Fried butter -- why america has a weight problem!!!!

What I can't figure out is how do you fry butter to eat and how do you fry coke. As soon as butter is heated it melts, who would want to eat a hunk of butter anyway, yuck. As for coke its a liquid, how can that be fried.

I have been eating fried foods since my childhood days and I am sick of it. I think it is much nicer if they can cook without using oil and still have a taste of a fried food. I would surely love to buy that recipe. I know that this time many people are very obese not because of unbalance diet, but also because of lack of work out, and exercise. I have been experiencing a hard time also staying away from fried foods. I have a big problem now for my waist line it is starting to extend and I need a new pair of jeans and short to compensate with my body. I really don't know why fried food really taste better than other food cook in other ways. I totally agree with you that we should be served with a healthier food, and there should be a choice in the restaurant for this healthy food. It is a mandatory law that they should include this healthy food in their menu. Would you agree with me?

LOL. Give them kudos for marketing. People are certainly talking. They wrap dough around a pat of butter and call it fried butter and it sounds special. Everybody buys it and thinks they got fried butter. Then they sprinkle it with sugar. What a crock! It's fried bread! They are also serving deep fried peaches and cream, deep fried pecan pie and fried peanut butter cup macaroons. If the fat doesn't get you, the sugar will. But it is the Fair! What are you gonna do?

Oh, I totally agree with you, Deb. We definitely need to serve up more healthier food. Our schools are finally jumping on board, but not all schools have adopted the healthier menu. Having said that though, I guess people prepare themselves to eat the weird and unusual when they go to events such as the Texas State Fair. I too, however, am confused about fried butter and fried coke. That goes beyond a heart attack and weird.

OMG when i think of fried BUTTER, i think of heavy hips, no i would npot eat that at all..I feel we all should try to eat healthier for a change....I use some butter but it is low calorie...As for frying i have now started using olive oil...

hidebs place no indeed I am really trying to eat morehealthily and fried anything is not going to do it for me. fried butter no sir not in this lifetime. I am only using and eating healthy oils and not a lot of them either. I have never tried any of those fried'foods nor do i want to.

Ewww that is gross indeed, here in the UK, some fish and chip shops actually offer to fry your mars bars and chocolate in deep fat! They call them fritters, usually it's pineapple rings which are put in deep fat and fried, but you can actualy do that with chocolate, you can imagine the calories and the cholesterole content. Obesity levels are rising and we need to be educating our children and certainly adults too as if we haven't got a strain on the health system as it is. I like to think of myself as a health guru and I avoid junk food, all that grease. Maybe if people were to see what it does to their insides as well, commercials to hit home is what is needed. When arteries are clogged because of all the grease and junk people eat. Maybe that will work, who knows, but selling fried butter and frying stuff only exacerbates the issue.

No, I have not eaten fried ice cream, fried snickers bars, fried pickles,fried twinkies, fried coke, I barely remember eating fried chicken. I quit frying things ages ago. It has not made me any thinner though, and I am so sad. I like apples with caramel dipping sauce instead of french fries, or better yet, I like a salad. I still need smaller portions. I am afraid any of the above mentioned fried foods would give me a bad case of reflux. Of course one might argue that at the Fair you would walk it all off, but funnel cakes stick like glue. I guess I am a party pooper.

Fried butter? As in get a piece of butter and fry it then eat it? I'm not so sure about that even if it isn't exactly like that. However I think I can visualize some sort of pastry with a center of natural butter - not margarine - that would melt with the heat of the oven. I might like to have something like that once in a blue moon - as long as it wasn't fried LOL But that's me because I'm not too much into fried things.

You can get just about everything and anything fried these days. The problem is that people need to say no to certain foods and not eat the stuff. Also you have to know when to stop eating the unhealthy foods. It is alright to have some but only in moderation. It's all in the willpower.

yes i know that america has weight problem . i am not from US but i often see US shows and see lots of obese people. but at least even though there are lots of obesity in your country, there is still lots of healthy foods available in your country that is not available to us. so i think it is just matter of choice. there are so many healthy fruits and vegetables that taste great and are readily available in your country for cheap price. so i think that people just learn how to take advantage of the great foods and healthy foods you have there in your country.

