Tom Rubnitz’s Pickle Surprise:
Alton Brown’s Deep-Fried Pickles:
approximately 2 1/2 – 3 quarts peanut oil
1 quart dill pickles
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups cornmeal
1 tablespoon kosher salt
Place enough peanut oil in a 4 – 5-quart cast iron Dutch oven to come halfway up the side. Place over medium-high heat to fry at 390 – 400 degrees F.
Remove pickles from brine and quarter lengthwise. Pat dry with paper towels.
Pour buttermilk in a shallow dish. Mix cornmeal and salt in a separate dish.
Dip pickle spears, 1 at a time, first in buttermilk, then in cornmeal/salt, then repeat.
Carefully place each spear in hot oil and fry until golden brown, approximately 2 minutes. Fry 3 – 4 pickles at a time. Maintain constant temperature of 390 – 400 degrees F. Transfer pickles to cooling rack set over baking sheet. Cool 5 minutes.
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Here’s my own Mashed Potatoes and Pickles recipe:
hot mashed potatoes
cold sweet pickle chips
Arrange pickles on potatoes and serve.
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/ November 13, 2008I predict that believer1 will love this post. She eats lots of pickles and likes to go to drag shows.
cymast
/ November 13, 2008Sounds like believer and I share some interests!
acilius
/ November 13, 2008And let me add, I too love pickles. I also liked the 60’s theme and the psychedelic imagery in the video.
cymast
/ November 14, 2008I’ve long thought it would be so much fun to make a playful or moody indie video. I don’t hear a song without automatically visualizing the accompanying video or imagining what the video would be, thanks to growning up with MTV/VH1. And I have ideas for short films. But I know it’s so much easier if more than 1 person is making the film. I’ve made a few fun audition videos with Larry (camera guy) but the film thing is really not his cup of tea.
acilius
/ November 14, 2008I remember that TRAIL OF DEAD video you were in. I still see TShirts for them around campus from time to time, and get to tell the people wearing them that I know someone who was in one of their videos.
cymast
/ November 14, 2008HA! Don’t blink while you watch it! That was a fun video to do. 2 days of taking the subway into Boston, then a whole lotta time just sitting around in a dark, cavernous basement. Then full-out thrashing around with a bunch of strangers while “Caterwaul” blasts through the speakers. Then sitting around again . . I expended an enormous amount of energy for my 1 second shot!