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| | A Southern-Fried Picnic, to Go |
 | | After all, we've got other birds to fry: Puerto Rican chicharrón de pollo, Japanese tatsuta-age, Brazilian frango à passarinho, even a passable Tuscan pollo fritto served at Beppe on East 22nd Street, that seems to be upholstered with mattress ticking before being dipped in batter and deep fried. |
 | | "You have to understand that fried chicken is one of the major religions of the South," said Ronni Lundy, author of "Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994). |
 | | After a few weeks of taste tests and discussion of the subject, I would say that there is a distinct advantage in not being Southern when it comes to fried chicken; we Yankees can just sit back and enjoy it, without worrying overmuch about how it was made. |
| www.nytimes.com /2003/05/21/dining/21CHIC.html?ex=1368936000&en=169f826985d0afb5&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (859 words) |
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