Crunchy Food

**Bugbear** · 26th February 12, 07:32 PM

The "boiled until soft" comments in the Irish food thread got me to thinking about crunchy food.
So, what's your crunchy munchy?
It doesn't have to be "bad for you" food either; I eat lots of raw carrots, for example.

**Steve of Lansing** · 26th February 12, 07:40 PM

Fried shrimp, fried moral mushrooms, and fried okra.

**LitTrog** · 26th February 12, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by Steve of Lansing

fried moral mushrooms

I try to fry up the immoral mushrooms--makes me feel like I'm doing god's work.
Totally with you on the fried shrimp. Made up some fab po'boys for dinner tonight!

**Bugbear** · 26th February 12, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by LitTrog

I try to fry up the immoral mushrooms--makes me feel like I'm doing god's work. ...

:cthulhusmiley:

**chrisupyonder** · 26th February 12, 10:58 PM

I make my own potato crisps. Very thinly sliced potato with the skins on deep fried in olive oil. Then add salt and malt vinager. Eat hot or cold.

Chris.

**Bugbear** · 26th February 12, 11:43 PM

Ya, I have one of those slicer things, and I make crisps sometimes, but not always out of potatoes, and I usually bake them. It makes strips of different sizes, too.
I like pumpkin chips

**Kiltboy** · 27th February 12, 05:36 AM

I'm hooked on cracklins. Fresh out of the fryer and warm.

**Iain Robb** · 27th February 12, 05:46 AM

Wonderful timing for this question ...

Last night I made chili (which came out great, but that's another topic), and while looking for a different cornbread recipe to go along with it (I find most cornbreads boring and barely edible), I came across a cheese cornbread recipe in a Southern Living Breads cookbook.

It called for a round pan, and the only thing I could find was a rather elaborate old heavy metal bundt cake pan. I'm sure I used too much shortening as I tried to make sure all the ridges were properly greased.

When I took it out of the oven, it slipped right out of the pan, and the crust was a beautiful brown, crunchy from almost being fried, as well as from the browned cheese and the cornmeal.

**TurboKittie** · 27th February 12, 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by LitTrog

I try to fry up the immoral mushrooms--makes me feel like I'm doing god's work.
Totally with you on the fried shrimp. Made up some fab po'boys for dinner tonight!

I made up some hot pepper bacon popper dip that went exceptionally well with crudites.

**Tobus** · 27th February 12, 07:44 AM

Being as I'm on a low-carb diet at the moment, fried pork skins (aka chicharrones) are about the only crunchy snacks I can have.

But normally if I have a need for crunchy goodness, I tend to devour entire handfuls of roasted cashews or almonds.