Foods That Are So Much Better Fried

As a girl from South Georgia, I was raised to believe that fried foods constituted one of the main food groups. (And, we're talking bottom-row-of-the-food-pyramid status.) Deep frying became a cure-all to every cooking conundrum. The food item you've prepared tastes bad? Drop it in some oil for a spell and it'll be fiiiine. Your kids have problems with produce? Solution: battered veggies that look like a something they'd pitch a fit for in line at the state-fair. Oh, you think your dish is delish as is? Betcha a few minutes in a frying pan would only make it better...

In fact, if you have any one of the following 24 foods on hand and you're NOT frying it, you're doing your tastebuds a disservice. Let the grease never cease.