Deep fried pickles are a really popular snack in the southern US. They aren't dehydrated though, just patted dry, battered and fried.

@avirosenberg8046

3 жыл бұрын

And in the Midwest, I always order them when a resteraunt has them they're just so good

@numberq1134

3 жыл бұрын

Midatlantic reporting in, popular here, too

@nashsok

3 жыл бұрын

Second only to fried green tomatoes imo!

@hgrunt100

3 жыл бұрын

And my Lord they rock. I love a good fried pickle. Or green tomato!

@EastWind123

3 жыл бұрын

They are very popular around here in Pennsylvania. I LOVE them!

This man's whole persona just screams down to earth, decent bloke! 😁 ❤️

@AtomicShrimp

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sweettangerines8182

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp you're most welcome sir! I appreciate your response 😀

@m1169199

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've always thought that about people who dry and deep fry gherkins 😂😂

@sweettangerines8182

3 жыл бұрын

@@m1169199 yep, they're the best folk around! 😁

If you blitzed them up, they might make an interesting seasoning for chips/fries.

I can't even imagine what makes you think of these things, you either have an extremely inquiring mind or you were very bored that day.

@LyingSecret

3 жыл бұрын

From the sheer broad variety of his videos, gotta be the inquiring mind :D

@BoserPSN

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyingSecret an extremely bored inquiring mind

@LyingSecret

3 жыл бұрын

@@BoserPSN That makes it sound like what he does is boring, which I disagree with.

@jacobuponthestone9093

3 жыл бұрын

Im from ga. Fried pickles is a thing there. But yea not deyhrated

@nghtwng1572

3 жыл бұрын

Yes To Both!

This makes me want to go through my kitchen cupboards and fry EVERYTHING.

@psidvicious

3 жыл бұрын

Deep fried ice cream! 😛

@psidvicious

3 жыл бұрын

@@gjeckttv 😆 POW!! 😆

@sudstahgaming

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@pepre7594

3 жыл бұрын

be sure to document your findings (and to have a fire extinguisher near you)

@CharliHarvey

3 жыл бұрын

@@pepre7594 It started as a joke but now I’m seriously considering it. Deep-fried vegan ham sounds really damn good.

You know things get serious when Atomic Shrimp brings out the dehydrator.

@PyreOManiac

3 жыл бұрын

This is unrelated, but imagine being in a fight and your enemy straight up pulls out a dehydrator and fucking pulls water out of your body like a fleshy sponge

@PyreOManiac

3 жыл бұрын

@@gjeckttv hol up

@gallomphrattlebone329

3 жыл бұрын

@@gjeckttv British sense of humour, geeeee!

Solid steel willpower to not eat half the jar as you did this.

@tempest8342

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man for real

@filipsedlacek4609

3 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone do that?

@ladyericaj56

3 жыл бұрын

@uNo I could happily eat an entire jar!

@ladyericaj56

3 жыл бұрын

@uNo I'm 60 years old and I very rarely eat anything sweet nowadays. Although saying that, I have always detested chocolate cake!

@ZombieNationLTD

3 жыл бұрын

Right

Just gotta say that I love your random videos. I appreciate you sharing my friend 👍

This guy, just a friendly soul and human. KZreadrs nowadays: Gangsters, Screaming. This guy: Educational in a fun way, calm human being. Thank you for making my day!

@bennybennerson7728

3 жыл бұрын

Can you name a single " gangster " KZreadr

@vikeeeeeee

3 жыл бұрын

@@bennybennerson7728 Not really gangsters, but breaking several rules and even laws.

@bennybennerson7728

3 жыл бұрын

@@vikeeeeeee ok you still didn't name any though

Fried dill pickles are a common appetizer in the American South, but I think they have a batter on them. Quite good though.

@animepsyclone

3 жыл бұрын

I can confirm as I live there, they do have batter and are really good

@TheErador

3 жыл бұрын

Frickles are good!

