Deep fried hamburgers? Holy heart attack! (Dyers in Memphis)

[Wcross]

Just watching "Deep fried paradise" on the travel channel, OMG, people will eat ANYTHING. The hamburger sounds bad enough but the "Deep fried bacon" was disgusting. (six slices of bacon deep fried!)

[Jamastiene]

1. We like to fry stuff down here in the south.

It's yummy, heart attack specials galore down here for some of us. I cannot get enough. I'd fry chocolate if I could keep it from burning. :P

[Wcross]

4. I live in Tennessee, I understand.

BUT HAMBURGERS? BACON? I wouldn't even think about deep frying those!

[Jamastiene]

11. I remember when I first heard about

deep fat frying turkeys for Thanksgiving...not to mention fried Baby Ruth candy bars. The idea to fry hamburgers does not surprise me at all. I admit, I'd probably try one.

[Wcross]

14. They said that Dyers has been doing it for 90 years!

I would eat one myself just to see what it was all about. The good thing is the owner said "If you want lettuce or a tomato on your burger, go somewhere else".....It has to be good without condiments!

[Jamastiene]

16. I wonder if they have a version with chilli?

THAT sounds scrumptious to me.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. Ah, that famous "King of the Hill" episode with the deep-fried turkeys...

...Bill and Boomhauer set up a deep-fryer in the driveway and after deep-frying turkeys to their heart's content, start thinking of other things that could be deep-fried...a candy bar (I believe it was a Snickers), and at one point, a beer.

:toast:

[Gormy Cuss]

2. How about deep fried hotdogs?

A specialty of Rutt's Hut in Clifton, NJ
They're not breaded, just dropped into the vat. They're called "rippers" because the skin burst when it hits the hot oil
http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=1362

[DS1]

3. mmmm... sweet tasty population control

:thumbsup:

[Connonym]

5. if you ever get breakfast sausage at Burger King -- deep fried

dunno how McD's does theirs but BK, at least in the olden days when I worked there, deep fried the sausage. Have a happy heart attack :)

[Wcross]

6. I never eat at fast food places.

I guess it would be easier than grilling them.

[TommyO]

7. Properly deep fried foods gain very little fat from the process.

[jmowreader]

9. One of my cousins was a reactor operator on a Los Angeles-class sub

They had whatever the Navy calls "organization day" and one of the highlights was the opportunity for family members to tour the boat. (They covered up all the classified equipment, so what we're dealing with here is a tour of a windowless hallway.) His parents went, and along the way they were taken to the galley--where the messman pointed at the deep fryer and said, "this is the most important piece of equipment on the whole boat. We cook everything in it."

[yellowdogintexas]

10. actually the deeper the fat which accumulates in the skillet when cooking bacon,

the faster it fries, and the crisper.

I have used this technique for cooking bacon for large crowds, using a very deep iron skillet. As the bacon crisps, just keep adding more raw bacon. As you cook the fat rendered out is deeper, and the bacon almost flash cooks, comes out very crispy, evenly cooked, not scorched and very tasty. Properly drained, it is less fatty to eat as well.

[tanyev]

12. I saw a show on PBS about "authentic" diners in various cities.

One of them had a specialty where they sliced open a hot dog, stuck cheese in the middle, wrapped it all in bacon, and then deep-fried that sucker. Isn't that what makes America great?

[monmouth]

13. My heart muscles just clenched.....n/t

[krispos42]

15. Jab a stick into it and sell it at the Minn. State Fair

You'll make a fortune. It's apparantly a state-wide obsession here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-5Lr2IhB_o


Make a tube out of seasoned ground beef mixed with shredded cheese, diced onions, and diced pickles, wrap it up with bread dough, spear it, and drop it in the fryer.

Hmmm... maybe strap the bread with bacon. Yeah, that's it. Perfect.

Coming soon, the McStick Burger! :rofl: