Let's Party!!

This is my first official “not because I have to post”! I started this blog as an assignment for culinary school and am going to try and keep it going… so show me some support, you mother-effers, and spread the word! 

Alright...

Well, I’m still in school and thanks to a mix of severe senioritis, my sweet multitasking skills (made so much better by my military job) and a slight addiction to this website I spend most of my time stumbling… which led me to a recipe for fried pickles!!! FRIED FUCKING PICKLES!!! If you’ve never had these little discs of delicious delight than you are missing out my friend.

Also, if you don’t watch this you are missing out…

I found this song through this website where you can pick what kind of mood you’re in and it will provide a play list to match. My chosen playlist for the evening was “Let’s Party” which involved a lot of dancing around my kitchen, kinda dangerous while frying stuff but I came out unscathed cuz I have some mad skillz!

Dancing on a fountain skillz

 I was first introduced to these at one of my favorite bars in Omaha… The Dundee Dell… 

My old roommates at The Dell!!! Jim Jam...

...and Burge. Don't let him fool you, he's sitting on a booster seat.

oh how I miss those people and that place. I went there thinking it was the first time I had been there and was happily munching away on fried pickles and a veggie platter when a light was turned on in dark, little, foggy corner of my brain; I started to remember the real first time I had been there… more than a year prior, when I was underage, I remember sitting by the jukebox sipping off my friends drinks since the waitress wouldn’t serve me, probably a mix of my age and the fact that I definitely did not need any more alcohol, but was cool enough to let me stay. Point being, The Dell fucking rocked and fried pickles are one of the best drunk foods known to man.

So, I ran off to the store and bought all the necessary supplies for my trip down memory lane….

All the shit (recipe at bottom of post)

My little assembly line... remember "dry hand, wet hand"! Useful lesson from culinary school

Ready for their hot oil bath

Be sure to keep checking your oil temp since it will go down once you add stuff to it

Yessss!!!

Perfect little nommy nugget

Yay! Fried pickles… damn delicious!!

Plus, you should all watch this video mashup by DJ Faroff… pretty fucking awesome if you ask me but it is 2 in the morning so don’t take my word for it.

 Pickle Recipe:

For dipping sauce mix together the following:

           1/2 cup mayo

           a few chopped pickles (I used 3)

           1 Tablespoon pickle juice

           chipotle in adobo sauce to taste (chopped, I used 1 tablespoon I think)

Breading line:

1st pan (flour) - 1 cup flour + 1 teaspoon garlic pepper + 1 teaspoon salt

2nd pan (batter) - 1 cup flour + 2 cups buttermilk + 12 oz beer (I had leftover beer... but not for long :)

3rd pan (panko crumbs)

Dab pickles on paper towel then bread them.

Heat oil to 350 F and use metal tongs to add pickles to oil until golden brown (about a minute)

Set pickles on paper towels or brown paper bag to drain excess oil... nom nom time!!