@Casey-cy6ph

3 жыл бұрын

When do we not fry food

@iateallyourpancakesandwadd3830

3 жыл бұрын

They are breaded, or at least the ones I have made were

@HillBilly_Urbex

3 жыл бұрын

there battered and delicious.

Go on, admit it, when you went out of shot with the jar, you got Mrs Shrimp to open it for you.😁

Hi ! A few years ago I tried some fried pickles, but they weren't dehydrated. The guy just used some batter around them, and fried them like that. And it was to die for.

@Dfarrey

3 жыл бұрын

Fried pickles like that are pretty common in the US. The best ones are the wedge-cut pickle spears dipped in either ranch or blue cheese dressing.

@prairiepanda

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dfarrey we have them in Canada, too! Great with chipotle dip!

@KingKool2099

3 жыл бұрын

They sell those at a few places around my neck of the woods, and they are damn good.

@psidvicious

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they’re fairly common in the US. They don’t dehydrate them first though and they usually lightly batter them (like a beer batter). Dill pickles chips are what I’ve usually seen, and they’re very good. I could be wrong, but isn’t it the burger chain Red Robin that has them as a regular menu item? Or maybe it’s Twin Peaks that has them? I forget exactly, but one of those non-fast food, sit-down burger chains. 🍔 😛

@prairiepanda

3 жыл бұрын

@@psidvicious Red Robin in Canada has them! I've seen them on the menu of a lot of steakhouses and burger joints. Canadian Brewhouse has really good batter on theirs.

This is great.

@pek5117

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Babatunde.

@africa_everyday

3 жыл бұрын

@@pek5117 hello Bob

@africa_everyday

3 жыл бұрын

@Guts this is my most fav KZread channel. I'm always here.

@owllymannstein7113

3 жыл бұрын

@@africa_everyday I hope your channel is doing very well.

@psidvicious

3 жыл бұрын

Btw Babatunde, from a recent video, try peanut butter on pancakes if it’s available. Preferably with maple syrup or possibly honey, but I’ve never tried them with honey myself. 🥞 😛

Gawd I bloody love pickled guerkins

Of course they have the texture of a corn snack because they are CORNichons! We should have expected that.

@dogwalker666

3 жыл бұрын

CUEcumber the applause.

@psidvicious

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds DILLicious!

@lizh1988

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't get that at first, I'm kind of VEGged out.

@dogwalker666

3 жыл бұрын

@@lizh1988 groan, you can tell its pantomime season.

I just wanna say, Mike, your content never ceases to be interesting. I was first drawn to your channel by your scambaiting. It was in one of those episodes you explained you were a variety channel, and I found your weird stuff in a can. I never know what to expect with a new upload by your channel, but I always know it will be fascinating!

This would probably be great with the salty kind of pickles, the ones that are pickled in a very salt brine.

@maciej9280

3 жыл бұрын

sour ones you can get in ethnic stores ?:) might be worth a try

@michaelgreen1515

3 жыл бұрын

@@maciej9280 you can get them in the non-ethnic stores too. My family never did Gerkins with sugar and we are yokels.

@swe_nurse8121

3 жыл бұрын

@@maciej9280 Not exactly, but that might be tasty too. What I meant pickles in a brine where the concentration of salt is almost to the point where water can't dissolve any more (20-25% salt). They are unbelievably salty (kind of like salted fish). I'm not quite sure if there are any commercial products available on the market though.

@fredericapanon207

3 жыл бұрын

Mmm, kosher dill pickles beat sweet pickles hands down.

So we have this "pickle" (well they're certainly pickled, after a fashion) in South India that has to be fried before it can be enjoyed, that are made by soaking green hot chili peppers in a mixture of salt and whipped Indian Curds and dried in the sun for hours until they go brown and mushy, then fried in oil until crisp. Most commonly eaten as part of the seasoning for our puffed rice snack, or with curd rice, they're pretty hot, very savory, and immensely pleasurable to crunch into. These remind me of them, vaguely. I think your larger cucumber slices needed more time in the dehydrator, really, perhaps a flip and another few hours, so they had a fully crisp and dried exterior that can puff up.

I don't even like pickles, but you manage to make everything interesting.

@unnamedchannel1237

3 жыл бұрын

Mom loves the pickle

@mayhemical

3 жыл бұрын

@@unnamedchannel1237 what

I bought the exact same jar of Gherkins from Lidl a couple months ago and struggled to open the jar as well I swear those things are glued on. I had to get the rubber gloves out to open it LOL

@lovecats6856

3 жыл бұрын

A spoon breaks the seal

Keep the variety of videos coming we love them 👍

I like the effort and imagination here.

I think you might have to make your own pickles so that you can control the sugar content. The excess might be interfering with the crispiness.

@AtomicShrimp

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they caramelise really quickly

@EggBastion

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp how about just rinsing or washing them? Probably better to make the from scratch though . . .

@aubreyh1930

3 жыл бұрын

Or you could just buy some that aren’t sweetened

@fossil98

3 жыл бұрын

What about comparing with non-pickled cucumbers?

This sounds hella good ngl

You always answer the questions I never thought to ask. I appreciate that.

I think cutting potatoes into strips and deep-frying might be good 🤔 Maybe a little ketchup or mayonnaise for dipping? Never know, could be a hit! 🤪

Next up: dried and deep fried wild mushrooms. Lets go.

@psidvicious

3 жыл бұрын

I can confirm, they are excellent with a light beer batter. (Light as in a thin batter, not a ‘lite beer’)

@abcb8665

3 жыл бұрын

Mushrumes are/can be uest as a meatreplacemeant some tent to have a chickenlike texture...just look it up on vegan cooking tuotorials(ᵔᴥᵔ)

@SombreroPharoah

3 жыл бұрын

Chicken of the Woods with beer batter, deep fried. Tops 'chicken nuggets' by a long way!

"ah that's weird" basically describes everything I dried so far.

@MoebiusUK

3 жыл бұрын

Try banana ... ive never dried any food but banana seems like it would work.

@saniberry

3 жыл бұрын

@@MoebiusUK banana chips is popular in asia

@hn2861

3 жыл бұрын

@@saniberry when I was younger I loved banana chips, so I tried making them by slicing up bananas and leaving them out overnight. LMAO

@saniberry

3 жыл бұрын

@@hn2861 lmaoo xD

Came for the scam baiting, stayed for the pickles, I love pickles

When you make crisps in this fashion I cannot stress enough how thin and small the dried pieces need to be. Like a millimeter or skin thick and no bigger than an inch or so before they expand in the oil. Thick slices is probably why they tasted mushy on the inside. The crust that forms insulates the deeper interior of thick crisps as well.

We Aussies like to think we're fairly close culture-wise to Brits but so often in videos like these I'm reminded of how far we've digressed from the path. Dehydrated and fried gherkins sounds bloody delicious though. FWIW the ones you're calling cornichons are the ones we call gherkins. And the fact that they puffed up like prawn crackers has inspired me to get my dehydrator out of the spare room :D

4:40, I was so happy when he didn't include the eating cut-away, I really think they break the integrity of the video

Golden bars of strange origin. John Warosa would probably like some.

I enjoyed the fried pickle tasting music.

In America we just call them pickles, but pickled gherkin is fun to say so I'll call them that from now on.

@mukkuru

3 жыл бұрын

In Dutch they're called "augurken" (awgherken), singular "augurk". Also a fun way to call em :)

Wholesome how you pronounce "Gürkchen". Those precious pickled cucumbers satisfied nightly cravings way too many times. Good video as always!

@thomasherzog86

3 жыл бұрын

Guten day fellow deutsch speaker. Have eine schöne time.

