All that screaming about family values! And that so-called pervert Bill Clinton! Those Democrats are eating children, my god! And running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor! They were so determined to get to the bottom of the whole Jeffrey Epstein debacle because they knew–the just knew!–that Clinton and other rich Democrats were on his list!
Release the Epstein files! Release the files so we can jail Clinton! And probably Biden and Hunter and Hillary too! Family Values! Protect the Children!
What a bunch of bullshit. Just like they were never really about fiscal responsibility, or free trade, or letting businesses run themselves, or state’s rights, or draining swamps, they were never, ever really about family values, the rule of law, or jailing child predators.
They don’t give a tiny mushroom dick about child sex trafficking. And they don’t care if we know it. That Mike Johnson has got some balls on him, putting the house on vacation early so they don’t have to vote on releasing the files. Big balls. Like…maybe, boudin balls! Crispy fried boudin balls!
Supposedly, you pronounce it boo-dahn balls. Where the n is barely there. But I like to say Boh-deen balls. Like Jethro Bodine. Because the current authoritarian regime trying to authori-tate reminds me of Jethro Bodine, but without the sweetness and empathy.
We used this recipe from the kitchn for our balls. But we halved it and made thirteen. It was so complicated. We mixed up all the stuff and left it in the fridge overnight. I was surprised that it all held together in ball form for the fryer, but it did. We decided not to make our own remoulade sauce and just bought a bottle of it at the grocery.
We both thought they were really good. If we’d actually been at the food festival, we think these would have been the best thing we’d have. There are chicken livers in these balls and that’s what I tasted most. My family is from North Carolina, so I’m pretty Southern and I love fried chicken livers.
We had a bunch left over so the next day, I decided to fry those up. Instead of using the deep fryer, as we did for the balls, I just used a pot. As I was flipping them, there was a loud pop and a burst of oil! I’m lucky it didn’t hit my neck and face, but it did get on my right hand. I was really worried for a while as I treated the burn and munched on fried chicken livers. But, while I do have some blistering on my thumb, it’s looking like I survived unscathed.
As much as this recipe is a lot of work, if you’re up for it, I’d recommend it. But be very careful if you’re going to fry up some leftover livers.