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Paula's Fried Butter Balls

2 sticks butter 2 ounces cream cheese Salt and pepper
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg, beaten
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Peanut oil, for frying

Cream the butter, cream cheese, salt and pepper together with an electric mixer until smooth. Using a very small ice cream scoop, or melon baller, form 1-inch balls of butter mixture and arrange them on a parchment or waxed paper lined sheet pan. Freeze until solid. Coat the frozen balls in flour, egg, and then bread crumbs and freeze again until solid.
When ready to fry, preheat oil in a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.
Fry balls for 10 to 15 seconds until just light golden. Drain on paper towels before serving.

Full recipe is here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/paulas-fried-butter-balls-recipe/index.html

Whats the difference between this recipe and deep fried mozarella or deep frying whole turkeys or chickens (before baking) or even Krispy Kremes which are deep fried TWICE?? All of which I cannot stomach.

people seriously...butter mixed with cream cheese isn't that crazy...if any of you have ever eaten cheesecake..guess what? its got both butter and cream cheese..only thing not there is the deep frying that paula added! :)

I'll only tip for take out if I've asked for something special. Standard, no. I tip pretty well for delivery. I sometimes question whether it's enough, but I've noticed that my food usually comes pretty fast, as opposed to some of my co-workers, so I'm assuming the delivery guys like me.

I never quite know what to do with buffet service. Table service tipping seems too much since the buffet guys are just whisking away plates, not taking or delivering orders, and even at that, at least at the places I go with buffet (Indian mainly) the waiters often seem, I don't know, brusk. Anyhow, I tip 15% for buffet, which isn't quite as much as the 20% I do for regular table service, which I still think is too much, but what are ya gonna do?

I tip a few dollars for carryout but I believe it should be optional and not expected as some restaurant employees seem to. Every situation is different. Having worked in many of these positions I have a hard time justifying 10% on carryout while $2-3 for a delivered pizza is the norm. Somebody takes 30 min of drive time on their car, braves the elements and neighborhood and delivers to my door deserves more than somebody who hands me my bag of carryout. For carryout In many restaurants it is the bartender or hostess. Yes they do work and ensure your order is correct. Fact is, half the time my order isn't correct and often if the bartender is busy then a manager or other employee puts your order together and the bartender somehow is still the one who recieves my tip. Also, the argument that servers are paid sub minimum wage doesn't really apply here as bartenders, hostesses and everyone else is paid a higher rate and they are usually the ones putting your order together. Also, these underpaid bartenders are also tipped $1-$2 for each beer and glass of wine I order. If I get my drink from the server at the table than many places obligate the server to tip the bartender a percentage of sales. If you are working in a restaurant and complaining about not making sufficient carryout tips it really shouldn't make or break you unless you can't make any tips of walk in customers as well.
Again, I believe a few bucks is often appropriate amd even more under certain circumstances but advocating 10% is simply an employee feeling entitled.

I have been eating for close to 5 years a low carb diet. I eat tons of fat, butter, eggs, red meat, pork chops, veges galore. Have not eaten one bite of sugar, flour, rice, bread in this entire time. Not one cheat. I am not over weight, I am very healthy. So you roll your eyes and say, Wow her cholesterol must be very high. Not so. I recently had my cholesterol checked and was told they could be framed and put on a wall as being ideal. Fat is not the evil it is combining fat with high carbs that cause great problems. No I will not eat deep fried butter balls not because it is butter but because it has bread crumbs in the recipe. I love Paula, I love the South and I love southern cooking just the low carb way.

@sarahstephking: You're right. I think we may close this thread. There's not really much more to say here.

@sarahstephking: THE PDITTKU series is a bit of a running gag on SE. We sort of grudgingly love and respect Ms. Dean for her over-the-top-ness.

@Luvcooking13: THE PDITTKU series is a bit of a running gag on SE. We sort of grudgingly love and respect Ms. Dean for her over-the-top-ness.

I love Paula Deen. She is one of my heros. She is comfort. She reminds me of what my what my mother did in her kitchen all of her life. My mom lived to be 94. My dad till he ws 89 when a drug taking driver killed him. If you don't like the way she cooks or what she cooks, don't listen to her. You've got a remote control, use it. "Lettuce" not forget that you've got a choice.....

I love Paula! She is a genuine and caring person. If you are "grossed" out by what she is preparing, or with receipies she's sharing with us, don't watch or prepare her food. Simple as that. Why put yourself thru all that?

Keep up the great work Paula!

Come on people. Fat(s) are not the problem, except for trans fats. If your liver and gall bladder are working properly you can easily digest the fat.

The problem with this is the calories, if you are counting such things. A little butter-ball (not the turkey) every now and then is good for the soul.

(The gall bladder is a small pear-shaped organ on the underside of the liver that is used to store bile. Bile is made in the liver and is stored in the gall bladder until it is needed to help the digestion of fat.)

The sun rises and sets on more than your opinions.

This woman makes me want to vomit. I swear to god they turn up her mic the second she starts tasting the food and makes the most disgusting sounds while eating. I do not want to hear a fat person breath heavily and smack there food around their blubbery gullets in restaurants and I sure as hell don't want to hear big mama butter balls over there do it on tv. Her food is gross, disgusting, and vile. It makes my mother's reeses cups addiction seem like a healthy diet. Jesus Christ. I don't care how humble and jolly this bitch is. She should have never gotten a tv show.

This show is no surprise to me. It is just another affirmation that FN is going
down hill rapidly.