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Southern fried chicken.

Fried chicken!! Yesterday we were in the mood for fried chicken. I know, I know… I never prepared it and we seldom fry food in my house. 

Last night as a result, it was another fun experience.

Chicken on hand, the search for the perfect recipe began. In my never-ending drawer of recipes, I found an old family recipe handed down to us. 

Perfect!! Just for fun, I decided to look for one with buttermilk.

First of all I found a few too many. Therefore I decided to incorporate them all together, preparing my own version of buttermilk fried chicken.

Finally, reading thru the family recipe “ Southern Fried Chicken,” I realized that I needed shortening, more specifically, Crisco. 

Ok!!! Well!!! That is rather a fun curveball sent my way. I never used Crisco, even less know what it looks like. 

I went to the supermarket, looked for it, and purchased my first tin cup.

The preparation of the recipe was as simple as 1-2-3.

Now to the frying pans. 

Having so much chicken to cook and having a Wolfe six burner, I decided that instead of cooking the chicken in batches, I used my large skillets and cook all the chicken at once.

Everyone out of my kitchen, the cooking started.

Consequently, by using three different pans, I must say as a result a most noteworthy eye opener on how so much different skillets cooks. 

I prefer de Buyer over Lodge or Lincoln for cooking fried food. Better heat distribution, cooked more evenly, took less time, less burning.

Seeing that we were in a Southern kind of mood, seems like natural to prepare creamed corn with bell pepper as a side dish.  Green salad a must.

Buttermilk fried chicken will return to grace our dishes and satisfy our souls.

Cooking tips 
Please keep children out of the kitchen, but most of all use a splatter guard for the cooking. Never take your eyes off the pans.

Turning the chicken with the thongs rather than a fork, it gives you a distance from the pan.  

Hence less of risk of burning by splatter.