This Week in Arterial Terrorism: Fried butter at Pete's Pork Roll

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This Week in Arterial Terrorism: Fried butter at Pete's Pork Roll

POSTED: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:17 PM

Filed Under: Weird Regional Foods | Arterial Terrorism

Photo | Anthony Sica

During my most recent weekend on the South Philly Riviera in Wildwood, New Jersey, I found myself in front of Petes Pork Roll (3806 Boardwalk) thanking God for the creation of a pork roll restaurant. But after looking over the menu, which featured the titular regional meat product, plus burgers, chicken, dogs and funnel cake, I came across an item that sounded like the bastard love child of Paula Deen and The Situation: fried butter.

Photo | Anthony Sica

I immediately ordered it, because, come on. The resulting confection is very much like a beignet they take dough, wrap it around chunks of butter and fry it up. The final product (above) looks like sweet and sour chicken and tastes like a biscuit a really, really, really buttery biscuit. The first bite will send a river of melted butter down your chin, but all told the batter is surprisingly light and fluffy. I can now say that I ate fried butter. I can also say that I may eat it again.

Felicia D'Ambrosio

Posted 2010-08-19 16:33:00

Serious Eats would call it an "autopsy shot."  Any word on if it's a trademark infringement?

Pop-Pop

Posted 2010-08-19 16:34:59

Love Pork Roll!!! Love Butter!!!
This combo can not get any better!  A definite try by me!

Poppy

Posted 2010-08-19 14:21:31

Holy crap, I need that.

Foodaholic

Posted 2010-08-19 15:37:03

Wheres the "half-bite" photo?

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