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[kidsmokes.livejournal.com]

Where in or near the square can I get fried chicken? I've got a MAJOR craving.

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[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Just asked 'em - turns out it's deep fried. My search continues!

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Seriously, it may not be exactly what you're looking for, but you should check them out. SO. GOOD.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Oh I absolutely plan on it. (particularly after having pestered them on the phone.)

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Haha, awesome. Also, get the banana pudding.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I don't recall ever seeing pan fried chicken in a restaurant. That's how my mom made it, but I always thought that was just because we didn't have a deep fryer. Do you make it at home?

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Sometimes! Not in several months, at this point, though.

My understanding has always been that it marks the difference between Atlantic-coast and Gulf-coast fried chicken traditions.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Really? Interesting. My grandmother always pan-fried chicken, but we always got it deep-fried from the restaurant. I guess I'll have to conduct some field tests ...

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I am having trouble understanding how "deep fried" can ever be the wrong answer. Can you enlighten me?

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

It's not necessarily the "wrong" answer - I certainly enjoy chicken fried that way.

Pan fried chicken is the way Mom did it, and her Mom before her, and on back for a while. It's also the way most folks are going to be able to manage at home.

I don't know that it's superior or inferior, really - but it's what I'm currently hankering for.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Well, the hankering is in your blood then, and *clearly* the answer is to have potluck where your contribution is pan-fried chicken; you can give us all lessons.

_{And don't forget to invite *me*.}

Gramma pan fried chicken dipped in honey for me once. What I wouldn't do for some of that, but I don't know how to get it like she did.

_{Every once in a while, I try this with tofu. It's yummy, but ain't the real thing...}.

[arrowintwolakes.livejournal.com]

Pan fried tofu always ends up mushy on me, but deep-fried tofu is pretty well where it's at. I like marinating the tofu sticks in teriaki and not being shy with the sriracha when they're done.

[readsalot.livejournal.com]

The secret to pan-frying tofu, for me, is to press the hell out of it (press it for at least an hour), then marinate in something for a half-hour, then toss it in cornstarch. Also, start with good tofu--Reliable Market and Super 88 have the good stuff.

[arrowintwolakes.livejournal.com]

Well, sure you press it. But for some reason pan frying tofu doesn't get along with me.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

The way to do it is by first freezing and thawing the tofu, *then* squeeze it out. Different world.

This is part of why I can never own a deep fryer.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Ah, that makes sense :). Good luck finding it!