Our Formula: Take Tasty Food, Deep Fry, Chomp

I usually try to avoid fried foods. Delicious, but not very healthy.

Yesterday, the goal was to go crazy on the deep fried foods.

We succeeded.

Entrees included mozzarella sticks, jalapeño poppers, zucchini, pickles, bbq wings, sweet potato fries, chicken, onion rings, bananas, pineapple, cheese-filled meatballs, and even macaroni-and-cheese balls.

Alexis and Christine

Daniel and Kaitlin

Spencer manned the deep fryer (or fryolator as some -meaning Kaitlin- call it) for most of the actual foods. Between him and Dave, they had a pretty good knowledge of how long to cook things, or just really good guesses.

Jamie and football friends

The family photo of sisters and their god-dog

This is what onion rings look like mid-frying

Our running justifies these deep-fried pickles, right?

It's good to be flanked by these great brothers

Once we were done with the normal foods, it was time for dessert. Spencer had to go, so I took over on the deep fryer. I'd been waiting all day for the desserts, so I was happy to get 'em going.

For dessert, we had Double-Stuf Oreos, Girl-Scout cookies (thin mints), Tastykakes, Triple Double Oreos, and the fan-favorite Snickers bites.

The Snickers bites went quickly; I'd say they were the big winners

This is a triple double Oreo, basically a double decker; yum!

The afternoon was certainly a delicious one, but I think I'm done with fried foods for quite a while.

Do you have a fried food weakness? Ever just feel the need to satisfy it in a big way?