On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:49:24 PM UTC-5, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:04:45 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 9:25:54 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> >> John Kuthe wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:59:53 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> >> > ...
> >> > > Fried dough is good eats. It's probably popular in most parts of the world. On this rock, the popular fried dough is Okinawan andagi and Portuguese malasadas. American doughnuts are also popular, of course.
> >> >
> >> > Yep! My Indian housemate was frying up some batter/dough pancake looking things last evening which are not sweet but savory, and delicious!
> >> >
> >> > Just about anything FRIED is delicious!
> >>
> >> I occasionally make corn fritters (fried).
> >>
> >> Half of them I'll sprinkle with powdered sugar.
> >> The other half, I'll salt and eat with ketchup.
> >>
> >> Both versions are equally good.
> >
> >What kind of corn fritters do you make? I used to make some
> >that were basically pancakes with a lot of corn inside. I
> >ate them with butter and syrup just like any other pancake.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
>
> My mother used to make some savory ones with leftovers- mashed
> potatoes, corn,and an egg to bind it all, and it was dropped by the
> 1/4 cup into a pan and fried (sort of) in a bit of butter. I have not
> even thought of them in 25 years, at least. They were thought tasty
> enough that sometimes the leftovers were quite deliberate.
>
> I also know of ones (not made by me, but I have had them) of corn
> kernels, flour and egg and prepared as above. Cooked cauliflower can
> be done the same way.

One could take an old stinky neoprene river sock, slice it thinly and bread it then fry it and people would go "Yummy but kinda chewy". In fact I think they do and call it Calamari!

John Kuthe...