Fried pickle

{{short description|Snack food made by deep-frying sliced battered dill pickles}} {{use mdy dates |date=April 2021}} {{Infobox food | name = Fried pickle | image = Fried pickles closeup.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = Fried pickles | caption = A serving of fried pickles | alternate_name = | type = | course = Snack/side dish | country = United States | region = Southern US | main_ingredient = Pickled cucumber<br/>Batter<br/>Cooking oil }}

'''Fried pickles''' are a side dish and appetizer found commonly in the Southern U.S. They are made by deep-frying sliced battered dill pickles.

== History == Fried pickles first appeared on the American culinary scene in the early 1960s. The first known fried pickle recipe was printed in the Oakland Tribune on November 19, 1962, for "French Fried Pickles", which called for using sweet pickle slices and pancake mix.<ref name="hotty2014"/>

Fried dill pickles were popularized by Bernell "Fatman" Austin in 1963 at the Duchess Drive In located in Atkins, Arkansas.<ref name="hotty2014">{{cite news|url=https://hottytoddy.com/2014/06/20/on-southern-cooking-pickles-to-fry-for/|title=On Cooking Southern: Pickles to Fry For |first=Laurie |last=Triplette |date=June 20, 2014|publisher=HottyToddy.com|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2922|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture|title=Fried Dill Pickles|accessdate=17 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Jones, Janie |author2=Jones, Wyatt|year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDaTjZR3M5EC&pg=PA142 |title=Arkansas Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff |page=142|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-4894-5}}</ref> The Fatman's recipe is only known to his family and used once each year at the annual Picklefest in Atkins, held each May.<ref>{{cite book| author=Taylor, Nelson |year=2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GdfC19Wikv8C&pg=PT22 |title=America Bizarro: A Guide to Freaky Festivals, Groovy Gatherings, Kooky Contests, and Other Strange Happenings Across the USA |page=11 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-26286-0}}</ref>

Fried pickles are served at food festivals and menus of individual and chain restaurants throughout the United States and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Alfeld, Beverly |author2=Couch, Ron |year=2008 |title=Pickles to Relish |publisher= Pelican Publishing |page=189 |isbn=978-1-58980-489-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcirBFKs5SEC&q=fried+pickles&pg=PA189 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ledgerdata.com/restaurant/hooters/310/ |title=Restaurant Review - Hooters (Lakeland, Fla) |date=March 4, 2010 |author=Rowe, Trent |work=TheLedger.com |publisher=The Ledger |access-date=July 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713194539/http://www.ledgerdata.com/restaurant/hooters/310/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crocodile Lounge a high class swamp |publisher=The Deseret News |author1=Christiansen, J. |author2=Campbell, L. |location=Salt Lake City |date=May 1, 1998 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vb4RAAAAIBAJ&dq=fried-pickles%20review&pg=6738%2C451138 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-whole-foods-pasadena-open-sit-down-restaurant-20141119-story.html|title=Boozy nachos and fried pickles at new Pasadena Whole Foods restaurant|last=Harris|first=Jenn|date=November 19, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.9and10news.com/story/27518943/inside-the-kitchen-with-jenny-buechel-farwells-mad-cafe|title=Inside the Kitchen with Jenny Buechel at Farwell's MAD Cafe|last=Buechel|first=Jennifer|date=December 1, 2014|publisher=WWTV 9&10 News|accessdate=December 3, 2014|location=Tustin, Michigan|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212072203/https://www.9and10news.com/story/27518943/inside-the-kitchen-with-jenny-buechel-farwells-mad-cafe|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/where-to-eat-deepfried-pickles-in-london-9074752.html|title=Where to eat deep-fried pickles in London|last=Butter|first=Susannah|date=January 21, 2014|work=London Evening Standard|accessdate=December 3, 2014|location=London, United Kingdom}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/entertainment/eating-out/lobster_kitchen_great_russell_street_wc1_1_3865085|title=Lobster Kitchen, Great Russell Street, WC1|date=December 1, 2014|work=Islington Gazette|quote=... the deep fried pickles were tangy little beasts and ...|accessdate=December 3, 2014|location=London, United Kingdom|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213045646/https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/entertainment/eating-out/lobster_kitchen_great_russell_street_wc1_1_3865085|url-status=dead}}</ref> They can be eaten as an appetizer or as an accompaniment to other dishes.<ref>[http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/pickles/recipe-fried_pickles.html "Recipe: Fried pickles"]. ''The Accidental Scientist: Science of cooking''. Exploratorium.edu.</ref> Fried pickles are frequently served with a ranch dressing or other creamy sauce for dipping. In 1963, before the culinary world knew of ranch dressing, the Fatman offered ketchup as a dipping sauce.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-14 |title=The History of Fried Pickles |url=https://affotd.com/2017/06/14/history-of-fried-pickles/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=America Fun Fact of the Day |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{cookbook|Fried Pickle}} {{commons|Category:Fried pickles|fried pickles}} {{reflist}} {{Deep frying foods}}

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