Deep fried butter: Delicacy or death trap?

[snopes]

Fat food has reached a new level at the State Fair of Texas.

State Fair officials released the eight finalists for this year’s fifth annual Big Tex Choice Awards, and on the list is this gem: Deep Fried Butter. It’s exactly as it sounds, butter that’s seasoned, battered up and deep fried. For those counting, a stick of butter has 810 calories— before it’s deep fried.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1578877.html

[Mr. Billion]

Fried butter is a bad idea, but I'd guess it's probably not a whole lot worse than fried ice cream.

[Tabbyclaw]

I don't understand the 'or' in that headline.

-Tabby
the princess with claws

[babs]

Ok who has it in for Paula Deen?????

[videoguy]

It’s exactly as it sounds, butter that’s seasoned, battered up and deep fried. For those counting, a stick of butter has 810 calories— before it’s deep fried.

I saw this on the news, and they only used about 1/6th of a stick for each one.

[Wild Redhead]

Originally Posted by Tabbyclaw

I don't understand the 'or' in that headline.

-Tabby
the princess with claws

I don't either. Obviously it's both.

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by videoguy

I saw this on the news, and they only used about 1/6th of a stick for each one.

I can't even imagine eating an entire stick of butter. However, it would finally answer this question, posed by Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez:

[RCIAG]

Originally Posted by videoguy

I saw this on the news, and they only used about 1/6th of a stick for each one.

And that makes it OK or better in some way?!?

I can't believe it took someone this long to do it!

[AnglRdr]

Originally Posted by Wild Redhead

I don't either. Obviously it's both.

Thirded.

Obviously, they should've wrapped the butter in bacon before deep-frying it, however.

[stalker]

Butter-chow

That almost felt as good as the dish is bad

[Mr. Billion]

The article notes: "a stick of butter has 810 calories— before it’s deep fried."

I just realized that these chimichangas I've eaten on more than one occasion have more calories than that:

http://www.elmonterey.com/mexicanfoo...-chimichangas/

Hmm, maybe it's time to quit eating those.

[Insensible Crier]

Next thing you know, they'll wrap the butter in bacon and then deep fry it.

And once upon a time I went to a restaurant that served what they called a Chocolate Chimichanga. It was a Hershey chocolate bar, wrapped in a flour tortilla, deep fried and served with ice cream and chocolate syrup on top. So bad for you but sooooo good.

I also had deep fried cheesecake once. It sucked.

Aren't running out of foods to deep fry yet?

[Errata]

For lunch today I had a grilled chicken sandwich on ciabatta topped with grilled onions and mushrooms and fried brie. It was decadent and exquisite. It didn't strike me until I was done that fried cheese is more or less the same thing as fried butter, but fried cheese, although far from health food, is at leat moderately acceptable. Still, I don't find myself very eager to try fried butter.

[Chloe]

I can't even deal with grilled cheese any more--cheese gets much richer when it's heated, for some reason. Fried cheese? *shudder*

[Sister Ray]

Originally Posted by Chloe

I can't even deal with grilled cheese any more--cheese gets much richer when it's heated, for some reason. Fried cheese? *shudder*

You don't like mozarella sticks?

I agree with you on some fried things, though. Chicken, fish, potatoes, and cheese (including macaroni bites) are the only fried things I really eat. And even with fish and potatoes I prefer them in non-fried forms.

Sister "salt is also overrated" Ray

[Chloe]

Originally Posted by Sister Ray

You don't like mozarella sticks?

They don't melt in the same icky way, for some reason.

Though yesterday for lunch I had warm pan-fried goat cheese nestled in a parmesan cheese tuile. And then I had another one. Yummy!

[rhiandmoi]

One of my favorite things in the whole world is grilled cheddar. You just heat up a skillet and put down a couple of slices of cheddar and wait for it to get gooey and crispy. It is teh awesome. - The bottom is crispy, while the top is gooey. In case you were wondering how fried cheese could be both gooey and crispy.

[Sister Ray]

Originally Posted by Chloe

They don't melt in the same icky way, for some reason.

I've found grilled cheese in a sandwich maker is usually much tastier than one just grilled the ordinary way. At least to me.

Sister "oh, and parmesan cheese tuile, you say?" Ray

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by Sister Ray

I've found grilled cheese in a sandwich maker is usually much tastier than one just grilled the ordinary way. At least to me.

Ever since I got my panini grill, I can't conscience grilled cheese (or any other grilled sandwich, really) made any other way. My poor Toastmaster sandwich maker, which served me so well, hasn't seen the light of day since I got the grill.

[Enchanting_eyes]

I'd eat it. Well I would eat it if it was Fleischmann's margarine battered and deep fried, yeah I'd eat sticks of that. I put that margarine on just about everything I cook and eat. My roomie often comments that I should just eat a stick of it, but I tell him no it doesn't work like that, it has to be all melted and stuff.

E*E