Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer, which is sometimes seen as unhealthy. The chicken itself may be chicken pieces on the bone with skin, or boneless and skinless pieces, usually breast meat, as in chicken fingers.

From the same owners of Vivace (Urban Food Group), South is a great place for Raleigh’s finest upscale southern cuisine–a mix of the Old South and New South. From deviled eggs and fried chicken to peanut soup and Cheerwine poundcake (no, this isn’t a typo), South has a great selection of mouth-watering southern foods.

"It's rough. It's been rough on that food. It's different eating here than it is at the house. Ain't got no sweet tea, and ain't got no fried chicken."—Boo Weekley, PGA golfer from Milton, Fla., interviewed by the BBC on Day 2 of the British Open, 7/20/2007

Country fried chickenCol. Sanders be gone. Make your own country fried chicken at home, and get a rich dark brown chicken with a shatteringly crisp crust and a taste so good you'll find yourself inexplicably in front of the fridge at 2 in the morning eating cold leftover chicken.

Do you love the taste of your favorite Southern Fried Chicken recipe? Here is a close copy of one of the more popular ones. You can bake or barbecue your chicken for a healthier alternative.

But for those of us who understand basic economics and human nature, this is the expected result, and the one that we have been predicting. The socialists told us it wouldn’t happen. Shall we serve their crow in a soup, or should we do it southern style, deep-fried?