I'm back from rehearsal too!

DR George - Thanks for reminding me of Fried Pickles!! I luv' em!!! I prefer spears - battered or breaded - but I've been to a few places that have fried pickle chips/ slices instead. Served with some ranch dressing on the side.. YUMMY!
And I still remember the first place I had fried pickles: Duke University's Main Dining Hall. I was down at Duke working on ELEANOR before it transferred up to Ford's Theatre, and I would frequently eat at the dining hall. Pretty decent food, and since I was employed by the university at the time, they extended some of the staff discounts and benefits to us. Well, as I was going through the line one day, they were offering a "fried vegetable bar". A what?!?!? So... They had fried mushrooms, fried zucchini, fried baby carrots (which were pretty good too), those breaded and fried brocolli and cheese balls, and fried pickles! Well, I just had to try to the pickles....

Oh, and I've also had some some deep-fried olives too! And, apparently, some food company has come out with deep-fried mac n' cheese?!?!? Hmm.. even that sounds like overkill to me. Hmm.. But that doesn't mean I won't give it a try should I come across it... :X