Kids Try 100 Years Of Fried Food | Epicurious

All right, open those eyes. Ooh, it's chicken. Oh, that's not fried chicken, no, no. Tastes like a clam. Fried clams? Are they usually this shape? No. A lemon sauce? Is that a thing? Tartar sauce. Like, what's in that? It has chopped up pickle relish, I believe. I hate pickles. And, oh, mayonnaise. I hate mayonnaise. Wow, wonder why. What is that? What's it look like? A Hot Pocket. Oh, I think I know what this is. I think it's that little roll bite, and then, like, there's meat and cheese in it, and then, like, you eat it, and then, like, oh, wow, it tastes so good. So this is called a chimichanga. A chimi-what? They accidentally dropped a burrito into the deep fryer, and the chimichanga was born. What? Are you telling the truth? I'm happy that they dropped it into the deep fryer, because this is delicious. Do you know what chimichanga means? What? What does it mean? It's Spanish for thingamabob. Okay. That's a little bit weird to me, but okay. Oh, that's hideous. Looks like a giant, big chicken wing. It looks like a buffalo's leg. What is buffalo? Oh, gross. Ugh. Juice. I'm guessing that's just a giant, big chicken wing from a giant, big chicken. It tastes like- I don't wanna barf with him anymore. What's your favorite part of this? The meat. It's like this 300 million times. Rooster? No. I don't know, I'm just thinking of anything with a beak right now. Ugh, slippery. How could we make this better? You have to- Throw it in the trash. Rest in peace. I'll miss you, little buddy. No. Go away. Whoa. Oh, no. Oh, wow. This is a good corn dog. Gotta eat the hot dog part. Honestly, it looks more like bread than corn, but it tastes more like corn. It's like a corn muffin hot dog. I like ketchup. It's cool. I'm saying everything is cool today. I usually don't do that, but you know, it's cool. Chicken. Chicken nuggets. And you're going to tell me it's fish. What do you like about chicken nuggets? They're high in chicken. Tastes like I just got it from the galley or something. Well, one, they're really good, and two, they give you energy. Right now, I'm kicking my legs so hard, I can't even feel my legs. If you eat too many, you can turn into a chicken nugget. If I was the only person, I could eat all of these. What? Is that octopus or something? Are those mushrooms? Ooh, chopsticks. Oh, crap. I think I've had enough. I'm guessing this one is a green bean. You need to take it off to see what it is. I'm supposed to take it off. Maybe I would just change the mushroom and give the potato a bit more flavor, but besides that, it's really good. There's some things that should be fried, and there's some things that shouldn't. Exactly. Like this. This looks like chicken. It's like brown. That's a pickle. Hmm. What is this? These are fried pickles, no thank you. I'm gonna call my mom. This is a horrible dish. Not gonna lie. Cucumber and pickles are the same thing, right? Pickle is a pickled cucumber. Okay. I don't know. Okay, I think I'm ready for the next dish now. Definitely. Because I can still taste the pickle. What is this? What? Confused. I'm very confused. Are you supposed to just take this all at once and just shove it in your face? Yeah. Wow, I can taste it. And I didn't even taste it. That doesn't make sense. I do not like that. I do not, I do not like that. It tastes like barbecue sauce with meat in it. This is called a Bloomin' Onion. Ooh, okay, I can see the onion, like the shade, kinda. What's the Bloomin'? Bloomin', like the show? Like the Bloomin' guys or whatever? Like guys that play the drum with the paint? Wait, I think I recognize this. I love Outback. Outback's so cool. I love Outback. I wanted to go there yesterday, but my dad said no. Oh, this must be a fry. Must be like a circle fry. Sweet. It actually is a fry. It's actually pretty good. Wait, this is a vegetable? Tastes a little bit like pineapple. It's a fried green tomato. Ew. I love tomatoes. This taste, did not like it. Cause there was too much of the tomato inside of it. And I was like, ew. Like I was gonna barf or something like that. I was really set on fried, salted, seasoned pineapples. They're not good. Yum! Sugar? Powdered sugar? Ooh, it's fried. I think this is like Snickers. Oh! It's like Snickers or Twix. I used to love these. Then I figured out what calories were. Oh. There's an Oreo in it! You make me cry. Twinkie is bad for you. It's even worse for you than Coca-Cola. Can I have more powdered sugar? Ooh! My gosh. Ew. Is that a burger? A funnel bacon burger. That's so cool. Is this fried dough? That's cool. That's so cool. I don't know why I'm saying cool. This is very messy. It's cool. Everything in the world is cool. I don't know why I'm saying cool. I never say that. Like I don't go up to my friends and be like, hey, hey Billy, how you doing? Oh, I'm cool. No. I'm not that confident in myself. Cheese, bacon, fried dough. None of that's healthy. Okay. Now I want to taste the burger. It's really good.