esplanadi, scarfing down fried sausage sandwiches by the harbor? Such a delicious food memory. And grueling, since I would love the taste again! Cay Tue Mar 10 12:57:26 -0700 2009 4489990 49525 cayjohan 7 4492297 Gee, maybe we were standing in line together. I belonged to Suomen Sauna Seura (The Finnish Sauna Society) Loved grilli makkara after sauna and dip in the frozen Baltic. I lived in Munkeniemi. What area did you? Tue Mar 10 15:22:18 -0700 2009 4491773 93538 Passadumkeg 8 4492361 I have share this link with you guys. It's the Helsinki Complaints Choir. Food-related part of this video: "Why is the 'Meter Pizza' only half a metre long?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATXV3DzKv68 Enjoy! Tue Mar 10 15:45:55 -0700 2009 4492297 249664 kattyeyes 9 4492670 Yes, I've seen it, but thanks. The beginning and the end are the Helsinki Train Station, with I think, the Lija pirrakka kiosk in the background. A Metre Pizza is a a large pizza, theoretically a meter across, but in reality, only half a meter. The TV license lyric is about the yearly license, about a hundred bucks, that one paid to have ad-free TV. They knocked on the door in the evening to check if you had one, if not, took the TV. Kiitos, Marrku Tue Mar 10 17:23:34 -0700 2009 4492361 93538 Passadumkeg 9 4499555 Kattyeyes, loved it! Thanks for sharing! Straight to the facebook. And the music is just grand. That's why the downtrodden need lovely fried kiosk food! Grins, Cay Thu Mar 12 17:09:48 -0700 2009 4492361 49525 cayjohan 8 4496679 Passa, lived in Herttoniemi. And the market by the roundabout there had most spectacular tippaleivat (sort of like funnel cakes, but waaaay lighter and yeasty) for May Day. (Aaahh, with a glass of simaa!) Yet another great fried food from a country not especially tilted toward the vats of oil. I love your posts on Finnish foods. Keep them coming! Although it makes me feel oddly "home"sick. Moido, Cay Wed Mar 11 21:37:49 -0700 2009 4492297 49525 cayjohan 9 4498770 I used to go to a large cavernous pub near Herrtoniemi; it was just behind the East German (!?) information office. Were you studying? The fried dough were "birds nests" I've forgotten the Finnish name, but light and airy. nakkamien Thu Mar 12 13:32:08 -0700 2009 4496679 93538 Passadumkeg 10 4499564 The word we used was "tippaleipa" and is was served especially at May Day. Yep, I was studying. Pity that my greatest memories were of the food! Then again, maybe not. Terve, Cay Do you want the recipe I have? Thu Mar 12 17:13:41 -0700 2009 4498770 49525 cayjohan 11 4500522 got, it, have 3 Finnish cook books, but very rarely deep fry. What I do want to know is where a Finnish restaurant is w/in the US besides the UP. There used to be one in Thomaston, Me were a lot of Fins settled for quarrying. Fri Mar 13 03:16:35 -0700 2009 4499564 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4499664 Those zeppoli di san giuseppe are cream-filled as opposed to "sfingi" which are ricotta based, right?. Fried? hmmm ... I'll go with "atherina" (whitebait), squeeze of lemon, shake of salt on any hot summer day. Thu Mar 12 17:54:03 -0700 2009 4485624 67783 TheDescendedLefticleOfAramis 1 4485600 Lumpia. My sister in law is from the Phillipines and I was introduced to it at her house. Love it. Also love hush puppies, zeppolis (New York style not that lump of dough you get in Boston), fried scallops, arancini as long as there are no peas in it and mozzarella sticks. Sun Mar 08 18:20:59 -0700 2009 4485232 122195 mrsbuffer 1 4485673 Churros filled with dulce de leche! On the savoury front, calamari, potato croquettes, moquecas de camarao, Mexican tostadas Sun Mar 08 18:51:20 -0700 2009 4485232 240789 Paula76 2 4492613 Paula, i'm with you on the churros...but i like mine plain, no filling. Tue Mar 10 17:05:41 -0700 2009 4485673 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 4501887 Yummmmm Churros, def w/ dulce de leche, like from the cart in san jose, costa rica.... just about the best thing ever Fri Mar 13 11:39:17 -0700 2009 4492613 264146 kubasd 1 4485721 Whole sparrow in Burma The frame from the steamed grouper that we just finished - Singapore, Hong Kong, elsewhere Adult beetles from the white grubs in SE Asia that mature and swarm every or every two years Sun Mar 08 19:05:10 -0700 2009 4485232 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 4485832 Sam, the cat pictured in my avatar would like to know how to get to Colombia. You spoke directly to her heart with your fried whole sparrow suggestion. ;) A few of my fave fried thangs: arancine (me, too!) calzone (local place that did this no longer does--what a shame!) beer-battered Oreos tempura-battered bananas mozz pizza fritte Sun Mar 08 19:44:57 -0700 2009 4485721 249664 kattyeyes 3 4485871 eyes, I rarely eat deep fried so I remember the good ones. You, your cat (and what an honor), and I have to return to the remote parts of Burma. The kids were waving the goods on a stick (clamped, not skewered), my Burmese colleagues (best in the world) didn't want to stop or thought I wouldn't like them. Really delicious!!! Sun Mar 08 20:00:14 -0700 2009 4485832 36661 Sam Fujisaka 4 4496377 Me too, me too. And my cat too. Well, maybe she's too old but I'll eat her portion of sparrow. (Why do some people have problems with some birds but suck down turkey and chicken with abandon?) katty, please tell me that we're NOT going to have to eat beer-batter Oreos when we come see you this summer! I don't like sweets :) Wed Mar 11 19:32:41 -0700 2009 4485871 131001 c oliver 5 4496416 <<(Why do some people have problems with some birds but suck down turkey and chicken with abandon?)