Toasted cheese rolls are delicious, but they’re also just cheese and bread, which is not very impressive for a local delicacy. They are from the southern half of New Zealand’s South Island, and are usually made with a particular mix of tasty cheddar cheese and onion spices found in onion soup mix. Rolled, toasted, then buttered.
It seems a Google search tells me they have expanded their availability and are being called Grilled Cheese Roll Ups now. Hmm. Not sure I like that!
New Zealand had some interestingly bad things based on lack of supply and tradition. “Mince on toast”. I saw this when visiting once, and didn’t eat it, when we went back I struggled to find anywhere serving it on South Island. It ended up being pretty spagbol mince on toast. Possibly from a tin.
However, they claim to eat, “Spaghetti on pizza”. And the spaghetti is the tinned kind, ie: spaghetti hoops without the hoops.
I was thinking the same thing!
i dont know too haha
Is that stegt flæsk? I’ve only just read about it because of your post, and I have to say it sounds good. Maybe a bit plain (no onions, garlic or seasoning?), but I think I’d enjoy it if I went a week or so without eating anything similar.
Deep Fried butter balls…
My wife decided to try it on the Arizona State Fair. One bite was enough, we both decided to toss them into the trash as one can also feel one’s arteries clogging at the sight of it.
I’ve made fried cheese sticks before and even those are hard to keep the cheese in the batter or breading. How is it done with (shutters) butter?
I’m guessing very cold butter and very hot oil.
I certainly hope you aren’t ashamed! This was a staple of my mom’s cooking rotation (once or twice a month, probably). She was a decent cook, but a lot of her stuff centered around “how can I cheaply provide enough food for six children?” (five boys). I think I’ve got that recipe - I may have to try and make it sometime.
Hell, I’ve seen a Youtube video showing deep fried water. You can always freeze the butter if it’s a problem. I’m not sure if it’s necessary with deep fried butter balls, but … hey … I could look this up with this amazing Internet thingy. Let’s see … Paula Dean has a recipe, so it’s gotta be legit if it’s deep fried butter. And … yes … she does freeze them.
Americans will eat anything fried. If someone just fried the batter and served it with ketchup - that would be a hit at the fair - why spend extra on extraneous fillers? I always thought fried chicken skins would also be a hit - I mean, who needs getting full from all that meat and protein - leaves more room for the crunchy, battered goodness. Wait - it’s already a thing - I missed my chance at a fortune!
Hey, so will Scots. They got deep fried Mars bars there, something I haven’t seen here. Battered sausages, too (though that is across the UK. I think the Mars bars are specifically Scottish, but I’m happy to be corrected.)
They’re associated with Scotland, but I have seen battered Mars Bars for sale in English chip shops, on rare occasions. I did have one former local which pretty much operated a ‘you bring it, we batter and fry it’ service, for a fee. I never took advantage though.
Very true, battered and deep fried. And as a sausage has a skin, I guess there’s no structural need for the batter. Batter for batter’s sake. As a young person I would, but not these last few decades…
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ETA - that just reminded me of this: Scraps (batter) - Wikipedia. - which I used to regard as a treat when I was a kid. Not really a dish (or is it…?) but it reminded me of:
Pattie and chips was a post-pub “snack” in my home town of Workington… Yep, deep fried potato in batter - with chips. This definitely is a dish, and definitely qualifies for this thread.
It’s not all that far afield from an American corn dog, so I guess we do it too.
That was my thought - it’s a corn dog with presumably a better class of sausage in it.
Are those Mrs. Marlowe’s famous cheese rolls?
Yes. But also no.
Well, that’s disappointing.
I’m Scottish, and while I don’t live in Scotland, I’ve never eaten a deep fried Mars Bar. Neither, as far as I know, have any of my friends or family. It was a hilarious novelty invented to feed to tourists.
Battered sausages isn’t a scottish thing. Every chip shop in the UK sells them. They are as common as battered fish.
If you’re going to critique the countries cuisine, then best get it right.
Deep fried pizza. The most basic of supermarket cardboard level of pizza, cheese and tomato, dropped in the fryer for a minute, folded then served. With salt and vinegar.
Now that’s a level of fat consumption unmatched… Ok, so nobody ate it apart from if you’re a teenager, they’re not very nice. Cheap though. Poverty food. But unlike deep fried mars bar, a lot of Scots have eaten deep fried pizza.
I heard someone in the US then battered a pizza and fried it. I mean hows the bread supposed to absorb all the fat???