[warchild9]

When I was a kid, every year at the Mullet Festival regatta in Swansboro, NC, various civic groups would set up deep friers for hush puppies and catfish: cut in half a 55-gallon drum and melt lard in it over an open flame. Deep fry the goodies. Enjoy the hardening of the arteries. YUMMMMIE!

I'm a vegetarian, now, but that doesn't ruin the memories.

[kenth]

cut in half a 55-gallon drum and melt lard in it over an open flame. Deep fry the goodies. Enjoy the hardening of the arteries.

Heh... Besides the lard, who knows what chemicals were in the drums before they cut it in half to fry catfish. Then again, we used to be able to eat raw cookie dough, lick the cake batter bowl, etc. before eggs were "dangerous". We just didn't worry about a lot of stuff back then.