>> Must be they don't all "taste like chicken!" ;) We don't make the Oreos at home--I had them at a brewing company in Amherst, MA about 10 years ago...but, as you can see, they are deeply ingrained in my memory. Wed Mar 11 19:46:13 -0700 2009 4496377 249664 kattyeyes 6 4496427 Ho ho. Thank heavens you don't MAKE those Oreos. The thought of an Oreo in its original state sets my teeth on edge so fried? No. Wed Mar 11 19:49:44 -0700 2009 4496416 131001 c oliver 7 4496442 You can have a pass since you don't like sweets. But fried Oreos end up tasting like a warm brownie when done just right...the cookie melts within the crispy batter coating and tastes oh so good over ice cream. MOOOOOO! Wed Mar 11 19:55:47 -0700 2009 4496427 249664 kattyeyes 8 4498330 Sounds awesomely repulsive to me, like the butter on doughnuts in that other thread. I'd try 'em! Thu Mar 12 11:45:46 -0700 2009 4496442 11106 tatamagouche 9 4498714 No, repulsive is a fried twinkie... Thu Mar 12 13:19:43 -0700 2009 4498330 222865 FoodChic 10 4498727 DO NOT give kattyeyes ANY ideas! Please! Thu Mar 12 13:22:14 -0700 2009 4498714 131001 c oliver 11 4499503 Thanks, tatamagouche. Where is bigfellow when I need him? He gets it, too: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/590760 Thu Mar 12 16:51:35 -0700 2009 4498727 249664 kattyeyes 12 4572904 As on Kattyeyes post: Deep Fried Mars Bars!!!! Any chippy in Scotland and here at selects eateries in the New World! Mon Apr 06 15:58:30 -0700 2009 4499503 259263 bigfellow 10 4499929 foodchic, would you try a fried twinkie? i've never tried one, as i'm really not crazy about twinkies. but it might be *better* fried. ;-). i've never tried a fried mars bar, either. Thu Mar 12 19:25:19 -0700 2009 4498714 105717 alkapal 11 4500565 Living in Texas we get exposed to all sorts of "treats." The Texas State Fair has fried Twinkies, Oreos, Chicken Fried Bacon, Fried Banana Split, Fried Grilled Cheese, and...well here see for yourself: http://www.bigtex.com/foodlocator/ As you see the list goes on and on to neverending fried crap. Anyway, there is a local arts festival in April that I love to attend downtown Fort Worth, but unfortunately the vendors bring in a lot of this stuff they pick up from the state fair. I've never been to the Texas State Fair, so long story short, yes, I've tried a fried twinkie. It was about 4 yrs ago at this arts festival and it was just plain gross. Fri Mar 13 04:17:49 -0700 2009 4499929 222865 FoodChic 12 4500593 i do admit to once making a twinkie-misu, though! http://www.grouprecipes.com/12947/twinkie-misu.html Fri Mar 13 04:43:06 -0700 2009 4500565 105717 alkapal 12 4501371 The Rodeo is in Houston right now and they are deep frying everything that doesn't move! Every year it gets more outrageous than the year before. One place has even deep fried watermelon. Fri Mar 13 09:16:10 -0700 2009 4500565 80937 danhole 1 4485782 Sesame Balls Fried Mozzarella Sticks Dill Pickles Chicken or Veggie Tempura Sun Mar 08 19:27:56 -0700 2009 4485232 152043 TampaAurora 2 4487548 Does anyone eat (or make) fried dill pickles above the Mason-Dixon? Mon Mar 09 11:03:39 -0700 2009 4485782 24468 chicgail 3 4487645 probably not, but it's a shame! there are a few different styles: mainly, spear vs. chip (i prefer chip, because the spear gets too googly inside for my taste). then, there is the dipping sauce, which is usually of the ranch persuasion. Mon Mar 09 11:31:13 -0700 2009 4487548 202980 dinaofdoom 4 4488148 I've only ever seen the chips. I had some a couple weeks ago served w/ a creamy horseradish dip. But I never heard of them (or boiled peanuts) until moving to NC 12 yrs ago. Mon Mar 09 13:36:05 -0700 2009 4487645 71241 lynnlato 4 4488359 I concur! The spears just get oddly textured. I don't tend towards the ranch dip - I just eat em plain and tasty. Speaking of Southern Fried deliciousness - I can't get enough of corn fritters. Like a hushpuppy but better. Mon Mar 09 14:26:51 -0700 2009 4487645 152043 TampaAurora 5 4488828 Ooooh, I love corn fritters too. Are they a Southern food? I always thought they were Pennsylvania Dutch for some reason. Hmpf. Mon Mar 09 16:32:54 -0700 2009 4488359 71241 lynnlato 6 4488981 I was born and lived in Philly until a few days before my 7th Bday and don't remember having corn fritters until we moved to Florida at some fried fish dives. They were the highlight of any meal that had them! Mon Mar 09 17:18:02 -0700 2009 4488828 152043 TampaAurora 7 4490194 Different people make corn fritters differently. I think the southern version is more like a hush puppy: round globs of batter dropped into hot fat to deep fry. My mom used to make her version of corn fritters, which I think was more like the PA Dutch version. We used to have them for dinner. Hers were more like a pancake, using cornmeal as well as flour. She took fresh corn off the cob & put that in the batter. Before she took it off the cob, she ran her knife down each row of kernals to slice them open & release the juice into the batter. Also used bacon grease in the batter (those were the days when everyone had a cup on their counter where they saved their bacon drippings). They were pan fried, like pancakes, but used a little more grease in the pan to make them crispier than a regular pancake. Served with syrup & butter. Sometimes served with a side of home made hash or with scrapple. They were such a treat that I never realized until years later that they were one of her ways to fill our bellies when a the pantry was bare & money was scarce. Tue Mar 10 05:53:43 -0700 2009 4488981 90359 PattiCakes 8 4490204 May have been modest fair, but sounds delicious. Think I might have to try to improvise your moms recipe this summer when corn is in season. Tue Mar 10 05:58:19 -0700 2009 4490194 10169 StriperGuy 8 4490265 Well done, Patticakes... you described my mom's corn fritters perfectly. Yum, corn milk! I've lived in NC for the past 12 years and haven't seen corn fritters anywhere here. 'Course I never saw them in restos in PA either. But ours were definitely more like pancakes and we ate them for dinner. BTW, thanks to CH, I keep my bacon fat in a jar and use it often! :) Tue Mar 10 06:22:00 -0700 2009 4490194 71241 lynnlato 9 4490713 Thanks, Lynn! I think they are not resto food because they are basically a very humble thing. A fill-your-belly-when-times-are-lean food. And you need fresh corn. Tomato gravy (the cream kind, not my South Philly Italian friends' gravy) over toast and potato pancakes are in that same catagory. I thought they were great treats when I was a kid -- it never occured to me that it was an eat-on-the-cheap dinner. And I am now salivating uncontrolably. Tue Mar 10 08:47:10 -0700 2009 4490265 90359 PattiCakes 10 4491602 I still use a Joy of Cooking recipe. Corn, sliced from the cob and then the back of the knife used to get out the kernel milk (1-2 ears) one egg, divided...whites whipped salt (usually Season Salt) mix