I'm still relatively new to your content and I'm so glad to have found you! I learn something new nearly every video and love the diversity of your content. I also have to thank you for not having mid-roll ads. That's a massive plus for me and so appreciated!

We eat those all the time at home. Love from Florida. We fry them without dehydration and dip in ranch.

I love your creativity and your attitude to try out new and unconventional ideas. Maybe we are seeing something like this in the shops in the near future. 😁

Your channel really is one of a kind, thank you for existing!

Oh I think with this you opened Pandora's box of fried vegetables. And I like it

We have something called pickle chips here in the United States, where pickles are sliced from the ends instead of like that.

Oh wow, I have had deep fried regular pickles. I have never tried gherkins that were fried. Sounds good.

@Machineius

3 жыл бұрын

...and i obviously commented way too early. I have never had pickles/gherkins cooked this way. I will give this a try.

Normally I dislike sugar-made pickles such as gherkins but I tried pickled mackerel once and fell in love with it. The problem there is I used my fingers instead of a utensil and my thumb and forefinger reeked of raw fish for three days. "Out damned spot!"

An old tip I learned as a child to open tight jar lids is to pop a small hole in the lid with something like an old fashioned tin opener (I know you'll probably have one of those). The hole releases the pressure inside the jar and they usually come off very easily after.

@EeeEee-bm5gx

7 ай бұрын

I usually lever the edge of the lid with fork handle until the air is sucked in. Also, it really helps with the grip on shiny lids if you grip them with some sandpaper

Oh dear, I don't know if I'd be able to go ahead with them, good that you had a bash

It's always amazing to me to watch you working with your chef's knife. You're a pro at slicing and dicing.

Im not sure if its where im from (Leicestershire) but we say pickles to mean pickles, e. g. onions, cabbage, gherkins etc and we just call chutney well just chutney.

@AtomicShrimp

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that works. I tend to think of 'pickles' as the aisle in the shop, containing gherkins, chutneys, piccalilli, pickled beetroot, pickled onions and other veg, olives, etc

Come on , everyone who has a pickle de-hydrating machine put your hands 🙌 up 😄

@Turnbull50

3 жыл бұрын

Dam I gave mine away a few years ago.

@rolfs2165

3 жыл бұрын

You can put them in the oven at 60°C, does the same (but uses more electricity).

@BJSepuku

3 жыл бұрын

Dehydrators are like 20 bucks and you can make lots of different stuff with them.

@4zims

3 жыл бұрын

just dry it in the sun

@Casey-cy6ph

3 жыл бұрын

Aint worth if ya don't have a pickle hydrator machine

very entertaining and defo interesting idea, would love to try.

someone please stop this madman

@Vidfavne

3 жыл бұрын

If he is stopped, somebody else will pick up the torch. You CAN NOT stop revolutionary ideas!

@i.k1807

3 жыл бұрын

Why stop him?

@Gandalf_the_Black_

3 жыл бұрын

The revolution is inevitable.

@i.k1807

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gandalf_the_Black_ Will you be our leader ?

@Gandalf_the_Black_

3 жыл бұрын

@@i.k1807 The Revolution has no leader. The Proletariat will free its- I mean... uhh... The gherkins will fry themselves

You rocked this one. Excellent work. Culinary research.

I see there are some comments about fried dill pickles. I’ll add a bit of detail. I’m from Alabama, and fried dill pickles is a thing there. We don’t use kosher or sweet but plain dill pickles which might be hard to find there. Instead of slicing them lengthwise, slice them perpendicular to the pickle axis. Then toss them in some seasoned flour. I would usually use salt and Tony Chachere’s creole seasoning. Then fry them up until crispy and golden brown! Also, sometimes we have ranch or remoulade for dipping, but they can be eaten without the dip too.

I love the sound of you chewing gherkins. I do miss the the squirrel. Live Free or Die Mr. Atomic Shrimp. xo.x.

