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I think this just about leaves me speechless.... that and it makes me want to gag... that's just wrong on so many levels.

I grew up here in the deep south (still live here) and some of the stuff she makes grosses even me out.
Southern cooking does have a good bit of regional variation (coastal, piedmont, etc) but she is on this big butter, cream, egg and butter kick that spoils some really good dishes and seems to be making up stuff.
I have NEVER heard of this dish. I can do a LOT of fried stuff but this is crazy.
Fried butter.....what is the point? I can't taste good unless you are eating butter out of the fridge with a spoon at night.

she has to smoke a lot of weed, right? no sober person conceives of something like this and then actually prepares it, right?

Does anyone happen to know how this recipe is supposed to be served? Is it intended to be placed on the table and spread on bread? I might understand it if that is the case (although It still isn't something I would want to eat). Or is it actually something you are supposed to pop into your mouth like a fritter?

Paula Dean is right up there with Rachel Ray....annoying, artifical sweetness, just, echhhhhh

I am not sure which is scarier, that this recipe exists, or that , according to reviews, there are people who have actually made and eaten these things.

Back when I owned a t.v., I used to be a great fan of the Food Network. Apparently it has changed since then. That sounds truly horrid. They must be airing that purely for shock value.

She must have been drunk with Sandra Lee at the time.

Dish, your mother obviously had a taste bud malfunction that day. I have eaten there many times, and Paula Deen's restaurant, The Lady and Sons, is one of the best restaurants, if not the best restaurant in Savannah.

The recipe was sent in by a viewer after she heard Bobby (Paula's son) make the joke that his mothers favorite food was fried butter. If I remember correctly, the woman that sent the recipe in also appeared on the show to help Paula make the fried butter.

What a hoot! Surely this was a bad joke....I read the reviews on the Food Network's website - those folks who actually made them seem surprised that they tasted like a stick of butter. Well duh!

Okay, I have known she is nuts since she put cream cheese in her lasgna. But when you said "butter" you failed to say TWO FREAKIN' STICKS of butter!!! Even Miss Scarlett would have chosen the dirt over that!

Nothing should surprise anyone about this. Why do we eat English muffins if not merely as an excuse to eat little pools of melted butter !! I love jmunchie's comment.

K - Oh Yes! I'd love to watch that crash!

That would explain how she keeps her girlish figure.

'did I say that outloud?'

Are you people out of your minds? Deep fried butter is a beautiful thing! The Biscuit denounces all haters of butter. Sure, it's high in cholesterol and not all that good for ones' figure, but it's about moderation people. Have you heard of it? Next you'll be attacking our beloved Paula for making deep fried cheese. Heresy! Paula is a culinary genius who dares to make REAL food in the face of all this low-carb/no-carb/no fat/no calorie madness.

Why is everyone so up-in-arms? Of course it's gross. Of course it's over-the-top. Of course it's completely ridiculous. That's what it's SUPPOSED to be. That's the joy in it. She's a white-haired, ingratiating, over-fed, Southern-on-steroids woman on the Food Network. What else would you expect? And if it makes your delicate arteries hurt, for God's sake, don't eat it. But do enjoy a good belly-laugh.

What Paula Deen concocts in NOT "southern cooking". It's convenience cooking. All this talk of butter..what no mention of that other deadly sin....mayonnaise? I can feel my arteries clog when I channel surf past her show. And another thing, what the hell is going on with that phony drawl? She sounds like she should appear in front of Tara in a hoop skirt with Ashley Wilkes at her side.

Paula Deen has worked very hard to get where she is today. She has a great personality, wit, a great sense of humor. She has made something of herself. She is of a different genre of some chefs, perhaps. We always have a remote control don't we. I personally love her. A true success story in a woman's life. My 2 cents worth.

Give me a break!!! Lia, tell the whole recipe, will ya? You didn't even mention the other ingredients that make the whole thing sound less gross. It calls for bread crumbs, an egg, and flour also. Sounds a little better now, doesn't it? I just love how no one else who commented even bothered to look this up to see if you knew what you were talking about or not. Nevertheless, it should not have escaped you in watching her show that she always makes high fat recipes. Don't tell me you just now figured that out!

actually it doesn't sound one bit better with the egg , floour and breadcrumbs!

I am truely speechless, every one is always to quick to judge, with out knowing all the facts! For one thing Paula did not come up with this recipe a viewer did! Yes it is unhealthy, but so is fried chicken and fudge but do we critisize the people who cook it? What you eat is your own choice, for me personally I think poeple who cook tofu is trying to kill but that is my opinion! Paula never says her food is healthy, there are to many health nuts out there trying to convince us we are all fat and worthless unless we fit into a size 0! Paula is comfortable with who she is. Yes she loves butter and fried foods, but who doesn't! There is so many cooking shows out there trying to be no fat, low calorie, ect... so watch those and maybe when you gget a craving for something with taste try one of paulas recipies... expecially her Gorilla cake

I admire Paula for being a self made business woman.. but i have to agree sometimes I have to turn her off.. she makes my teeth hurt with her sweetness.. but I think thats just her..

has anyone who commented actually tried this? I would think that would be the first thing someone would do before making a snarky comment...

I absolutely love Paula Deen. Find someone else to leave your rude and ignorant remarks about because Paula is the last peson to deserve such critisicm. She has enough spunk to beat out all of you people who have nothing better to do than to point fingers. I have never witnessed a more loving woman than Paula Deen, so leave your unappreciative comments to yourself.

lovetenfoe - ITA with you. I love Paula. I met her in person when she was here in Tampa last year. What a sweet lady. I read her book and realized, she's one of us! I've tried several of her recipes that I like and subscribe to her wonderful magazine - I can say, They Are Great! For the Naysayers out there - If you don't like her, then CHANGE THE CHANNEL!! Jeez - like the saying goes - "Life's Too Short For The Dumb Junk", you know?

As a "healthy cook" I watch what we eat and prepare things in the healthiest possible way, but this weekend at the farmer's market I was attacked by a memory of my Mother and Grandmother and those amazing vegetable suppers they made in the summer. The idea that vegetables should be steamed and crisp was anathema to those ladies and I got a craving for green beans and new potatoes ( used Paula Deen's recipe cause I didn't write down my Mother's) with salt pork and bacon grease (yes I had to go locate those things in the grocery store!), sliced tomatoes, squash casserole ( with butter and cracker crumbs and cheese...lots of cheese), maninated cucumbers and onions, icy cold watermelon and cantaloupe. Today I have huge guilt that I did it and am headed to the gym to do penance, but OMG it was good!

As a Southern belle, born and bred, and having lived in Georgia for 45 years, I have to say that everyone in my family agrees that Paula puts on a lot of that drawl. In all my years I have never heard ANYONE talk like she does, unless they are parodying ignorant Southerners. But hey, it seems to be getting her what she wants - lots of attention.

As for her recipes, they too are mostly for show. Southerners know about serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and diabetes. Yes, we have regional favorites, but they wouldn't make Yankees gawk and watch a show. Folks, "that's entertainment," I suppose.

For a true slice of Southern cuisine, please pick up a copy of Southern Living magazine or one of their cookbooks. For a funnier parody of Southern rednecks, watch reruns of "HeeHaw."