[oldwildheart]

When ever I travel and have to stop for fuel I look for fried chicken gizzards that are usually sold in the gas stations, I LOVE them! I have been on travel and looked in all the gas stations we stopped at and could not find any, I even stopped at gas stations when I didn't need fuel.

My travels have been between NM and Tx., Soooooo disappointed.

Just a random statement/thought. I really want my fix.

 

[ATST]

Really? Fried food from a gas station?
How about some sushi?

 

[HellsScoutAct]

My .02,, I love them gizzards also. Almost all the fuel stops up around OKC have them if they are the family good old boy type. I buy several packages of them cooked for my trip. Eat some while driving and then rap another package of them in silver foil and place up on the motor to keep them toasty warm. I found some a couple weeks ago at a small mom and pop gas stop in Idaho. Marked that place down in my old brain.

 

[protector 6062]

Really? Fried food from a gas station?
How about some sushi?

Ms. ATST Please don't confuse our intelligence level with our taste in foods. Mrs. Protector is a near perfect cook but even she can't cook gizzards and livers like most elegant gas stations in the south. When she and the kids eat the best steaks sold in a supermarket I eat gizzards and/or livers from a gas station when I can or eat my Sweeties when she makes them.

Now I afraid to ask but I suspect you won't even eat a pecan roll from Stucky's (which was a large truck stop franchise in the south).

 

[Mels thinkingitover]

I can cook all kinds of Southern food and have fried most of it, and I still find it really difficult to make good fried gizzards. There's a little hole in the wall restaurant a few towns over that my husband gets his gizzard fix at. I'm amazed at how he has to drive four towns over just to pick up a part from the hardware store. :xeye: Oh, and by the way while he's there, he might as well have lunch...

If gas stations around here had fried gizzards, I'd have to hide his truck keys. :

 

[East Coast Woods]

Chicken livers and gizzards, dipped in a little hot sauce and chased with sweet tea. What a perfect meal. Before any of the well known food police appear to try and derail the OP's thread, I realize fried food isn't good for you, but nothing taken in small amounts every now and then isn't going to cause a sudden massive heart attack.

We will enjoy our food, and you can take your sticks and twigs and enjoy yours.

 

[MS45]

Ms. ATST Please don't confuse our intelligence level with our taste in foods. Mrs. Protector is a near perfect cook but even she can't cook gizzards and livers like most elegant gas stations in the south.

Best chicken gizzards in town come from a gas station. It's how we do it down here.

Sort of off topic, but there is also a gas station down here where be buy our steaks. They have a butcher there ( ) and you can have the steaks cut just like you want them.

 

[kokosmom2]

I've never had fried gizzards other than what my Dad made and he was from South Dakota so I'm sure they can't compare to the Southern ones. If I ever leave this part of the States to go traveling to the South, I'll have to try them.

A friend of mine made some awesome chicken livers with mushrooms using a pound of butter. I can't find the recipe and I've lost touch with her *sigh* That was a good meal over mashed potatoes.

 

[ATST]

Ms. ATST Please don't confuse our intelligence level with our taste in foods. Mrs. Protector is a near perfect cook but even she can't cook gizzards and livers like most elegant gas stations in the south. When she and the kids eat the best steaks sold in a supermarket I eat gizzards and/or livers from a gas station when I can or eat my Sweeties when she makes them.

Now I afraid to ask but I suspect you won't even eat a pecan roll from Stucky's (which was a large truck stop franchise in the south).

Sorry, I don't watch much TV, so if I see something on it, I assume everyone else has. Anyway, I was referencing a commercial where a guy buys sushi from a dirty lookin gas station. Not a remark about inteligence, but rather a stab at humor.

I will absolutley eat Pecans, or almost anything that contains them, including those sold at gas stations.

 

[MikeK]

I've never had them at a gas station before. Do they make them on site?

Gizzards are pretty easy to make though. Simmer them first. This is where you get to make them really tender and add lots of flavor. I've simmered them in all sorts of things from roasted jalapenos, onion and tomato to just a good sprinkle of Tony Chachere's seasoning mix. As long as it has enough salt to season them and you like the flavor, it'll work.

When they're tender drain and cool. Then bread and fry. You don't need to do much seasoning to the flour since the gizzards themselves are already flavorful. Just a little salt.

They come out crispy on the outside and melt in your mouth tender, with flavor all the way through rather than just in the coating.

 

[SCPigpen]

All right, damn it, now I have to go get some entrails and fry them up. I hadn't planned on going anywhere today.

 

[MS45]

I've never had them at a gas station before. Do they make them on site?

A couple of the ones around here make them there. Most people go there at lunch to eat and they're still warm.

 

[East Coast Woods]

Usually get mine at a place called Parker's Barbecue in Eastern NC - fabulous to munch on while driving down the road.

Another great taste is to take livers and wrap in bacon. Then broil in oven. Yummy as well.

 

[Mels thinkingitover]

I've never had them at a gas station before. Do they make them on site?

Gizzards are pretty easy to make though. Simmer them first. This is where you get to make them really tender and add lots of flavor. I've simmered them in all sorts of things from roasted jalapenos, onion and tomato to just a good sprinkle of Tony Chachere's seasoning mix. As long as it has enough salt to season them and you like the flavor, it'll work.

When they're tender drain and cool. Then bread and fry. You don't need to do much seasoning to the flour since the gizzards themselves are already flavorful. Just a little salt.

They come out crispy on the outside and melt in your mouth tender, with flavor all the way through rather than just in the coating.

How long do you simmer them?

If I can get this right I could earn some serious "good wife points." :

 

[toobboy]

My Mom was raised on a chicken farm, so fried gizzards and hearts were fought over
at my house, Chicken gizzard soup too. I remember being in Tulsa, Ok. at a fast food
place ordering gizzards while my fellow Canadians looked on in horror... they had no
idea how friggin' good those little buggers were.

 

[MikeK]

How long do you simmer them?

If I can get this right I could earn some serious "good wife points." :

About 45 to 90 minutes or so. It depends on the gizzards. Some are tougher than others. Just try one now and then to see if it's tender. I don't think you can simmer them too long. I just did gizzards a few days back and I had them simmering for a couple hours because I got busy. They came out great.

 

[MikeK]

My Mom was raised on a chicken farm, so fried gizzards and hearts were fought over
at my house, Chicken gizzard soup too. I remember being in Tulsa, Ok. at a fast food
place ordering gizzards while my fellow Canadians looked on in horror... they had no
idea how friggin' good those little buggers were.

My mom made them a lot when I was a kid. I always loved them. But she didn't simmer hers before frying and they were always tough.

 

[Operator6]

Plenty o places to get fried gizzards in south Alabama. One place has them all you can eat.

You can get fried chicken feet too,just about any part of the chicken you want except the feathers.

 

[Mels thinkingitover]

Plenty o places to get fried gizzards in south Alabama. One place has them all you can eat.

You can get fried chicken feet too,just about any part of the chicken you want except the feathers.

An all you can eat chicken gizzard dinner - I'm not telling my husband there's such a place within driving distance or I know where I'll end up on our next hot date. :

 

[snowie]

Really? Fried food from a gas station?
How about some sushi?

the gizzards are delicious and have a much lower radiation hazard than sushi.