the yolk with the corn, blend in the really whipped whites, fry in oil or bacon grease. If I'm forced, I might add a tsp or 2 of flour, but try and leave it out made like a pancake, soft, light. Not like hush puppies, apple fritters clam/conch fritters,etc at all. served with syrup at breakfast, salt and butter at other times Tue Mar 10 12:19:25 -0700 2009 4490713 204342 FriedClamFanatic 11 4491631 No flour, would not have thought... must be very light and fluffy. Tue Mar 10 12:25:09 -0700 2009 4491602 10169 StriperGuy 11 4491673 Intersting. Sounds yummy. My mom's were more like corn pancakes, probably because she really wanted to fill us up. Used both white flour & a touch of corn meal to give a a bit of a grainy mouth feel. Tue Mar 10 12:34:02 -0700 2009 4491602 90359 PattiCakes 12 4491698 That was what I assumed and had more in mind. I actually make a cornmeal pancake for breakfast and am imagining a version of that with fresh corn and corn milk added. Tue Mar 10 12:40:32 -0700 2009 4491673 10169 StriperGuy 3 4488190 Some pubs in Maine do. The Thirsty Whale fur sure. Does anyone below the Mason-Dixon make make or eat molasas brown bread aka Indian pudding? Mon Mar 09 13:42:51 -0700 2009 4487548 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4488537 as a bostonian in austin, i sure haven't seen it. Mon Mar 09 15:08:55 -0700 2009 4488190 202980 dinaofdoom 5 4488703 But you have the tortilleria at Fiesta Supermarket. I just lugged back hundreds of tortillas back from LV 10 days ago. We may visit our daughter in Austin spring break. Its been another rough winter here. Mon Mar 09 15:59:38 -0700 2009 4488537 93538 Passadumkeg 6 4488742 i guess that is the trade off-- indian pudding/brown bread --> tortillas. speaking of pudding: i think fried corn pudding would be amazing! Mon Mar 09 16:08:25 -0700 2009 4488703 202980 dinaofdoom 6 4488884 Very good locally made tortillas can be had in Boston. Russos sells them, but you can even go by them from the factories, Lowell, Lawrence, Worcester, I think there use to be one in JP. Mon Mar 09 16:47:28 -0700 2009 4488703 10169 StriperGuy 3 4488427 Anchor Food products, owned by Heinz and/or McCain has a mess of fried products available, including pickle spears. http://www.mccainusa.com/McCainFoodService/Lists/Product/DispForm.aspx?pc=50010153 Not a true 'homemade' item (prebattered, parfried), but any restaurant in US or Canada has access to them. Underappreciated the more north you go, I think. Mon Mar 09 14:41:33 -0700 2009 4487548 176627 porker 4 4493601 Yeah, in Boston they were a rarity but now that I'm living in the Southwest again I see them far more often. They're on the Hooters menu, for one thing, as I know only because I was obliged to go for my first and last time recently with a friend—a gay male, which was the sweet part—who won a wings party. Wed Mar 11 05:16:49 -0700 2009 4488427 11106 tatamagouche 3 4490217 There's a restaurant in Jersey with a southern theme that serves the fried pickle chips, sadly it is the best thing on the menu. Tue Mar 10 06:04:54 -0700 2009 4487548 154901 roro1831 3 4490688 Yes, there's a local restaurant here in central Vermont that has them on the menu. River Run in Plainfield, VT. :) Tue Mar 10 08:39:45 -0700 2009 4487548 119275 Morganna 3 4491352 YES ; and my 3 grain coating comes from a stone mill in Tennessee Tue Mar 10 11:26:19 -0700 2009 4487548 203919 lcool 3 4491931 I've had fried pickles in Michigan. Tue Mar 10 13:37:09 -0700 2009 4487548 10195 KTinNYC 3 4501898 they had them at the big e this year, right with the veggie tempura.... yummm Fri Mar 13 11:42:04 -0700 2009 4487548 264146 kubasd 4 4502014 LOVE The Big E--though my big thing there (besides riding the giant slide--WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!) is the apple flappen, speaking of deliciously fried thangs! Gotta go next year. I missed the past couple of years. P.S. The Big E (for everyone else) is a multistate fair for New England states. Fri Mar 13 12:09:42 -0700 2009 4501898 249664 kattyeyes 3 4504388 I had them in a pub in Saint John, New Brunswick a couple of summers ago, spears, not chips. Sat Mar 14 10:03:08 -0700 2009 4487548 153184 im_nomad 3 4534052 I love fried dill pickles! Spears of course...easier to dip in my opinion. I have yet to find a quality place in the Chicago area but always on the look out. Tue Mar 24 12:39:19 -0700 2009 4487548 271168 abduction51 3 4566101 I just had some last night in Detroit. Fri Apr 03 17:47:48 -0700 2009 4487548 178033 JanPrimus 1 4485817 plantains (tostones) yuca sardinhas fritas (fried in olive oil) malasadas (portuguese-hawaiian donuts) Sun Mar 08 19:38:41 -0700 2009 4485232 227302 kirinraj 1 4486043 I'm not so much a sweet guy, so can't really appreciate a sweet thang, fried or otherwise. I've said it before and I'll say it again, one of the tastiest things I've ever had (along the lines of Passadumkeg's chicharon) is Yucatec kastacan - fried pork belly. To me, its simply one of the best thangs EVER, it just happens to be fried, falling under this category. Mention kastacan to any ex-pat Yucateco and they get a far-away, dreamy look in their eye. I feel the same way............gotta get back.......soon...... Sun Mar 08 21:06:27 -0700 2009 4485232 176627 porker 1 4486203 The "Quickie," a wheat-battered hot dog on a stick they used to serve in my mom's home town. Sadly no longer there. Lumpia Thai taro cakes Vietnamese sweet potatoes and shrimp My mom's fried chicken Malaysian curry puffs My best (Argentinian) friend's chicken empanadas Perfect falafel (the equal of which I've still never found from a cart that used to be at the corner of 55th and 5th in NYC when I was in high school) But No. 1, no question, is perfect french fries. My favorite taste ever. Sun Mar 08 22:41:06 -0700 2009 4485232 130151 dmd_kc 1 4486222 Where to begin? I so love fried foods. Mum's Korean eggrolls Southern fried chicken tempura Langos (Hungarian fried bread) Portuguese fried dough Polish donuts Packzi? MIng's Fried banana in spicy sauce Anything fried by MIng Fritto Misto, and Roman fried artichokes Fried ice cream Yes yes yes to hushpuppies Another resounding yes to zeppole di San Giuseppe Shrimp Rissois Fried hunks of bacon (we have a local butcher who does this on a regular basis) Sun Mar 08 22:52:51 -0700 2009 4485232 89969 moh 2 4486247 Oops, forgot Churros.... silly me. Sun Mar 08 23:16:25 -0700 2009 4486222 89969 moh 2 4487653 is the bacon battered or dredged in something first? intriguing! Mon Mar 09 11:33:03 -0700 2009 4486222 202980 dinaofdoom 3 4487703 I don't know about what moh is talking about, but my daughter recently had some chicken fried bacon! Yes, like a chicken fried steak, but it was bacon. Said it was good but she could only eat one piece. Mon Mar 09 11:47:31 -0700 2009 4487653 80937 danhole 4 4487809 we have that here in texas, and the media loves to do stories on it! actually, we have chicken-fried everything here in texas, pretty much. i am eating chicken-fried chicken as i type this (i kid you not). i have also enjoyed a chicken-fried portobella. Mon Mar 09 12:13:34 -0700 2009 4487703 202980 dinaofdoom 5 4487854 Silly dina - where do you think we live? In Texas, of course! Mon Mar 09 12:24:39 -0700 2009 4487809 80937 danhole 6 4488543 oh, der, i should have known! now pass the fried pickles, please... Mon Mar 09 15:10:07 -0700 2009 4487854 202980 dinaofdoom 3 4488722 dinaofdoom, here is a link to my report on the deep-fried bacon, with a few pictures: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/565654 It is insanely good. Oh dear, I can't believe I didn't include Uglesich's soft shell crab po-boy on my fried foods list! Fried oysters, fried clams, fried scallop, fish and chips... all so good. Mon Mar 09 16:03:10 -0700 2009 4487653 89969 moh 1 4486236 the *best* fried thing i ever ate was a deep fried fresh florida lobster caught and cooked by my nephew. Sun Mar 08 23:05:56 -0700 2009 4485232 105717 alkapal 2 4496391 Oh, gawd, that sounds soooo good. Wed Mar 11 19:38:03 -0700 2009 4486236 131001 c oliver 2 4524789 I do fried fl. lobster quite a bit, coconut batter then dip in plum sauce OMG. Also beer batter w/cajun seasonigs. Oysters wraped in parcooked bacon, hold in place w/ a toothpick, sprinkle w/ Redneck Pepper (they have a website) then deepfry. Off the chain! Another fav. Low and Slow B.B.Q. in Cocoa Beach slices jalapenos in rings, batters them and fries them, served w/ hoarsy ranch dip, wow! Sat Mar 21 06:35:30 -0700 2009 4486236 232150 bigdnotemeril 3 4524800 coconut batter? please 'splain, big d! Sat Mar 21 06:42:01 -0700 2009 4524789 105717 alkapal 3 4524925 oh thoise sound heavenly! Yeah, we need the recipe! Sat Mar 21 07:48:12 -0700 2009 4524789 204342 FriedClamFanatic 4 4526963 Ok here 'tis heat peanut oil to 350 d. wisk 1cup ea. of beer and bisquick till smooth. Cut lobster tail into pieces ('bout 2 bites ea.) Dip into batter and shake off excess. Dredge into 1 cup of fresh grated coconut, or store bought flaked if un avail. drop in oil for about 60 to 90 sec. Drain, salt if desired. Serve w / Plum sauce. Which is found in oreintal section of most markets. I like to saute a little minced jalapeno, then add the plum sauce and 3 or 4 tbs orange marmalade and serve warm. Sun Mar 22 07:07:12 -0700 2009 4524925 232150 bigdnotemeril 5 4526995 Any time you feel like frying up a batch of that lobster and need some help eating it you let us know. Certainly sounds like a strong contender for "best fried thang." The Cocoa beach slices don't sound bad either. Sun Mar 22 07:25:28 -0700 2009 4526963 10169 StriperGuy 5 4527822 Sweet!.........Thanks! Sun Mar 22 13:27:42 -0700 2009 4526963 204342 FriedClamFanatic 3 4525227 Sounds awesome, what's a cocoa beach slice? Sat Mar 21 10:14:23 -0700 2009 4524789 10169 StriperGuy 4 4526979 Sorry, Low and Slow B.B.Q in Cocoa Beach. Slices jalapeno into rings, and fries them in batter I think its just egg wash and seasoned flour. then fries them until golden, Served w/ that awesome hoarsy ranch dip! Sun Mar 22 07:13:34 -0700 2009 4525227 232150 bigdnotemeril 1 4486494 Vietnamese spring rolls made by my neighbors mother;sweet potatoe chips;sweet potatoe tempura;the coconut shrimp and doughnut hole fritters made by a catering friend Mon Mar 09 05:31:06 -0700 2009 4485232 203919 lcool 1 4486714 Fresh fried pork skin from a Berkshire pig . . . still warm when served Cajun fried turkey Beignet from Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans Shrimp Tempura from defunct japanese restaurant in Houston Mon Mar 09 07:09:48 -0700 2009 4485232 80937 danhole 2 4486749 Where are all of you Southerners? Nothin' better'n a Calabash Buffet. A yearly indulgence while on vacation in NC. Fried EVERYTHING: chicken, seafood, but best of all fried okra and hush puppies. All washed down with sweet tea. Can you spell "clogged arteries"?? Mon Mar 09 07:23:16 -0700 2009 4486714 90359 PattiCakes 3 4487095 "Can you spell "clogged arteries"??" Yes, Patti, I can, which is why my list is short and everything on it are not on my regular diet! I love all the things you mention, but refrain! Hard, but must do it! Mon Mar 09 09:09:00 -0700 2009 4486749 80937 danhole 3 4501448 2nd the okra. It's the perfect hangover food! Fri Mar 13 09:35:30 -0700 2009 4486749 92744 invinotheresverde 1 4486766 If there can only be one best fried thang evar, my vote would go to lechon kawali, a.k.a. deep-fried pork belly. The crunchy skins and exterior gives way to a layer of creamy fat and beneath that, tender meat. http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-kawali-bagnet-part-ii Mon Mar 09 07:28:59 -0700 2009 4485232 68363 JungMann 2 4488428 that looks heavenly! Mon Mar 09 14:41:34 -0700 2009 4486766 204342 FriedClamFanatic 2 4491156 Now I know what FOOD PORN looks like!, I'm drooling ala Homer Simpson:-) Tue Mar 10 10:38:23 -0700 2009 4486766 135170 kpaumer 1 4486862 Cajun Pistols. I had them at the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge Louisiana and they were great. Basically a stuffed crawfish beignet. Mon Mar 09 08:00:44 -0700 2009 4485232 14445 swamp 1 4486939 My own fried eggplant- nothing else comes close! But if I had to choose something it would be cracklins that were just out of the fryer at some old grocery store in south Louisiana somewhere. There is a reason that they are called CRACKlins... Mon Mar 09 08:29:03 -0700 2009 4485232 96658 Clarkafella 1 4486955 Fried chicken Fried okra Fried oysters and shrimp Fried green tomatoes Mon Mar 09 08:32:00 -0700 2009 4485232 253735 bayoucook 1 4487052 Piroshki, specifically from the