Deep fried....butter?

leynak

I just read this article:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32665106/ns/today-food/t/move-over-twinkies-deep-fried-butter-here/#.Tj1eO4J6MxE


and it kind of just grosses me out..a lot. I know that there are plenty of people that love all of these deep fried thing (cookies, candy bars, kool-aid, etc.) I just wonder if there is ever going to be a point where people will stop deep frying weird things. I have only had funnel cakes but when I think of these deep fried foods all I can think of is grease. I hate the feeling of biting into food that has so much grease in it. I can't even eat pizza with pepperoni if there is too much grease on it. I guess it could have to do with the fact that if I eat too much greasy stuff I get bad stomach cramps.

Just wondering if others have the same feelings about something that (to me) is so gross.

foodforfuel

Just make sure you don't go to the Fair with any friends who are taking Alli.

carlxo21

ick, fried foods gross me out. I just think of all the grease and oil and it's just nasty

ronda_gettinghealthy

Well sweeetie--it is all about what you are used to....livin' in the south --- we love to deep fry anything that doesnt move or move to fast....do I eat it anymore...no-not healthy--but I was raised eating salt pork which is deep fried pork fat...deep fried corn bread, bacon grease in the grits--and lots of other things that you wouldnt like....but again its all about how you are raised.....

val_140

Fair foods are disgusting. Last time we went they has a doughnut burger! That sounds disgusting as can be.

Ashleypeterson37

It upsets my tummy way to bad to eat it. Not that I would eat it in the first place! YUCK!

Ashleypeterson37

Well sweeetie--it is all about what you are used to....livin' in the south --- we love to deep fry anything that doesnt move or move to fast....do I eat it anymore...no-not healthy--but I was raised eating salt pork which is deep fried pork fat...deep fried corn bread, bacon grease in the grits--and lots of other things that you wouldnt like....but again its all about how you are raised.....

Totally agree! I was raised in California and we just don't have stuff like that there. But my husband was raised in Texas and he LOVES all that stuff. He bought a deep fryer a couple days ago so he could deep fry his own twinkies and snickers bars. I just can't do it. He was raised that way and I wasn't....

leynak

Well sweeetie--it is all about what you are used to....livin' in the south --- we love to deep fry anything that doesnt move or move to fast....do I eat it anymore...no-not healthy--but I was raised eating salt pork which is deep fried pork fat...deep fried corn bread, bacon grease in the grits--and lots of other things that you wouldnt like....but again its all about how you are raised.....

Yes, I guess that is true. Although I've spent most of my life in WV- can't say that's the most healthy of places:laugh: I have to add that one of my all time favorite foods were fried potatoes w/onions (don't know where all those are popular) but I had to quit eating them because of the grease issues with my stomach

SaddyPants

I can understand how they come up with some of the fried things at the fair, but this is just insane to me. What must it taste like? And how would you even eat it? Yuck!

_eislek_

I grew up in South Carolina where fatback is one of the main food groups. I've never tasted it and I never will but I HAVE deep fried a grilled cheese sandwich. The uhhh...repercussions, shall we say, were enough to keep me from trying that again.

kerrylou150

fried foods aren't necessarily bad for you. As long as you follow proper frying the food doesn't take on much oil at all. Its fast food places and crazy fair food that gives fried food a bad rap. i love my fried foods... i just make them at home where i can control the quality of food and oil.

fried pickles are to good to give up! lol

leynak

I grew up in South Carolina where fatback is one of the main food groups. I've never tasted it and I never will but I HAVE deep fried a grilled cheese sandwich. The uhhh...repercussions, shall we say, were enough to keep me from trying that again.

:laugh: My bf tried deep frying some weird things those Lance brand cheese crackers with peanut butter or cheese filling were one of the things he tried- said they were really gross & he wasn't doing that again

_eislek_

fried foods aren't necessarily bad for you. As long as you follow proper frying the food doesn't take on much oil at all. Its fast food places and crazy fair food that gives fried food a bad rap. i love my fried foods... i just make them at home where i can control the quality of food and oil.

fried pickles are to good to give up! lol

I love fried pickles too! If a place has them on the menu I HAVE to get them! I make oven-fried ones at home and they are really good! Here's a the site with the recipe

http://weeklybite.com/oven-fried-pickles/

brndygrl98

fried foods aren't necessarily bad for you. As long as you follow proper frying the food doesn't take on much oil at all. Its fast food places and crazy fair food that gives fried food a bad rap. i love my fried foods... i just make them at home where i can control the quality of food and oil.

fried pickles are to good to give up! lol

I love fried pickles too! If a place has them on the menu I HAVE to get them! I make oven-fried ones at home and they are really good! Here's a the site with the recipe

http://weeklybite.com/oven-fried-pickles/

OMG...I LOVE fried pickles. Thank you so much for posting this!!! I have lived in GA my whole life. They fry EVERYTHING here. I don't fry very much, but I was raised on it and will occasionally indulge in it.

calibri

Well sweeetie--it is all about what you are used to....livin' in the south --- we love to deep fry anything that doesnt move or move to fast....do I eat it anymore...no-not healthy--but I was raised eating salt pork which is deep fried pork fat...deep fried corn bread, bacon grease in the grits--and lots of other things that you wouldnt like....but again its all about how you are raised.....

Totally agree! I was raised in California and we just don't have stuff like that there. But my husband was raised in Texas and he LOVES all that stuff. He bought a deep fryer a couple days ago so he could deep fry his own twinkies and snickers bars. I just can't do it. He was raised that way and I wasn't....

The California State Fair (annually, in July) has had a stand for deep fried foods (twinkies, hot dogs, butter, pickles, ice cream, etc) for years. It's simultaneously fascinating and repulsive.

fiberartist219

I had to laugh really hard this week when one of my coworkers said that the new food at the state fair this year was going to be deep fried cigarettes. It was a nice metaphor to show how the fried foods are getting out of hand.