BY VOLTAIRE’S SILK STOCKINGS! DEEP FRIED WHITE CASTLE?
We’ve eaten some really, really ill-advised concoctions in our time. A cole slaw burrito. A steak, bacon, egg, and chicken biscuit from Mrs. Winner’s. Once, on a dare, we scarfed down a half-eaten burrito off the bottom of a bus tub while working as a bus boy one summer–after breaking out into a rash of boils, losing consciousness for three days, and forgetting everything that had happened during the month before the incident, we recovered and haven’t been sick since.
We don’t think that with a wife and a dog, we could eat the deadliest catch of all football tailgate foods, brought to us by Run Up The Score: the deep-fried White Castle cheeseburger.

My god, man. Do you want to die?
By mighty Bacharach’s Piano Keys! You should go do something else with a similar danger rating, like playing Russian roulette, or taunting an angry Jon Lovitz, for example. If these existed in Australia, Steve Irwin would have been killed by one. If they were African, mythical oral histories would surround them. If these existed in Tennessee…well, they will, in a matter of minutes, we’re guessing, so scratch that. Someone’s running at a dead sprint to a deep fryer as we speak.









1
annon says:
I know of two things that can top this: Blimpy Burger in Ann Arbor, and Gus Burgers at UVA.
If you don’t know about either of these, words alone cannot describe…
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
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kleph says:
“you’re pretty drunk. are you sure you want to eat that?”
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:20 pm
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Sean says:
I think I’m in love….
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:25 pm
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omar says:
That overtakes the deep fried snickers as the most deliciously artery clogging thing i’ve ever seen. Why not step it up and deep fry a moe’s burrito?
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
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PeterPumpkinhead says:
There can’t be anymore grease in one of those than a Varsity chili-cheeseburger.
Do you think a deep-fried Krystal would serve essentially the same purpose? Now I can stop debating about buying that deep-fryer.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
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Dave K. says:
For some reason I can’t get the EDSBS Top 25 post to load below the picture of Kragthorpe… any one else having this problem?
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:34 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Dave K.–clear your cache, and it should be fine.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:37 pm
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PW says:
are you guys serious? this looks disgusting. deep-fried snickers on the other hand….
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:38 pm
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Anonymous IV says:
A place I used to frequent had what is known as the “triple/triple.” Three slices of cheese and three meat patties. It could clog the arteries of an elephant herd. Now deep fried it will take out a pod or two of blue whales.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:42 pm
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Sam says:
Meh. Wake me when somebody starts serving deep fried fat, with a side of deep fried refined white sugar.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:44 pm
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Otm Shank says:
I know it’s off-topic, but given your post a while back on Bear visiting various locals, I thought I would share.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2116195.ece
I feel like I’ve just been told there is no Santa Claus.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
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robert says:
@#2:
Greatest quote of all time.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
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SMQ says:
oreos. deep-fried oreos.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:57 pm
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Brian says:
With a side of Dr. Pepper’s from the factory in Texas, or Cokes from NYC around Passover — pure cane sugar.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:02 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
Yawn. Wake me when somebody does a deep-fried Baconator.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:11 pm
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SMQ says:
And hey, Otm Shank, is it clear whether the show referenced in that link is ‘Man vs. Wild’ under its original British title? It would seem to be exactly the same show. And I would like to know what Grylls thought he was doing when he filmed: teaching survival or actually living survival for three days or however long it took him to find civilization. Obviouisly, he sleeps some nights in the wild – there’s footage of him in the middle of the night in his little shelter, running away from an unknown animal, etc., unless this was staged to show how one goes about a midnight escape. The only thing I’ve ever found suspicious about the show is that his flimsy animal traps ALWAYS work (and how does the camera crew get by without doing what Bear has to do, anyway?), but now I can’t watch it anymore because every slightly dramatic moment could be staged for the audience’s benefit. It was getting a little repetitive, anyway.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:15 pm
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Oops Pow Surprise says:
SMQ speaks truth and knowledge. Those should be illegal.
I don’t know what the Iowa State Fair has in mind for 2007, but it’s probably going to blow your freaking mind. They’ve fried twinkies, Coca-Cola syrup (fa real brah), and severed human feet. Not bad, not great.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:16 pm
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DC Trojan says:
I’d probably try one. By “one” I mean several.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
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Heath says:
“If everything was fried, there would be no wars.” – Bill Dauterive
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
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Kenny says:
Not that this tops any of the aforementioned, but there’s an irony in one of my favorite discoveries at the Harvest Homecoming in New Albany, Indiana: Deep Fried Cauliflower.
I suspect they want you to die while getting healthy.
I couldn’t tell, busy as I was with the pork chop sammich and the fresh-from-the-stalk corn. “You want butter with that?” They then dip it into a crock pot full of butter.
See you guys there in November.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
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doreblogger says:
Deep-drying something does not by itself make it tasty. I may be in the minority, but I find White Castles to be awful. My wife says that they “smell like poverty”.
I can vouch for the deep-fried Twinkie as being off the chain, yo.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 pm
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Chg says:
Orson, you should know it’ll be deep fried Krystal’s in Tennessee.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:26 pm
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oc phil says:
This past weekend we hit he Orange County fair (had to take the kids to see Weird Al) and tried the deep fried avocado (aka fat fried in fat and then dipped in fat) and the fried twinkie, but passed on the orieos.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
My wife says that they “smell like poverty”.
You sure she wasn’t talking about black people?
/racism
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Chg–true.
SMQ–well, yes. All glory is but fleeting. True and applicable to Bear, as well.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
#21
i think your wife was recalling what nick saban said about urban meyer upon getting his raise.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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oc phil says:
I also can’t get the top 25 post to load past Kraigthorpe’s picture. And I did clear my cache and still no picture or comments for that post.