now defunct 'House of Piroshki' in San Francisco. Mon Mar 09 08:57:47 -0700 2009 4485232 14093 Melanie 2 4487093 Ochen horroshow! Very good. Was just thinking about making some this past weknd. Mon Mar 09 09:08:44 -0700 2009 4487052 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4487322 Are piroshki always deep fried? I thought they were a steamed or baked thing. Is a pierogie the same thing as a piroshki? confused.... adam Mon Mar 09 10:05:52 -0700 2009 4487052 154787 adamshoe 3 4487497 no, not usually deep fried. They are not unlike ravioli, so are usually boiled, then sauted in lots of butter with onions. You see them deep fried at state fairs, local ball parks & such -- probably have made their way into bars as well. They are a lot easier to eat as finger food when they are fried. Mon Mar 09 10:52:57 -0700 2009 4487322 90359 PattiCakes 4 4490341 Actually, I'm speaking of the Russian Piroshki, not pierogi, which is often fried: Here are a few pictures http://www.russianfamily.net/images/rf_FriedPiroshki.jpg http://www.arpcache.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/picture-059.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KkprCJsQ7eE/SXtbyDKFdNI/AAAAAAAAAXA/cqQffHYKN4w/s400/300px-Piroshki.JPG Now I'm hungry! Tue Mar 10 06:49:16 -0700 2009 4487497 14093 Melanie 5 4490857 Thanks!!! Gotta love that good ol' Slavic food! Tue Mar 10 09:24:18 -0700 2009 4490341 90359 PattiCakes 5 4500841 Melanie I am reporting this post as TOTALLY UNFAIR and MEAN! YOU ARE A BIG MEANIE!!! ;op oh dear sweet baby jesus I LOVE those things. My very sweet Ukrainian girlfriend (the same one that made me pielmeni) would bring these in for me and they are just so amazing. I'm not mad at you, but you totally hurt my feelings........... Fri Mar 13 06:51:58 -0700 2009 4490341 110426 Boccone Dolce 6 4501457 Baccone Dolce! I'm so sorry! I am mean and I am clearly a masochist as well. I think I drooled all over my computer when I was searching for those pictures. Good piroshkis really are amazing aren't they?? Fri Mar 13 09:37:20 -0700 2009 4500841 14093 Melanie 7 4501789 You can get a pielmieni press on line. makes it a lot faster. grew up on them. Ate them in USSR and Helsinkin too. Russian fried ravioli! Fri Mar 13 11:13:58 -0700 2009 4501457 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4487111 lumpia vietnamese spring rolls butterlied shrimp-tempura , tempura period! fried chicken potaotes Mon Mar 09 09:14:11 -0700 2009 4485232 50431 chef chicklet 1 4487241 Fried yucca, particularly that from Rincon Limeno in Boston.. Pasteis de Bacalhao, can't remember the shop near a train station in Lisbon, Portugal. Fried clams, anyplace! Mon Mar 09 09:47:01 -0700 2009 4485232 11108 galleygirl 1 4487301 at the risk of being pigeon holed: battered deep fried haggis. Yum. Mon Mar 09 10:00:30 -0700 2009 4485232 259720 haggisdragon 2 4487502 Hard to stomach deep-fried haggis. Mon Mar 09 10:53:27 -0700 2009 4487301 90359 PattiCakes 3 4488214 Good one. Are you on the lamb again? Mon Mar 09 13:47:05 -0700 2009 4487502 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4490203 "No", she replied sheepishly. Are you getting MORE snow this week? When will it ever end! How about a deep fried snow pie? Tue Mar 10 05:58:16 -0700 2009 4488214 90359 PattiCakes 5 4490267 Get the flock out of here! Yes, another 3" of snow tomorrow. Susan's Fish and chips has deep fried ice cream and if you bring in your own freshly caught fish will deep fry it for 5 bucks. Tue Mar 10 06:22:09 -0700 2009 4490203 93538 Passadumkeg 6 4496400 Patti & Passa, you kids are the worst/best. Made me chuckle and I'm here by myself which normal humans might feel less normal about. Wed Mar 11 19:40:00 -0700 2009 4490267 131001 c oliver 1 4487305 incidentally, deep fried pigeon is pretty good too! Mon Mar 09 10:01:57 -0700 2009 4485232 259720 haggisdragon 1 4487324 Besides the obvious (onion rings, fries, etc)... -hushpuppies -mushrooms -cauliflower -pickles Mon Mar 09 10:05:52 -0700 2009 4485232 71241 lynnlato 2 4487423 Oh gawd, deep-fried cauliflower, on a stick, at a Renaissance Festival in Kansas City, MO...Well, outside the city,Bonner Springs, but you get the idea.... Mon Mar 09 10:35:34 -0700 2009 4487324 11108 galleygirl 1 4487508 We were at a casual wedding last year just outside of Virginia Beach. The groom to be and his dad had caught a huge tuna that week, and part of the rehearsal dinner picnic was chunks of that tuna wrapped in bacon and deep fried. When boyfriend commented on how good it was, the best man, who was also the cook, drawled, "Well , you could take a turd, wrap it in bacon and deep fry it, it's gonna taste pretty good." Which is one of my all time favorite food commentaries..... Mon Mar 09 10:54:18 -0700 2009 4485232 14917 mtngirlnv 2 4487698 On the other hand, Will Rogers said, "Well, yuh cain't shine a turd!". But this applies to the Social dilemna" and "You can't be my friend" threads. Mon Mar 09 11:45:15 -0700 2009 4487508 36661 Sam Fujisaka 3 4488222 Didn't Will Rogers also say, "I never met a beer I didn't like?" Keg Mon Mar 09 13:48:50 -0700 2009 4487698 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4488388 Yes to both, and because of (or in spite of??) the beer, we became best friends with everyone. Mon Mar 09 14:34:04 -0700 2009 4488222 14917 mtngirlnv 1 4488440 In order, and with a bias: 1. Fried Clams with bellies 2. Clam Fritters 3. Conch Fritters 4. Hush puppies 5. (if you can afford it and dare to "waste" it this way): Lobster -especially tails - sliced and dipped in an oniony tempura batter. 