Pickle-brined fried chicken and coleslaw, with beignets for dessert

GrateEggspectations · September 22

We don’t use our deep fryer often, so given my wife’s hankering for fried chicken today, we decided to make the most of the fresh oil and made donuts as well. In-laws were over.

Brined the chicken in leftover pickle juice for about six hours this morning. Coleslaw is from veggies (cabbage and carrots) gifted to us from a neighbour. Pickles were made yesterday from cucumbers gifted from another neighbour. Apple donuts featured apples from a neighbour.

Not pictured were a few molasses and oatmeal loaves of bread. After the meal, we distributed donuts and bread to the neighbours who had gifted us veggies - and to some who hadn’t.

shtgunal3 · September 22

Outstanding!!!

JohnInCarolina · September 22

Oh my!

Canugghead · September 22

Where did my invite go?

GrateEggspectations · September 22

Canugghead said:

Where did my invite go?

Invite me to one or your pizza parties. Then we’ll talk.

caliking · September 22

Good grief, @GrateEggspectations! So much to love there, but dem donuts...

(I feel the need to call out whoever is at the fry station, without closed/covered-toe footwear. That's no bueno).

lousubcap · September 22

caliking said:

Good grief, @GrateEggspectations! So much to love there, but dem donuts...

(I feel the need to call out whoever is at the fry station, without closed/covered-toe footwear. That's no bueno).

All in with the comments about the groceries but the nail colour (nod) is sweet.

Ybabpmuts · September 22

GrateEggspectations said:

We don’t use our deep fryer often, so given my wife’s hankering for fried chicken today, we decided to make the most of the fresh oil and made donuts as well. In-laws were over.

Brined the chicken in leftover pickle juice for about six hours this morning. Coleslaw is from veggies (cabbage and carrots) gifted to us from a neighbour. Pickles were made yesterday from cucumbers gifted from another neighbour. Apple donuts featured apples from a neighbour.

Not pictured were a few molasses and oatmeal loaves of bread. After the meal, we distributed donuts and bread to the neighbours who had gifted us veggies - and to some who hadn’t.

Holy snapping a$$holes!

Ybabpmuts · September 22

Did I say that out loud?

GrateEggspectations · September 22

Thanks for the kind comments. Fritter recipe at https://www.ricardocuisine.com/en/recipes/5954-apple-fritters.

@caliking - Couldn’t agree more. I threw some shade her way for the safety violation while in progress!

bluebird66 · September 22

Awesome looking meal!

Paolo · September 22

Spectacular meal as usual! The round fritters are the apple donuts? They look great.
A deep fryier could be a great addition to my rapidly expanding cooking hardware lineup.
Your neighbours are such lucky people!

GrateEggspectations · September 22

Thanks a lot, @paolo. We are the lucky ones; we receive near daily deliveries of fresh fruit and vegetables from neighbours. Very kind of them!

Yep, the round things are the fritters. Highly recommend.

We enjoy having a fryer but use it sparingly. This is because i) it’s not very healthy; and ii) the smell of the fryer lingers. When we do use it, we always set it up outside.

Paolo · September 22

I must conclude you live in very nice neighborhood then, and you do your fair share to keep it that way!
I also fry outside from time to time, just a camping stove and a pot with oil, mostly for fish which adds to the messy outcome.

Mickey · September 23

Very nice and so much safer than grease pot on your Egg.

Pickle-brined fried chicken and coleslaw, with beignets for dessert

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