# Deep Fried BUTTER. Yep, Really... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841 "2009-09-04T08:57:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/1 "2009-09-04T08:57:59Z")
As you all know, Americans are wasting away to nothing, so to help us all gain some weight, help get some fat into our veins and increase our cholesterol intake, along comes [deep fried butter](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32665106/ns/today-today_food_and_wine/). Umm does that sound good! Pour some chocolate syrup over it, slap on some whipped cream and we can party for about 4 minutes until the paramedics arrive! I wonder how it would taste with Bacon Salt?! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/2 "2009-09-04T10:07:27Z")
barf ---
**Author:** ![StaudtCJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@StaudtCJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StaudtCJ)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/3 "2009-09-04T11:44:50Z")
I think my arteries clogged just reading that link. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/4 "2009-09-04T11:49:49Z")
[Paula Deen](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/paulas-fried-butter-balls-recipe/index.html)did that years ago. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/5 "2009-09-04T12:09:30Z")
I looked at the picture and saw the squirt of red jelly on the tray and thought _are the jelly-filing it, too?_ Then further down it talks about “cherry flavored butter”. The mind boggles. Butter already tastes like butter. You don’t need to add cherry flavor. That’s like adding Artificial Grape Flavor to wine because it’s too “dry”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/6 "2009-09-04T13:16:49Z")
There is always [Chicken Kiev.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Kiev) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/7 "2009-09-04T14:10:10Z")
I can’t watch the video but I have to know (in the interest of science) – how the hell does one make Fried Coke? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/8 "2009-09-04T14:10:34Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > barf Yum, deep fried barf! ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/9 "2009-09-04T14:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > “I mean, butter by itself does not taste good,” Gonzales said. “Nobody just grabs a stick of butter and eats it. That would be gross.” My younger sister and I both enjoyed eating butter when we were kids. We would literally take big bites from a stick of butter. Pissed our mother off to no end. We also ate hot dogs straight from the package. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/10 "2009-09-04T14:36:51Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I can’t watch the video but I have to know (in the interest of science) – how the hell does one make Fried Coke? They make a batter with coke so that the batter tastes like coke and then fry the batter. > **[Fried Coke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Coke)** > > Fried Coke or Deep Fried Soda is a frozen Coca-Cola-flavored batter that is deep-fried and then topped with Coca-Cola syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, and a cherry. It was introduced by inventor Abel Gonzales Jr. at the 2006 State Fair of Texas; Gonzales is also the creator of recipes for deep-fried butter and deep-fried beer at later Texas State Fairs. The concoction won the title of "Most Creative" in the second annual judged competition among food vendors. It prov Since its introduction ... ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/11 "2009-09-04T14:41:26Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > We also ate hot dogs straight from the package. _Soul_ brotha! Pure beef hot dogs were kinda gross, but the meatblend ones were a great snack. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/12 "2009-09-04T15:04:39Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > _Soul_ brotha! You rang? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/13 "2009-09-04T15:23:14Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I can’t watch the video but I have to know (in the interest of science) – how the hell does one make Fried Coke? You start by sifting it . . . . ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/14 "2009-09-04T16:40:33Z")
Just wash it down with [Sobe Life Water](http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/1020-SoBe-Life-Water-Cafeteria). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/15 "2009-09-04T16:46:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Paula Deen](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/paulas-fried-butter-balls-recipe/index.html)did that years ago. Yeah, the way she drawls out “butter,” like she’s making love to the word…I would have been shocked if she hadn’t figured out how to make something with butter as the main ingredient. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/16 "2009-09-04T17:19:44Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > … along comes [deep fried butter](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32665106/ns/today-today_food_and_wine/). > [@](#): > > This artery-clogging, heart-stopping dish is among eight new deep-fried concoctions that will be unveiled to the public **at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas later this month**. Each year, fair concessionaires try to outdo themselves by dreaming up recipes that could send you racing to your cardiologist if they became regular staples of your diet. The friendly competition has become so intense that fair officials have dubbed the fairgrounds the “Fried Food Capital of **Texas**.” 'nuff said. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/17 "2009-09-04T19:04:47Z")
[QUOTE=John Pinette] (regarding food)If I tell you that’s not healthy you can pretty much take that to the bank. [/QUOTE] I myself have recently been to the Great New York State Fair and am not shy of all things fried. However, some of this is really just going too far. Will there be a taste test soon comparing fried butter with fried lard? If the name of your dish makes my left arm feel tight and tingly people probably shouldn’t eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/18 "2009-09-04T21:29:25Z")
> [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](#): > > You rang? Yeah. You got any hot dogs right out the pack? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/19 "2009-09-04T22:15:47Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > I myself have recently been to the Great New York State Fair and am not shy of all things fried. However, some of this is really just going too far. Will there be a taste test soon comparing fried butter with fried lard? > > If the name of your dish makes my left arm feel tight and tingly people probably shouldn’t eat it. I’m quietly confident I could taste the difference between fried butter and fried lard, but I’m not so consumed by curiosity that I feel the need to put it to the test. Remember the good old days when butter was for frying stuff _in_? ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/20 "2009-09-04T22:35:30Z")
Jesus. And I feel guilty for eating zeppoles at my town’s street fair! (Okay, zeppoles probably are equally unhealthy, but somehow sound less so than “fried butter”). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841.md?page=2)