6. Dim Sum 7. Pierogies.onion,garlic and potato. with or without cheese Mon Mar 09 14:44:56 -0700 2009 4485232 204342 FriedClamFanatic 2 4488489 Beaver tails! (Or I guess they're called elephant ears some places?) SO yummy. Mon Mar 09 14:58:59 -0700 2009 4488440 120373 hangrygirl 2 4488524 I live in Massachusetts myself and we have some pretty awesome fried clams around here... the season is almost upon us, YUM! Mon Mar 09 15:06:03 -0700 2009 4488440 10169 StriperGuy 3 4488548 fried clams are totally awesome, and it makes me so sad that i just can't get them here (done well) in austin. see also the thread on strips vs. bellies (i am def. a belly girl). Mon Mar 09 15:11:31 -0700 2009 4488524 202980 dinaofdoom 4 4488899 Strips vs. bellies have oft been discussed on the Boston board. General consensus is that strips are not real fried clams but fried-clams-lite for the wimpy. The bigger debate here is big bellies vs. small. I will confess to once or twice having bellies that were so big, and perhaps a bit undercooked, that even I got a little squeemed-out. Mon Mar 09 16:51:36 -0700 2009 4488548 10169 StriperGuy 5 4489206 i like 'em all as long as they are cooked right! god, i miss them... Mon Mar 09 18:32:47 -0700 2009 4488899 202980 dinaofdoom 3 4488725 I saw a man digging a clam flat 4 hrs ago on my drive home from school! I dig them during the summer or buy them cheaply from my students. Mon Mar 09 16:03:30 -0700 2009 4488524 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4488755 sheesh.........Am I jealous? Damn straight! Mon Mar 09 16:10:44 -0700 2009 4488725 204342 FriedClamFanatic 5 4488820 But look on the bright side. You have cheese steaks, scrapple, soft pretzels, apple butter and shoo fly pie. Wicked good stuff, Cappy. :0) ps Just to rub it in, I buy soft shell clams for a buck a pound. "Where do all the hippest meet? South Street, South Street." The Orlons "I don't want no hamburger, I don't want no Spam. I don't care if it's steamed or fried, Just give me a BIG FRIGGIN' CLAM!" The Wicked Good Band http://www.exiles.com/Wicked_Good_Band/Wicked_Good.htm Mon Mar 09 16:28:15 -0700 2009 4488755 93538 Passadumkeg 6 4490208 I can tell that the school year is starting to wear on you, Pass. Your brain is exploding with way funny stuff! Tue Mar 10 06:00:28 -0700 2009 4488820 90359 PattiCakes 7 4490273 On the Maine Exiles site above, check out the web cams if Acadia Nat'l Pk where we live and the lobster trap where we don't. Deep fried Snickers. Tue Mar 10 06:24:21 -0700 2009 4490208 93538 Passadumkeg 8 4490876 Not sure where I saw this -- might have been food channel or the travel channel -- but there is a place in NY that started out has a home away from home for Brits who wanted (fried) fish 'n chips. One thing led to another, and now they specialize in everyhthing fried. The whole segment was about the various things that they tried that worked, and are resto faves, and others that didn't because they just melted into a pile of fried goo. Among the menu items are fried Snickers (and other candy bars) , fried Twinkies, and the ever-popular fried Oreos. Wish I could remenber the name of the place......... Tue Mar 10 09:29:52 -0700 2009 4490273 90359 PattiCakes 9 4491018 I remember that! It was called the Park Slope Chip Shop, I believe: http://www.chipshopnyc.com/ Tue Mar 10 10:02:48 -0700 2009 4490876 14093 Melanie 10 4491075 Thanks!!! I was waiting for them to deep fry cocktails. Tue Mar 10 10:16:10 -0700 2009 4491018 90359 PattiCakes 6 4491632 Ah..........but the good news! No Snow, croci coming out, weird new spring birds at the feeder.......and lots of winter sticks to pick up! Thank Gawd i have a Barbados tan from several weeks visiting my son to help tide me over while I pick all those damn sticks up before the grass starts. Alas, still not a fried clam in sight! (But had some great codfish cakes in Barbados!.and the rum was almost as cheap as Coca-Cola!) Tue Mar 10 12:25:14 -0700 2009 4488820 204342 FriedClamFanatic 4 4488892 I guess clams can even be dug in Mass. this time of year. I just associate fried clams with summer. Mon Mar 09 16:49:11 -0700 2009 4488725 10169 StriperGuy 3 4491180 Yes, start up the deep fryer I will be out on Cape Cod this summer, fried cod, clams, calamari, popcorn oysters and cold beer, Life is good! Tue Mar 10 10:43:56 -0700 2009 4488524 135170 kpaumer 1 4488526 fish and chips fresh from the docks in hobart melbourne or sydney is pretty sublime, the fish is so fresh and the thick chips are sprinkled with salt and vinegar or "chicken salt" mmm many a childhood memory at the local fish and chippie, also calamari with tartar sauce is the other fried food i can eat but again only from a fish shop on the docks it just adds to the whole expierience and thus for me makes it the best fried thang ever Mon Mar 09 15:06:23 -0700 2009 4485232 235412 umbushi plum 1 4490148 had a first the other night..........Kimchi Kare-age. Yes, thats battered and fried Kimchi. Yes its unforgettably delicious. cant stop thinking about it, 2 days later. Tue Mar 10 05:25:30 -0700 2009 4485232 39457 nkeane 2 4496682 This was the first thing that came to mind for me -- but only as a fantasy! How was it done? What was the batter made from? Cabbage kimchi? Oh. My. Goodness. I must have some. Wed Mar 11 21:39:45 -0700 2009 4490148 13921 Whippet 3 4499532 Yes it was cabbage, and thankfully they only used the crunchy ribs of the cabbage, held up well to the frying. The batter was like a lighter version that they would use on chicken, mainly if not fully rice flour with a really nice curry flavor in the batter. The Kimchi itself almost seems to get spicier this way......perfect!! Thu Mar 12 17:03:56 -0700 2009 4496682 39457 nkeane 4 4501943 I looove deep fried kim chee! I used to always eat it at my local korean restaurant. But deep fried broccoli and calamari (w/ a garlic aoli) are my favorite fried foods, ever Fri Mar 13 11:51:11 -0700 2009 4499532 264146 kubasd 1 4490548 Polori (also spelled poloughrie) , Trini fritters made from chickpea flour and doused with pickled tamarind sauce. Of course, you could stick your finger in the pickled tamarind sauce and it would taste good. But I find these hard to make right. Tue Mar 10 07:58:44 -0700 2009 4485232 10156 Steve 2 4490881 How could I have forgotten felafel! Tue Mar 10 09:30:37 -0700 2009 4490548 90359 PattiCakes 1 4491222 RELLENO DE PAPA - stuffed potato ball. You wrap mashed potatos (thickened with a little flour) around a seasoned spicy meatball and drop in hot oil until golden brown, you go from crunchy to soft to spicy meat. Tue Mar 10 10:55:27 -0700 2009 4485232 135170 kpaumer 2 4499629 stuffed potatos! yum yum yum anytime I'm in Tampa I seek out the closest Cuban restaurant for one of these! Thu Mar 12 17:38:45 -0700 2009 4491222 203338 chicaraleigh 1 4491386 Whole belly clams Real Spudnuts sopapillas The fries at Geno's in South Philly Vikings (batter dipped and deep fried swedish meatballs) Steak fingers and gizzards at Lucky Wishbone in Tucson, AZ Lumpia