With Fat Tuesday approaching, there's never been a better time to indulge in some fried, fatty foods. Whether sweet, savory, spicy, gooey—there's something about that crunchy exterior that has us loving all things fried. Here are 20 recipes that will have you wishing Fat Tuesday was every Tuesday. Fried chicken, fried pickles, fried cupcakes, and more. More

The look has a vague resemblance to pig tails. Not the ones attached to heads of little girls, but the ones attached to actual pigs. And the flavor is all oink. But it's the texture that's the star of the show when it comes to Danish crispy pork cracklings: partly firm, cracking under the pressure of your teeth, and partly buttery with a more gentle crunch. More

The last time I went to New Orleans, my buddy and I ate a pound of crawfish while sitting on the hood of his car. They're like little Southern lobsters: little red crustaceans with small, but deliciously meaty tails. Throughout the month of November, Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen is offering fried crawfish as their "Popeye's Crawfish Special," a limited-time promotion. (Today, November 3rd, they're offering a free taste of fried crawfish to anyone who walks in.) More