"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Of course I don't deep fry anything. But this was interesting to me.
>
> While I was waiting to get the oil and filters changed in my car I sat
> outside enjoying the decidedly sunny non-holiday weather (84°F). There
> was an elderly gentleman sitting outside. I asked if he's loving this hot
> weather. He said oh, man! It's great!
>
> Turns out he went on a church tour/shopping trip to Pennsylvania Dutch
> (Amish) country. They left just before a big snowstorm hit. He said it
> was 18°F there! (People this far south don't generally own really heavy
> coats.) I'm sure it felt good for him to get back here to warmer, if not
> hot, temperatures.
>
> I had to chuckle. He said, "I'm a black man. Been around fried chicken
> all my life. I've *never* tasted fried chicken as good as I got in
> Pennsylvania!"
>
> I googled for some recipes for Amish fried chicken. Apparently soaking
> the chicken pieces in buttermilk is the key. I've heard about this for
> years, but since I don't fry chicken... <shrug>
>
> Some might say buttermilk is a "southern thing". <shrug> My father (born
> in and mostly raised in Pennsylvania or western Ohio, in Penna Dutch
> country) grew up with buttermilk. Me, having lived most of my adult life
> in the South, not so much.
>
> Jill

I think this is how my mom used to make it.