Ode To A Fried Pickle!

It has been an exhausting day...and I have resorted to my favorite comfort food this evening. Fried Dill Pickles! In honor of that comfort, I am re-running this blog post from January 2008. If you are a new reader, chances are you haven't been introduced to this speciality from my "back home." If you are a long-time reader, I apologize for the re-run. I will return with an original post soon!! Thanks!



Back in Mississippi, where I come from, there is a delicacy that is known as Fried Pickle Chips. Now, before you go and freak out on me -- you must taste this in order to rightly judge. It is heaven in a small, fried bundle, dipped lightly in Ranch dressing. Crunchy, sour, greasy, and all around just plain yummy!

This afternoon, after a particularly harrowing morning of housework, laundry, and cooking followed by a healthy dose of a picking up after a three year old, I developed a taste for this down home deep-fried treat.

I have never found them on any menu in this town - the only place is at home in Mississippi at the Fish House. So, loving the internet, like I do, I went surfing and believe it or not - I found a recipe! An honest to goodness, from Mississippi, recipe for Fried Pickle Chips, even more exciting, I had all the ingredients in my pantry.

It was all I could do to wait until 1 PM when my sweet munckin was ready for her nap so I could make this scrumptous deliciousness. Oh, and yes, I made them and even better, I ATE THEM ALL UP! No saving some to share, no putting some back for my sleeping daughter or husband to try -- nope - not me -- I ATE THEM UP! I am pretty territorial when it comes to my fried pickles. And you know what -- they were yummy! They were almost as good as the fare served at the Fish House in Hometown, Mississippi but of course they could never be as good because there was not a waitress, serving them in a basket, bringing them to me at a table and allowing me to eat them and then leave without doing dishes!

Even though I had to serve myself, and do the dishes afterwards they were still yummy and delicious and the best comfort food I know. If you haven't tried them, don't knock it! And now that I have the recipe, you can be sure that they might just be on the menu if you are ever invited for supper.