Probably this pos computer at work is at fault.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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Wooderson says:
You can’t stop the awesomeness, you can only hope it doesn’t come out the wrong way when you finish the fried 10-sack.
FYI, for you southerners, the Castle is most easily defined as bein the Krystal of the North. Best. Burgers. Ever.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
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Whitey says:
The Stray Dog in New Buffalo, MI puts cheese, bacon and caramelized onions on a hot dog, and then deep fries it. It’s phenomenal.
As for Bear… dude squeezed water out of elephant poop directly into his mouth. If he wants to stay at a Holiday Inn… fine by me.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:45 pm
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Allahver Fist says:
I notice they’re using a thermometer. What exactly is the temperature of idiocy?
Count me in with the others that can’t fully load the 10-12 picks article. It’s never happened before, and I did clear the cache as well.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:45 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
oh yeah….regarding the original topic….recent fried items at the texas state fair include…..oreos, twinkies, pork ribs, cheesecake, peanut butter/jelly AND peanut butter/banana sandwiches, and god help me fried coke.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:46 pm
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Geaux Irish says:
OC Phil, I have the same issue on both my PC and my CrackBerry.
O, it cuts out around the HP spoiler for #11L’ville.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:46 pm
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Rob says:
Dude, what? Fried coke?
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:48 pm
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PSUgirl says:
I was actually really impressed by the thermometer – I’d say somewhere between 300 – 350 degrees.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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PSUgirl says:
um yeah, please explain the fried coke – it’s nearly fair season up here in Northern West Virginia.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
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Kecalf Bailey says:
Watcing CFB Live, I can’t help but feel that, whether they are talking about Alabama, Tennessee, or USC, it isn’t good for college football to have those three guys asking
“Can anyone beat this team?” over a week before practice starts.
I just get mental images of a whole host of people the caliber of Jay Marrioti and Dan Lebatard voting in the AP poll based upon their respective opinions of Mark May and Lou Holtzth’s analysis.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:58 pm
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blazin says:
DC trojan -
Tommie’s run?
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:59 pm
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Aerobab says:
This is the only real food worth deepfrying…
¡Largo Vive el Pueblo del Taco!
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:00 pm
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Oops Pow Surprise says:
Turns out fried Coca-Cola was a Texas thing; I humbly withdraw any association I drew between it and Iowa.
Here are some details:
“The whole concoction tasted better than I expected. I know, I know: what’s fried tastes good. But really, this was quite yummy. Digging in with a fork, fried Coke at first gave off the airs of a supersweet donut. It got soggier and sweeter the further down into the cup I got, until the very bottom, which was all Coke syrup and shreds of wet dough. This is where more conventional Coke-consuming methods, such as a straw, came into play. The last gulp was a thick deep-brown sludge, warmed by residue from the fryer, and delicious.”
Anyone else popping a stiffy?
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:01 pm
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Out of Conference says:
I see a distrubance in the deep fried force this tailgating season in the making. Millions of innocent oreos, twikies, sliders, and cokes (wtf?!?) will suddenly cry out and be silenced forever. Plus some hellacious grease fires behind the Tahoes.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:01 pm
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kleph says:
not too many people know this but it is a tenet of cajun cooking that if something can be fried, it can be eaten. i’m sure RCR will affirm the truth of this.
in any case, as odd as this is it’s not anywhere in the range of some of the things i’ve sampled in peru. like pan fried guinea pig and frog juice
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:07 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
….”smooth spheres of coca-cola-flavored batter are deep fried, drizzled with pure coke fountain syrup, topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry.”
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:10 pm
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Devil's Millhopper says:
Anybody else know what a Scotch Egg is? My father-in-law, already with two bypass surgeries to his credit, pulled one out as ‘a light snack’ when we were working on the house about 10 years ago — a boiled egg (peeled, of course) wrapped inside about a pound of pork sausage meat and deep fried. Roughly the size of a grapefruit. Quite tasty, too. … He’s dead now (heart attack). God bless him. Sniff.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
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Odell 51 says:
Opps Pow Surprise.
I just threw up in my mouth.
I weight 250 pounds and I don’t find that appealing at all.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:19 pm
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omar says:
I still think that the Luther Burger is the most amazing delicacy ever. A double cheeseburger with 4 slices of bacon….. all between a sliced Krispy Kreme doughnut. It killed Luther Vandross, it’s good enough for me.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 pm
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Run Up The Score says:
Dear Lord, I didn’t know this would turn into its own feature EDSBS post when I mentioned it to Orson this morning via email. That post (from the spring game) led to a deep frying challenge from a reader, whose tailgate group is attempting Deep Fried Bacon Chili Cheese Dogs this season. At some point, someone’s gonna have to deep fry a deep fryer.
I have, indeed, heard the legend of deep fried coke. The physics are too much for me to comprehend.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
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Ryan says:
When in new Orleans, Try the original:
Tuckers Tavern – Homne of the Deep Fried Stuffed Burger.
It moved after Hurricane Katrina, but its still near the Medical district just in case…
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
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Boy Howdy says:
#11: From your link:
“The programme explicitly does not claim that presenter Bear Grylls’s experience is one of unaided solo survival.”
I can’t wait to use that phrase.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
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Brian says:
My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing…
Boys (and girls) you know I think I’m going to buy some vegetable oil options later on today. Those bitches will be looking good come mid October.
A really tasty deep fried treat would be a brownie.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:25 pm
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Supremo General Chow says:
you Young-Uns probably dont remember Skeeters Big Biscuits…so yeah basically anything on their menu after say 2 AM…and that double cheesburger in a Krispy Kreme…does the White Casle come with an emergency Angioplasty Kit, Orson, cause I always keep on handy
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:35 pm