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Fried okra is indeed awesome, but I would have to go with fried mac & cheese bites. So awful, so unhealthy, but soooo wonderfully bad. I guess you could throw buffalo wings in there as well, as they're fried too.

Fries. Especially when they're crisp and well-seasoned.

Calamari, lightly battered and fried with some sort of hot pepper concotion sprinkled on top.

Hush puppies!

without a doubt......beer battered onion rings !!!!

Fried chicken first, then onion rings....lightly floured, not battered.....and shrimp...the same....floured....well heck....I'm w/Perky....pretty much anything fried is good! :-)

Panzarotti

hands down, onion rings!

Chicken first.

But I blew my husband's mind Thanksgiving weekend last year by taking the idea of fried mac and cheese and applying it to our leftover oyster stuffing. I cut the bread based stuffing into rectangles, dredged them in flour and deep fried them. It was unbelievable.

I'm going to have to go with calamari, NO, fried green tomatoes, NO, clams, NO, onion rings, NO, definitely, fried mac n cheese, NO..........I can't make that decision. Sorry.

definitely fried chicken, mozzarella sticks, and sweet potato fries. three-way tie!

Fried bananas with coconut ice cream at the Thai House in Santa Rosa, CA. Hands down, the best fried dessert-y thing I've ever had.

And I have a weakness for jalapeno poppers with ranch dressing and a cold beer.

And lately, I'm obsessed with sweet potato fries with sage leaves and minced garlic. Yum...yep, that's what we're having for dinner tonight with maple-glazed salmon and broccoli slaw. Yum!

Haddock and chips, only in New England, served with coleslaw and ketchup. Fried clams a close second.

i am puerto rican, so anything fried is a good thing... fried sweet plantains, tostones, bacalaitos, alcapurrias, yuca frita, platanutres, fried batatas, malanga chips, french fries, onion rings, leek rings are new to my repertoire but awesome... fried breaded eggplants, shal I keep going???

Madelyn
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Falafel!

Course it said favorite fried food, not "one" fave fried food so I also love asparagus which is incredible fried as is zucchini. I wish I could get okra as I love it. My fave Chinese restaurant does these incredible pepper-salted green beans and we've met up with my brother and his family to get 7 orders of just those (more than once) and my best friend came to town and went there but didn't even call me (said she didn't have time). The food cart down the street makes cazilli, brocollini arancini, and panisse and ever since I went to a Sri Lankan wedding I've loved muruku (chakli). I'm afraid potato chips are fried too.

For just pan fried there's a lot such as mashed potato cakes and black bean and masa harina cakes (I'm going to try to make pupusas soon). My store recently did a sampling of veggie burgers (I prefer to call them patties) and there were several that were really good (not the big brands) so I've been making those as a quick but hot sandwich for the last couple weeks. Love fried eggs as well.

Oh! Chimichanga and...

Sweet potato fries. OMG. They're like fried candy. With salt.

it looks like we all have those guilty pleasures, thank goodness I dont feel so alone now ;) and as for those who specified whole belly clams, Is there any other kind ;)

Oh crap I forgot about arancini and braccioltini. And deep fried mad and cheese. Has anyone ever had fried ice cream? I'm still really confused by the concept.

Embolini9: The concept of fried ice cream is that it is cut into serving sized blocks, coated with something like crushed corn flakes and frozen really hard. The frying part is done very fast, just enough to crisp the outside and a bit of a skin forms on the ice cream. Then it is plated and served right away and you end up with something that has crispiness on the outside but is still pretty much frozen in the middle and the area toward the outside is in-between and gooey good. Popular in some Mexican restaurants.

If you fry it, I'll eat it. Fried ice cream is basically the same idea as Baked Alaska. The coating in that case forms a slight insulation. It won't melt unless you leave it in the fryer way longer than you should. I make it on special occasions. It's a major hassle.
BUT fried chicken, fried catfish, fried okra, fried green tomatoes like my Grandma used to make. I prefer to use corn flake crumbs for most of it. I just like the taste better.

Fried Snickers Bars--ok, ok, I can only eat like two bites before it's just too much.

All time favorite is Fried Chicken (marinated in buttermilk, simple seasonings, and ohmygod!) with a side of honey and Texas Pete...I think I could eat an entire chicken that way, or at least 3/4.

Close second is Buffalo wings, good buffalo wings, mmmmmhhhmmmm!

Frites twice-cooked in duck fat. or lard. or peanut oil. After that, it's just a fry...I still love those, too.

Corn dogs

This weekend on the Food Network, the Neeleys made fried deviled eggs. They dredged them in flour, then egg, then Panko breadcrumbs. I made a few for my husband. He thought the were great.