The fried apple pies at KFC, beleive it or not! Tue Mar 10 11:34:12 -0700 2009 4485232 140140 mrbigshotno.1 1 4491538 I have to choose only one? That's like having to choose your favorite child. Vadas Dosas (not deep fried but does uses lots of ghee/oil) Mini samosas falafel matchstick fries zeppole (don't know how it compares to the "best" but the ones I had at Quarto in Chicago were pretty darn good) spicy tuna on crispy rice (why oh why is this only available in L.A.??) beignet funnel cakes Best unique dish goes to french toast at Em Le's in Carmel, CA. Swear they must be using funnel cake batter to deep fry the bread!! http://www.em-les.com/index.htm Tue Mar 10 12:06:49 -0700 2009 4485232 108661 ceekskat 1 4491880 My vote is for soft shell crab, onion rings, okra, the deep fried poboy sandwich appetizer at Jacque Imos, oreos, beignets, sweet potato fries, jalapeno poppers, hush puppies, boudin balls Tue Mar 10 13:26:12 -0700 2009 4485232 154901 roro1831 2 4492309 How the hell did I forget soft shell crab! Ate a dozen in Oct. Tue Mar 10 15:26:33 -0700 2009 4491880 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4493491 how could you not include them in all things tempura,shame Wed Mar 11 03:21:08 -0700 2009 4492309 203919 lcool 4 4493670 How did I miss it? Soft shell crab sandwich on the south Jersey shore, It's been over 20 years, memories, memories. Wed Mar 11 06:05:38 -0700 2009 4493491 140140 mrbigshotno.1 1 4492072 This is a bit of an embarrassment, but I'd have to say the fried cheesecake with home made blueberry and hot fudge sauces that I had 2 summers ago in Maine. Tue Mar 10 14:13:52 -0700 2009 4485232 11995 pikawicca 2 4492373 I'll share a piece of that shame. Sounds fantastic! Tue Mar 10 15:49:08 -0700 2009 4492072 249664 kattyeyes 1 4492315 I will add one, my family used to have a donut recipe that my dad got from a youth hostel owner in Vermont, for plain donuts, deep fried in lard. The recipe was very simple, I guess I have to try to recreate it. I cooked these myself on 2-3 occasions as a 13 or 14 year old. Basic donut dough, a tough of nutmeg, nice fry job. They were amazing. Along with the lost hot and sour soup of my favorite Chinese restaurant of my youth one of the lost foods I long for. Tue Mar 10 15:28:56 -0700 2009 4485232 10169 StriperGuy 1 4492625 I would have to go with the deep-fried, cheese-stuffed cheeseburger made from bacon: http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/01/deep-fried-cheese-stuffed-cheeseburger-made-from-bacon.html Absent that delicacy I would nominate the deep fried bacon, cheese and beer dog: http://moralauthority.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/deep-fried-bacon-cheese-and-beer-dog/ Eat these in close proximity to a hospital and you stand a chance of surviving. Tue Mar 10 17:08:25 -0700 2009 4485232 18385 CDouglas 1 4492652 best fried calamari i've ever had was, surprisingly, at a little Italian restaurant in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta. the name of the place escapes me now - it was back in the early 90's. perfectly battered & fried every time, with a simple, chunky sauce of fresh tomatoes and herbs, and plenty of garlic. we used to go there just for the calamari. Tue Mar 10 17:15:28 -0700 2009 4485232 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 4494438 Fried camembert open-faced sandwich at the Danish Food Centre in Toronto (now defunct) years ago - 1/4 Danish camembert, floured/egged/crumbed, deep fried and served with thickly sliced toasted and buttered good white bread, berry preserves, cheese to be cut and bashed onto the buttered and jammed toast, and eaten as soon as possible scorching hot. A leaf of Boston lettuce on the side for the vitamins. Wed Mar 11 10:09:14 -0700 2009 4485232 13709 buttertart 1 4496345 "Do we have monkeys in Scotland? Good God, no, but if we did, we'd deep fry them". Nicholas in The Last King of Scotland. Wed Mar 11 19:22:50 -0700 2009 4485232 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4497844 Check out Scottish fried delights - cheeseburgers, pizza, sweets - on FXCuisine, a swell blog. Thu Mar 12 09:44:19 -0700 2009 4496345 13709 buttertart 2 4504395 lol that's hilarious Sat Mar 14 10:06:53 -0700 2009 4496345 153184 im_nomad 1 4499562 forgive me if someone has mentioned this, but this is a dirty secret I dont even tell the SO about: fried PB&J. Make the sandwich so that there is a 1/2" bread only ring around the outside and crimp it together(btw, through many a trial and error, you should aim for a slightly higher than normal filling to bread ratio, and leaning towards the PeanutButter side....maybe 60-40) butter the outside of both slices of bread and stick as many tortilla chip crumbs that you can(try to find a lime flavored chip, it lends a nice Thai flavor to the sandwich) and either go full monty and deep fry it or pan fry it(youll need the oil to come atleast half way up the sandwich, or it wont quite crisp up enough). Thu Mar 12 17:12:51 -0700 2009 4485232 39457 nkeane 2 4499579 nkeane, I'd eat one of those in a flash if you made it for me; but aren't you the one who would make an excuse and leave if served processed food? I don't use ikons, but if I did, imagine a friggin' sideways smile face here. Thu Mar 12 17:21:28 -0700 2009 4499562 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 4499591 nkeane, it's not enough you wanted to share your dirty little secret but "the full monty"...I can only think of the movie and imagine that you're fryin' up your PBJ commando! HA HA HA HA HA! Still laughing! HA HA HA HA HA! Thu Mar 12 17:26:56 -0700 2009 4499562 249664 kattyeyes 3 4499941 full monty frying? that could be dangerous! no, that IS dangerous. Thu Mar 12 19:29:34 -0700 2009 4499591 105717 alkapal 4 4499984 Yeah, remember Gordon Ramsey's, um, incident? BTW, I do NOT at all suggest that GR's thang is the best fried thang ever! http://gossipgiants.com/2007/09/07/gordon-ramsey-injury/ I'll stick with deep fried Oreos and the rest of my previously stated list, thank you! ;) Thu Mar 12 19:48:22 -0700 2009 4499941 249664 kattyeyes 5 4499998 listen before it's gone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qHX493bB3U ;-). <a whole. new. meaning.....