# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/41 "2009-09-07T16:36:06Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > deep fried grilled cheese with tomato soupish dipping sauce I would eat that in a heartbeat (which would probably be my last). Grilled cheese sandwich + hot, creamy tomato soup = hell yes please. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/42 "2009-09-07T19:40:26Z")
I just told our 10 year old daughter about this. Now, this particular child is the one we had to hide the Country Crock from, because we would catch her eating it. Thankfully, after I told her about this, she made a yuck face. So I’m happy she won’t be trying it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/43 "2009-09-08T05:29:28Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > Actually sounds good and inspirational to me, it needn’t necessarily be unhealthy nor indelicate. A couple of breaded and deep fried lemon and dill compound butter capsules would be great to serve with a broiled whitefish, maybe catfish. A novel take on Catfish and Hushpuppies, except that upon cutting into the “huspuppies” they sauce the fish. Serve it over a salad of fresh pea shoots and supremed key limes with a sorghum syrup vianaigrette. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/44 "2009-09-08T08:56:33Z")
Actually, this trend of battering and frying random bizarre things didn’t originate in the U.S. at all. It originated in the fish and chips shops of Scotland. There it’s more of a year-round thing. In the U.S. it’s mostly confined to things like state fairs and such: > **[Deep-fried Mars bar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_Bar)** > > A deep-fried Mars bar (also known as a battered Mars bar) is a Mars-brand chocolate bar covered in batter then deep fried in oil. The dish originated at a chip shop in Scotland as a novelty item. Since various mass media began reporting on the practice in the mid-1990s – often as a critical commentary on how unhealthy the Scottish diet was – the popularity of the dish has spread. > The dish is prepared using standard commercial Mars bars. The chocolate bar is typically chilled before battering, to... ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/45 "2009-09-08T13:48:14Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > So, are there any Dopers in Dallas who can take one for the team, sample one of these things and report back on it? I’m genuninely curious what they’re like. Well, I live in the Dallas area. And based on my current cholesterol level and BMI, I calculate that the effect of eating a serving of these on my current life expectancy would be … let’s see, carry the nine … Crap! That has me dying sometime last week. So I guess I’d better not. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/46 "2009-09-08T19:27:24Z")
Chicken Kiev? It’s a chicken breast, wrapped around a stick of butter, and deep fried. MMM good! ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/47 "2009-09-09T16:52:03Z")
When my band played at a county fair last winter, a bunch of us entertainers had a “deep-fried food tasting party” We got several different unusual deep fried foods and checked them out. On the menu was: Twinkies Snickers bar Avocado Oreos pickles …and some others I can’t quite remember. My favorite was the avocado. Everything else (except the pickle) was too sweet. The pickle was just vile. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/48 "2009-09-09T18:02:10Z")
It wasn’t until I was almost out of college that I found out that Chicken Cordon Bleu is not deep fried. “Hey! What gives? This chicken breast is all light and flaky and delicious! Not like mom’s Chicken cordon bleu.” But to be honest, I like her cordon bleu, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841/49 "2009-09-09T18:12:39Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > When my band played at a county fair last winter, a bunch of us entertainers had a “deep-fried food tasting party” > > We got several different unusual deep fried foods and checked them out. On the menu was: > Twinkies > Snickers bar > Avocado > Oreos > pickles > …and some others I can’t quite remember. > > My favorite was the avocado. Everything else (except the pickle) was too sweet. The pickle was just vile. The deep fried pickles at The Penguin in Charlotte, NC are to die for. The trick is to use slices. I’ve had deep fried spears and they aren’t that good. I can imagine whole pickles deep fried being pretty gross. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fried-butter-yep-really/508841.md?page=2)