Balance of Food

I have considered myself an expert on Southern food, but I had not heard of fried pickles until I discovered it on a Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives." The Penguin in Charlotte, NC serves up fried pickles. According to the show, the sliced pickles (they look like the sweet pickles slices you're used to) soak in buttermilk, and are then dredged in seasoned flour and deep-fried in oil for 3 minutes. My new TV still lacks smellvision, but the idea sounds really good. They played a clip from a customer who hates pickles (who can hate pickles) but loves the deep-fried pickles. Balancing deep-fried pickles can't be easy in a food program. But I confess if I were anywhere near Charlotte, NC, I would be driving to get some deep-fried pickles.