You are my audio book for bedtime. Love hearing you utter "John Warosa" as I fall asleep. I always have the sweetest dreams of me and John running away together with our 95 billion currency

Man you are making amazing content that I didn’t think I would like but I love it

I'm from south texas USA and I LOVE fried pickles. I bet this is delicious.

In this episode, our favourite hobbit gives us PICKLE FACTS™, struggles with a jar, and then destroys the pickles' will to exist like when you gaze upon the one ring.

_He turned the pickle into a chip, I kid you not, funniest shit I've ever seen_

That sounds and looks like something really delicious. I imagine vinaigre-ey, salty, crispy deliciousness

Tip: Whenever you find a jar that won't open easily, just try to get some air under the lid with a spoon in one or multiple places. Works every time and the spoon is a safe way to do it.

@aubreyh1930

3 жыл бұрын

Running it under warm water works too

@yurka63

3 жыл бұрын

just punch a hole in the lid with a small knife

@oanaalexia

3 жыл бұрын

@@yurka63 this one scares me a bit but whatever goes to everyone.

@psidvicious

3 жыл бұрын

@@yurka63 Ice pick. If they even make them anymore 🤔.

@lizh1988

3 жыл бұрын

Hot water on the lid only, under the tap. Open with caution.

I love the randomness of your posts. Everything from A to Z...but I have to admit that that anything that includes food or scam baiting are my favourites.

Now that’s something I’d like to try. I love any kind of pickle :)

Never tried to fry sweet pickles. I usually just drain some on a towel, batter them, then fry them. They're great when dipped in ranch dressing. It's a favorite pub snack here where I live.

I used to make and sell deep fried pickled gherkins in batter in my old pub. It's important you use a whole one as you can dry them with kitchen roll before dipping in flour then batter and frying. They taste really great and are an awesome bar food.

This was really interesting and I love your thinking! I've been getting really curious about the growing list of unusual vegetable matter that's made into snack food but I don't think I've seen gherkin crisps on Amazon yet hehe. This morning I received popped lotus seeds from Amazon to try. I won't give a verdict, as I'm hoping you might expand into "Strange Things In A Packet" some time (I know, there's still many tinned wonders to explore but you do these taste tests so well). Would love you to tell us your verdict on some of these dried and/or fried or baked bizzarities making it onto our shelves these days! Thanks for another super video ☺️

Also called wallys. Depending where you are from.

@GirishManjunathMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Aren't wallies batter fried? With a beer batter?

@Adeoneer

3 жыл бұрын

@@GirishManjunathMusic I don't know, it's not me doing the video is it.

@gjg3783

3 жыл бұрын

Wally adjacent?

@thebohemian.

3 жыл бұрын

I also know these as wallies, I live in Essex. I wonder where else these are also so called?

I'm not a pickle guy, but these sound like they would make a great party snack.

Mr. Mike, I find that dishwashing gloves provide a great grip to open recalcitrant jars.

Watermelon in the dehydrator is the business. You should do a sweet treat dehydrator video!

I had a gerkin craving when pregnant with my first baby 31yrs ago & I still eat them every week! I love veg crisps so might have to try these 😋 x Thanks 😊

Fried pickles is my favorite appetizer.

As someone who loves potatoes and vinegar I have tried marinating sliced potatoes in leftover pickle juice and they worked well as fries.

I'd dehydrate some of the bigger sweet and salty smaller ones and blend them into a seasoning powder for the chips ! 😁

Looks very appetising

Hello Mr atomic shrimp. Not sure of your real name....I started watching you from your scam email videos but I must say, your other videos have me just as hooked! Please keep going! I've really enjoyed them and like your father like voice and love of life and positively

would be cool to see a feast/large dinner of all your experiments with guests!

Love ur vids man, hope your doing well.

That looks great.

This is so random. *I love it*

It seems to me that dehydration works best on things that have not undergone prossesing,like fresh vegatables.

