tonight's appetizer

[wickedflea]

Fried pickles with ranch dressing, baby. Ohhhhhhh yeah. God, I haven't had these in years. So trashy but so good.

Um, yeah, I'm from the deep South. You wanna make somethin' of it?

Comments

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

Wow. Never heard of friend pickles. What other crazy things do people fry in the deep south?

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Just about anything we can get our hands on. Sweet potatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, eggplant, green tomatoes, okra, etc. I guess some of that stuff is also common outside the South. Oh yeah, and then there's the NASTY stuff like chitlins, pork rinds, and cracklins.

[cierrablue.livejournal.com]

Oh man! I'm a huge pickle fan and I've never tasted these. Dill I suppose? What do you put in the batter? I've got to try this!

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

Are those sweet pickles or dill? Whatever the case, I didn't realize they were so messy. I'm guessing that's part of the charm. :)

[jetjet.livejournal.com]

yech....I guess its sorta like pickle tempura?

[4hour-ramona.livejournal.com]

i've eaten them in seattle and fargo. those are north places.

[milkyscarabs.livejournal.com]

they look yummy! i guess you made them?

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

What are cracklins?

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yep, dill, baby! All I do is mix a bunch of black and red pepper into flour, toss the pickles in the mixture till they're coated well, and deep-fry 'em until they're golden brown--2 min. or less, probably. Dipping the pickles in an egg/milk mixture before the flour might help the crust stick to the pickles a bit better, but it's not really necessary. Killer stuff!

[mipplet.livejournal.com]

That looks like...something else.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, man, the grease, pickle juice, and ranch dressing mix all up, and it's just a beautiful thing. =)

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Oh, and they're dill.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I SAID I'm from the deep South--so I don't have any idea what tempura is. ;-)

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah? Well, I bet we thought of it first. :)

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yep! At least my years of cooking greasy food at a pub left me with something. =)

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

Fried Japanese food. It's pretty good, actually.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I don't EVEN wanna hear what kind of sick image you have in your head, Mip.

[cierrablue.livejournal.com]

I'm definately going to try that out tomorrow (which is actually today). I am excited!

[dichotomous.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you're thinking of what I'm thinking of.

I heard ya I heard ya....

[jetjet.livejournal.com]

you seriously don't know what tempura is? Its like fried anything in japanese resturants. Shrimp Tempura...very yummy.

[theheartarmed.livejournal.com]

don't forget about hush puppies, which are one of the greatest things in the world, just because they're nothing but fried breading

[nonamejane.livejournal.com]

It looks a little scary...

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

OK, I will admit that they look kinda iffy. But they's GOOD, I promise!

[alicdeni83.livejournal.com]

it's chitterlings pronounced "chitlin's" and they aren't nasty. They're mmm mmm good not as good as pork rinds and cracklins though. I love me some pig's skin and intestines. :)

[mipplet.livejournal.com]

Probably.

[motherevol.livejournal.com]

FIRE IT UP, Flea! And pass the ranch dressing. Yummy!

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yes yes! I don't know how I left them out. Hush puppies rule!

[miladyelizabeth.livejournal.com]

Now you know, I am from semi-small town South Carolina. My mother was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Yet somehow, some way, I have NEVER heard of fried pickles....ick...