Fried Pickles

Interesting Fact: John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. (Dedicated to Matt Bruno...he loved the Beatles)





Okay...Lets talk food...Yes, it is true what you heard that everything in the south is fried. They fry turkey at Thanksgiving. They love a good fish fry...in fact I don't know of anyone in my husbands family that has ever had fish cooked any other way. They fry okra, pork chops, corn, cheesecake, yes I said cheesecake, Twinkies, and everything. Being an Italian American we do some frying, like fried zucchini. We also fry eggplant, (this is one of the steps in making eggplant parm. which is delish). We even fry calamari, (or squid). I thought I had seen it all. I hadn't....until we went to eat one night at a local eatery. (for those of you that are not familiar with Greene County, when I first moved her the only places to eat out were McDonald's, Wendy's and Pizza Hut. Oh...and Hill Top...Hill Top is really a gas station, yes a gas station/convenience store....that has this little version of a restaurant in the back. That was four years ago and now there is much more to choose from. Back to the story....One night we were bored with the food choices so we decided to venture out of our county and into another that had a few more places to choose from...As my nephew was reading the menu, he said they have fried pickles....(at first I thought he was playing a joke because if you know Matt, he does that a lot and I tend to fall for his antics as I am gullible) I said..."what the hell is a fried pickle?" It is exactly what it says it is...they take a dill pickle, slice it, some times they leave them in spears, they batter them and then deep fry them. I have been told they are delish, although I just haven't had the nerve to try them yet...(but I promise you I will, and get back to you on how they really taste). So when you think of us here in the South...Remember it is true...They do fry everything.