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5 December 2006Thank God it's fryday
In the south, whatever comfort you find in your foods, they will most certainly be fried.
The smell of hot grease alone is enough to bring down a true southerner's blood pressure a notch or two. Stick something in it while hot — anything; doesn't much matter — and you've cooked up a batch of Southern Sedative. Let's see. What might be fry-able. How 'bout pickles? Which is, of course, true. You can fry just about anything: okra, squash, ice cream, Snickers bars. Refried beans, I should point out, are not actually fried twice, though I really ought to try that some day. My grandmother used to dish them up with sizzling fideo and follow with pan dulce. I don't think she ever fried a pickle, though. Posted at 6:30 AM to Worth a ForkOne advantage to fried food is, it's a lot less likely to have mayonnaise on it. Even Chick-fil-A, about as Southern a fried-fast-food chain as you're likely to find, doesn't put mayonnaise on any of its offerings. I was astonished -- they put mayo packets next to the ketchup packets on the condiment table. If only Hardee's would learn to do that. Posted by: McGehee at 9:35 AM on 5 December 2006Yeah, but being down there doubles your chances of getting hit with the Miracle Whip unawares. BLEH. Posted by: Veronica at 5:16 PM on 5 December 2006Ah - Some Sonics sell Pickle-O's (deep fried pickle slices)and we have a restaurant here in town that sells fried pickle spears as well. |