> Thu Mar 12 19:53:40 -0700 2009 4499984 105717 alkapal 6 4500088 LOLOLOLOL! Thu Mar 12 20:24:54 -0700 2009 4499998 249664 kattyeyes 2 4499602 You are truly a sick person. and I like that! Thu Mar 12 17:30:41 -0700 2009 4499562 11108 galleygirl 2 4499632 And *I* thought I was revealing a dirty secret just because I like to put potato chips on sandwiches. I'm clearly not in this league. Fried PBJ?!?!?!? With crushed tortilla chips? And, oh yeah, make sure you get your ratio correct! Laugh out loud. Thanks. Thu Mar 12 17:40:01 -0700 2009 4499562 131001 c oliver 1 4499640 I can't believe no one mentioned this but a Monte Cristo is a mighty fine fried treat Thu Mar 12 17:42:40 -0700 2009 4485232 203338 chicaraleigh 1 4504402 fish and chips in St. John's Newfoundland, made with fish straight off the dock, and thick cut fries. I had the best calamari i've ever eaten in a little Italian place in PEI. Jalapeno poppers with cream cheese...definite guilty pleasure. sweet potato tempura, and I actually liked the deep fried tofu I recently had in a sushi joint. deep fried pickles. i'm not one for sweets, but I do like funnel cake. I also once ate a deep fried mars bar, and while it wasn't bad, I don't really need to have another. EDIT: how'd I forget potato chips, doritos, fritos etc etc. Sat Mar 14 10:12:14 -0700 2009 4485232 153184 im_nomad 1 4507210 Conch fritters!! Have had them many places, but Porky's in Marathon,FL makes them the best. Not greasy, just the right ratio of conch/fritter. Goes great with an ice cold beer. Sun Mar 15 13:49:13 -0700 2009 4485232 227643 Luvfriedokra 2 4508765 Surprisingly, some of the best conch fritters I ever had was at the Key West FL airport! Mon Mar 16 06:54:40 -0700 2009 4507210 204342 FriedClamFanatic 3 4524821 Those are pretty good, forgot about them. How bout conch fritters cooked by the Bahamain Church women @ the Delray Affair in Delray Beach Fl. Those are in the top 3. How bout what i call Texas Tornadoes? Split a beef hot dog half way thru stuff w/ queso fresco. wrap w/ parcooked bacon sprinkle w/ cayenne pepper then deep fry bout 4 min. Whats a fat man to do? Sat Mar 21 06:55:36 -0700 2009 4508765 232150 bigdnotemeril 4 4525233 Where did you have a Texas Tornado? I never heard of that, but did have something similar in Chicago called a francheezie, but not sure it was deep fried. Sat Mar 21 10:19:35 -0700 2009 4524821 80937 danhole 5 4527050 There not on any menu I know of, I dont think the American Medical Asn. would approve. My bud own's the Grumpy Grouper Grill in south Fl. and one rainy afternoon (alcohol was involved) for some reason the cook wasnt there. Well I wound up in the kitchen, and rest is history. Yes we did deep fry them but there great on the grill as well, even though this is A fry blog. Just cook them indirectly. Oh ya throw on some hoarseradish mixed w/ sourcream and mayo. Sun Mar 22 07:49:45 -0700 2009 4525233 232150 bigdnotemeril 6 4527118 ROFL! I don't think the AMA would approve of anything on this thread! I believe the horseradish mixed w/ sour cream and mayo puts this over the top! Sun Mar 22 08:15:48 -0700 2009 4527050 80937 danhole 1 4525051 Driving back from Donegal about three years ago, my friends and I stopped in the town of Killybegs, the largest fishing port in Ireland, and were fortunate enough to snag that day's Halibut at a dockside seller's stand. We brought it back to our hostel, dredged it in leftover "pancake" mix we'd been carrying, dipped it in egg and then into crumbs, and fried the lot. OMG we still talk about that fish to this day. No other fried fish will ever compare. Sat Mar 21 08:41:44 -0700 2009 4485232 95137 mcsheridan 2 4529777 My husband's Scottish grandmothner used to say: "Hunger is the best sauce". Mon Mar 23 09:19:13 -0700 2009 4525051 90359 PattiCakes 1 4529956 This may not necessarily be the best fried thing *ever*, but for my personal nostalgia + taste, my mother's version of mozzarella sticks can't be beat. We called them string cheese rolls—string cheese sticks cut in half, wrapped in spring roll shells, then deep fried in a pot of vegetable oil until the shells turned a crispy-crackly golden brown and melted cheese started oozing out the ends. Dip the piping hot string cheese rolls in a bowl of fresh spicy pico de gallo... talk about heart-cloggingly delicious! Mon Mar 23 09:59:44 -0700 2009 4485232 276377 waddleidoer 1 4529990 Fried pickles, have to get em every time I see them... Mon Mar 23 10:05:47 -0700 2009 4485232 202497 MattInNJ 1 4530034 As I haven't read the list in a while, not sure if spedini is on there or not, but just had some the other night and forgot how good it was Mon Mar 23 10:17:27 -0700 2009 4485232 154901 roro1831 1 4534217 Either calamari or breaded mushrooms stuffed with chicken liver pate. Tue Mar 24 13:18:54 -0700 2009 4485232 277016 Thunderduck 1 4545044 I'm going to have to say fried ice cream. Fri Mar 27 16:51:57 -0700 2009 4485232 258723 LBeater 1 4545232 I'm gonna say an apple fritter. Not one of those dough balls that can double as a door stop. One with lots of nooks, crannies and crispy horns mixed with pillowy soft interior. Each bite gooshing with just sweet enough cinnamon sugar apples. All this dunked in a thin sugar coating. When you bite into it, it snaps, then crunchycrackles and then oozes. I also love a perfectly fried piece of fish. One that is supremely crunchy, not a hint of too much batter and has been fried in perfectly seasoned oil. corn meal encrusted fresh fried okra... doused with vinegar pepper sauce. I could eat a bowlful bigger than my ever expanding rump. Fri Mar 27 18:02:28 -0700 2009 4485232 137755 Sal Vanilla 1 4557503 Chicken Gizzards might have to my fav. I love the texture. Wed Apr 01 09:19:33 -0700 2009 4485232 178033 JanPrimus 2 4579316 Not only my favorite fried thing to eat, but my favorite overall thing to eat is an authentic "Newark Style Italian Hot Dog". This is a regional specialty that was invented in Newark New Jersey in 1932 by James Raccioppi. It is an all beef hot dog (2 dogs for the more common double) that has been deep fried or sauteed along with peppers, potatoes, and onions. This concoction is put in pizza bread, which is Italian bread shaped liked a pita and baked in a pizza oven. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gQHPM9JtIY Wed Apr 08 14:55:00 -0700 2009 4557503 11964 hotdoglover