Hi Debs_Place, I haven't tried any of these things nor would I be tempted by them, I can't even stand the smell of fast food, goodness knows what sort of oil they use for frying all that rehydrated junk. It seems to me that the problem with obesity and such things is that peoplzze have no awareness of what foods are actually good and bad for them, and then of course pass this down to their children. Endless diets are promoted which I firmly believe make people fat, rather than people just getting acquainted with the idea of what is healthy, they seem to think it's all just rabbits food. I eat healthily with a good dose of indulgences as well as anything in moderation is fine. These headline foods are not the real problem, it is the obsession with soda drinks, processed food and fast food at the expense of real food. The diet here includes huge amounts of olive oil, which is the good oil, fish, vegetables. But we do eat our aubergines fried in olive oil rather than fried butter.

I think the healthy recipes and snacks are developed since the begining of times. The question lies in if we want to eat them. A grek salad won´t take you more than 10 min to make it from scratch and it´s filling, colorful and appealing. A main dish that looks nice INSIDE the plate won´t hurt you either, no matter what it is. Prefer steamed food instead of fried one. Besides, it´s easier to cook. There are lot of homemade dressings that are based in salt, pepper, vinegar or lemon juice and olive oil. As for the knack: put herbs. As for sauces: tomato sauces are not so caloric, use lean meats, and if you make a sauce with miklk ,use a no cream milk. After that, You can splurge once a week (luxuries are needed) and you´ll be losing pounds. I like fried foods (french fried potatoes and some squch fritters I make). But I don´t make them more than once every two months. So it has no importance. Take care!

You had me at "Fried butter". Think about all the unhealthy fats and saturated fats, cholesterol...ugh. I think the problem isn't only in America because here in asia, children are becoming bigger and bigger as well. They don't exercise much being home with video games, internet and they tend to eat more junk food or fast food. I have never tried those foods you mentioned and i dont have any intentions of trying them. I think it's very unhealthy.

I just wanted to point out there are some people who have a hard time putting on weight or keeping weight on. So those high calorie foods are very much needed for their survival. I am against forcing restuarnts and such to only serve healthy options. While eating healthy is good, but not for everyone, nor should it be forced.

Hi Debs_place, How in the world are you goint to fry butter or coke? no, I have never tried anything like that and it does sound gross. Tamara

When I was growing up we rarely snacked at all. Now, people eat snack food every single night. All that snacking adds extra weight, especially to those people that aren't physically active. If people cut own snacking then they would cutout nearly 2000 calories a week. I used a Snickers Bar for an example. However, we know people don't stop at one snack. They might eat 2 or 3 Snickers Bars a day. People just need to eat 3 meals a day and cut out snaking. I'd include soft drinks with snaking. Soft drinks were snacks when I was a kid. We only had Pepsi during the holidays. Some people have 2 to 3 cans of Pepsi a day. Yikes!!

I liked fried food ever, the fried chicken, and many food can be eaten with fried, however, it contains many unhealthy components, it's harmful, after i know these things, i eat less these fried food, but sometimes i can bear these delicious food, i will taste them ,but for controling the amount.

In China, more and more children like KFC and McDonald's. This kind of fast foods are popularized in every big and small cities. We all know it's unhealthy, but we still love them because it's delicious. i think to develop healthy and delicious recipes and snacks is necessary!

I agree with you that America as a country needs to invest more time into creating a healthier diet routine in our households. I also agree that everything in moderation won't kill us. But its the amount that we consume of this harmful fried food is what is killing us and our children. When we have young adults with little or no income having children, they will feed their children whatever they can afford or they themselves eat. I can tell you how many babies I see holding a coke bottle and a bag of cheetos. Its sad and disturbing. I think a lot of it starts with education and with the food stores. Education from schools and parents, teaching their kids to eat healthier whenever possible. But there is a problem here. If you are a single mother or father with two or three kids, you may find it hard putting food on the table. So you sacrifice as much as you can and buy low quality foods for you children because its cheaper, or fast food or tv dinners because you are working two jobs. Think about it. Its cheaper to buy tv dinners and mac n cheese, than it is to buy salad ingredients and dressing for a family of 4. As a consumer nation, we have put our health on the back burner and have invested our time and money into materialistic things. I think as a nation, we need to educate ourselves on food and promote healthy eating....starting with making healthier foods cheaper and easier to obtain. Only then can we start tackling the growing epidemic of obesity and diabeties.