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.









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Unhappy Monkey says:
And when there was no meat, we fried fowl and when there was no fowl, we fried crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we fried sand.
You fried what?
We fried sand.
You fried SAND?
That’s right.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:43 pm
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Rob says:
After reading that description of fried coke I feel like throwing up.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:52 pm
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Dobie says:
I heard that deep frying white castle cheeseburgers is what causes the Solanum Virus
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
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omar says:
here’s a pic of said luther burger…. coronary onslaught never looked so damn tasty.
http://static.flickr.com/39/99334082_f2118d63d9.jpg
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
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Southern Papa says:
Deep frying – the Twinkie I have seen, but not tasted. The Coke – haven’t seen or tasted. But, I have had deep fried haggis, as once I told this Scotsman that I would eat anything deep fried, this being after consuming large amounts of bourbon.
I was recounting to my cardiologist the other day, that I think I was about 14 when I realized there were foods that you didn’t have to take out of the skillet and put on a paper towel to let the grease soak out. I was at a friend’s house when I saw his mother not cooking in the normal Southern way, but then again, she was from way up north. Somewhere near Memphis.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:56 pm
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Papa Lou BSU says:
#51, a “Raising Arizona” reference is always appreciated, thanks…
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:15 pm
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jakldawg says:
At Dyer’s in Memphis, they deep fry the burger (just the meat for this one) in oil that according to legend, has never actually been changed. For 95 years.
These days I’m in one of those geographical oddities that has both a Krystal and a White Castle (you get a free one with a college I.D., too!)
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:21 pm
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DC Trojan says:
Anybody else know what a Scotch Egg is?
Last time I was visiting family in the Auld Country, you could get pre-fab Scotch eggs that were basically bite sized, available in 12 packs. Combine with a couple of tins of McEwan’s export for a low-class tasty treat. Mmmm.
I think I was about 14 when I realized there were foods that you didn’t have to take out of the skillet and put on a paper towel to let the grease soak out.
Skillet? Ma DC Trojan used to use a deep frier, although mostly for the daily home-made french fry ration.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:24 pm
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Out of Conference says:
I wonder what deep fried pickled eggs taste like. I may have to venture out to the Jockeylot in Anderson this weekend to see if they have any.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:29 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Skillet? Ma DC Trojan used to use a deep frier, although mostly for the daily home-made french fry ration.
If that’s not proof you were actually born and raised in the mythical village of Brigadoon, then nothing is.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:32 pm
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DC Trojan says:
If that’s not proof you were actually born and raised in the mythical village of Brigadoon, then nothing is.
Alas, the frier has been retired for some years now. Imagine the culture clash when I married someone whose parents once belonged to a tofu co-op in Ann Arbor.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:43 pm
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Wink Dinkerson says:
Deep fry this:
http://www.heartattackgrill.com/
Mmmm, “quadruple bybass burger.” That’s how we roll in the desert. Literally. (Think blueberry kid in “Willy Wonka.” Except with lard.)
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:46 pm
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oc phil says:
A few years ago I had a (hot) 19 year old student mention that she had a heart attack when she was 16. She came from a family where they used to pour sugar straight onto crisco and eat it. Another family snack was to eat butter with a spoon.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:04 pm
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MCab says:
One day, the entire world will run out of things to deep fry. Then, we will move to sauteeing.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
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Run Up The Score says:
Mmmm. Hot nurses. That’s some good thinking.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
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Brian says:
OC Phil, your story is to silly to even believe. A girl like that would probably be having fluffernutter and Hershey’s Syrup sandwiches/
I am a little dissapointed no one brought up the Homer Simpson Delicacy: Moon Waffles:
* Empty bag of caramels onto waffle iron.
* Add generous portion of waffle batter (Oooooh… Waffle runoff…).
* Add one bottle of Liquid Smoke.
* Cook until burnt.
* Wrap waffle around a stick of butter.
* Serve on a toothpick.
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:04 pm
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omar says:
mmmmmmmmmmm…. moonwaffles
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:43 pm
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PSUgirl says:
do y’all take the wrappers off of the caramels first?
July 24th, 2007 at 9:23 am
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Keith says:
A few years ago I had a (hot) 19 year old student mention that she had a heart attack when she was 16. She came from a family where they used to pour sugar straight onto crisco and eat it. Another family snack was to eat butter with a spoon.
Comment by oc phil — July 23, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
Other than the heart attack, what did you find abnormal?
July 24th, 2007 at 10:37 pm