Funky Fried Stuff

Pickles, Bacon...what else weird is out there that's fried, and preferably tasty?

Between the sippaple bacon, the crunchable bacon, and this deep-fried post, you are keeping us wicked entertained. Can't wait to see what turns up here.

In St. Louis. we used to serve fried corn on the cob (no kidding!). And it was pretty good.

In Raleigh, I used to get deep fried lardons which were quite good.

Is there anywhere in the city that has deep-fried Mars (or I guess they'd be Milky Ways, here) Bars on the menu?

whiskeybent wrote:Is there anywhere in the city that has deep-fried Mars (or I guess they'd be Milky Ways, here) Bars on the menu?

I thought Mars bars were all nougat and Milky Way had caramel + nougat. (Sorry to tangent here.)

The oddest fried item I had was lobster shells, and they were pretty damn tasty, actually.

Du wiki.

Part deux!

I believe the hot dog place on the east side of Milwaukee just south of North Ave. (Swank Frank?) has deep fried Twinkies, Snickers and Milky Ways. I've never been in there, but I'm pretty sure they advertise those things in the window.

Matt wrote:I believe the hot dog place on the east side of Milwaukee just south of North Ave. (Swank Frank?) has deep fried Twinkies, Snickers and Milky Ways. I've never been in there, but I'm pretty sure they advertise those things in the window.

Swank Frank shut down a while back.

whiskeybent wrote:Is there anywhere in the city that has deep-fried Mars (or I guess they'd be Milky Ways, here) Bars on the menu?

I believe Horseshoe has deep-fried snickers and twinkies on their menu.

The deep fried slider.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/17703763/

Santander wrote:Between the sippaple bacon, the crunchable bacon, and this deep-fried post, you are keeping us wicked entertained. Can't wait to see what turns up here.

Muahahahaha!

Well I'll be damned, Mars had caramel. Lousy Snickers bastards, making the 'Mars' a 'Snickers with Almonds'. Not a catchy name!

As far as I could tell, until recently (2005?) in the US, the Mars bar had almonds and a harder nougat than the Milky Way. Now they have been reformulated, and are soft, and flaccid and I do not like them any more.

leek wrote:As far as I could tell, until recently (2005?) in the US, the Mars bar had almonds and a harder nougat than the Milky Way. Now they have been reformulated, and are soft, and flaccid and I do not like them any more.

This is the part where I half-way resist saying something about you not liking flaccid things.

JDMM

I've never had it, but I heard (I think) on NPR a few years ago about deep fried cheesecake. I'm pretty sure it was being made somewhere out east, maybe Boston? I'd try it.

Anyone know where to get deep fried ice cream, or is that fad over?

nr706 wrote:Anyone know where to get deep fried ice cream, or is that fad over?

They serve fried ice cream at Los Nopales, although I've never had it there.

Los Nopales
4544 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 334-3149

happy_stomach wrote:I've never had it, but I heard (I think) on NPR a few years ago about deep fried cheesecake. I'm pretty sure it was being made somewhere out east, maybe Boston? I'd try it.

that's common. There are a few companies that make the cheesecake cubes that u can deep fry. There are also brownie bites and choc chip cookie dough bites and i've even seen Bananna Foster bites.

I primarily grew up in the south, so you can only imagine the things I am used to that are probably a little off for most.

The usual like fried pickles, bacon, corn on the cob, twinkies, snickers, fried coca cola, which I have never tried.

But since it's holiday season, I thought I'd bring up the good ole' fried turkey which I couldn't even begin to explain the depth of flavor that this mother bird will hold.

leek wrote:As far as I could tell, until recently (2005?) in the US, the Mars bar had almonds and a harder nougat than the Milky Way. Now they have been reformulated, and are soft, and flaccid and I do not like them any more.

The former U.S. Mars Bar has been resized (it used to be flatter and wider) and is now called Snickers Almond. It contains nougat, caramel and almonds. European Mars bars are more or less the same as U.S. Milky Way bars. I don't think there is such a thing as a Mars Bar in the U.S. any more (unless imported from the EU).

Shaggywillis wrote:The usual like fried pickles, bacon, corn on the cob, twinkies, snickers, fried coca cola, which I have never tried.

Fried coca cola?! How do you fry coca cola? Is it rendered into a solid first? I'm intrigued...

comradelaura wrote:

Shaggywillis wrote:The usual like fried pickles, bacon, corn on the cob, twinkies, snickers, fried coca cola, which I have never tried.

Fried coca cola?! How do you fry coca cola? Is it rendered into a solid first? I'm intrigued...

It's basically fried batter, and that batter contains a good amount of Coke syrup.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rllayman/282307242/

I really enjoy tempura, although yes, it's different from the standard deep fried stuff here. I've had mushrooms, bell peppers, eggplant, green beans, yams, potatoes and all kinds of fish and shrimp.

I've only been to Japan once, but I made sure to go to a tempura restaurant while I was there (it's common to have restaurants specialize in one type of food there).

I like the Korean version of tempura, an easy place to get one is at the "Snack Shop" at H-Mart (YMMV; they've been really inconsistent lately) which is a pretty, lacy patty of mixed veggies including sweet potato, green beans, onions and other veggies.

A beautiful site for all things deep-fried (and if et's not Scottish, et's CRAP):

http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=103

Catch Anthony Bourdain in England/Scotland (broadcast last night) for a spot on deep-fried haggis and other Scottish mysteries ("king rib"--what-the-hull-was that?)

We love the breaded, stuffed with flavored cream cheese, deep-fried black olives at the Beechwood Inn in Couderay Wisconsin. We've never seen them anywhere else.

i've never had it, but i know they do a deep fried mayo at WD-50...thus combing the two greatest things in the world. the recipe for Wylie's creation is available on starchefs.com