It is nice to see you keeping busy during your retirement.

Gotta try this.

OK this looks amazing

Mom used to make beef jerky and banana chips in food dehydrators and sell bags to local stores. I sure do miss the smell of those cooking.. fills up half of the house.

Hi. I often have the whole one's. But you know I might try the preslice one when I go shopping today. Thanks.

A quick little trick to open jars is to use a spoon and put the other end slightly in between the glass and the lid, just give it a little wiggle and it swoops out and you can turn the lid

love it! you should try to find a beef jerky meat substitute next, thatd be extraordinary

@woadspiral

3 жыл бұрын

Probably could be done with something like seitan to get that similar stringy texture, but I think you'd need jaws of steel to chew on that when it's dried. It can be pretty chewy stuff at the best of times. I've been experimenting with adding vegetable suet to vital wheat gluten and it changes the texture quite a bit... Would love to see Atomic Shrimp Kitchens experiment on this one though!

@CandyGirl44

3 жыл бұрын

In South Africa, we actually have some great tasting biltong alternatives - one is Romeo and Vera Butcherie, theirs is gluten free out of mushrooms and other stuff, its quite addictive.

If would be nice to see you pickle some vegetables yourself. (don't know if it's called "pickel" but I think you know what I mean)

@countryside_guy

3 жыл бұрын

Pickle is correct.

@ad.7328

3 жыл бұрын

cucumbers are fruits

@DavidRoberts01341

3 жыл бұрын

@@ad.7328 ...and eggs are eggs but they also get pickled in Britain :D

@dogwalker666

3 жыл бұрын

@Anders Vinblad the most common pickle is onion actually usually silver skins, but pickled red cabbage is very common too and in the Midlands they have it with a roast dinner. Beetroot is common, and to a lesser extent cauliflower.

@Emil-Antonowsky

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidRoberts01341 best comment I've ever read.

If a jar vacuum-seals itself like this, what I like to do is get the business end of a metal spoon under the rim. From there, it can be levered until you hear gas escape, then the jar will open easily.

Bestest idea ever!

Interesting results! (American, here) the deep fried pickles/gherkins I've seen at pubs and such are usually battered or breaded prior to being fried. I don't think they're dehydrated first, though I'm not completely certain of that. I'd think that just removing the excess brine by draining them on paper towels would probably be sufficient. Either way, fun video!

Deep fried pickles are actually a popular dish where I live. But they, a) are made from sour dill pickles (little or no sugar) b) aren't normally sliced. Though they may be cut in half lengthwise. c) are breaded and usually dipped in ranch or other creamy dip. Interestingly, pickle chips are also a very common snack here. They aren't made from actual pickles though. They are actually what you folks call, "crisps" and are flavored with an acid blend along with salt, dill, a touch of garlic and whatever other seasonings and flavor enhancers the food scientists who designed them deemed necessary. They really are quite tasty.

really want to try these! look fab love your vids, wish you dog and wife happy christmas! :)

Here in The States....we egg wash, then flour pickle slices...then deep fry.....DELICIOUS!!!!

Awesome video my friend!

Several restaurants in Kentucky deep fry pickle chips in batter. No dehydration. Just dry them off batter them and fry. I live them

That look tasty, nice for quick snack. In the US they dip the pickle in batter and then they deep frie it. I've never tried it yet.

2 tips for opening a sealed jar: 1. Try having a towel on top of the jar, it can help. 2. Have a small knife with a spike on top, and try inserting it on the sides. This can break the seal and let air come in (you will hear a hiss sound) and then you open it normally as any other opened jar.

I got those sliced gherkins from Lidl once and didn't realize they were sweet. They were *very* sweet, wasn't a fan, not surprised you basically got candied gherkin when you dried them out!

@lizh1988

3 жыл бұрын

My parents used to can pickles, some kosher style, some sweet. I had to be mighty hungry to ever eat the sweet. 😝