Ethel Mertz is the epitome of a true friend. Despite her attempts to stay out of Lucy's crazy ideas, she manages to get sucked in anyways, and although these ideas never turn out exactly as planned...at the end of the day she always has Lucy's back.
Such was the case when Kelsi (aka Lucy) thought it would be a fun idea to make fried pickles. Now, don't get me wrong, I (Ethel/Audrey) am a fan of anything fried...fried chicken, fried salmon, fried oreos, fried cornbread. I would literally eat a grasshopper if you put it in a deep fryer. The problem is, neither of us have ever fried anything ourselves. Which also means we have no idea what ingredients we need.
So, in typical Lucy and Ethel fashion, we wandered the aisles of Wal-Mart contemplating what it takes to fry pickles. We both concluded that pickles were indeed a necessary ingredient. But which brand of pickles do we get?! Being the poor college students that we are...Wal-Mart brand seemed like a winner. Actualy, Wal-Mart brand was NOT a winner. More on that later.
This is how the rest of the Wal-Mart adventure went:
-"Do we need flour?
-"I don't know..."
-"Do we need eggs?"
-"I don't know..."
-"What about corn meal or something?
-"I don't know..."
Well we left Wal-Mart with our version of fried pickle ingredients. After a bit of research is was determined that we dip the pickles in eggs and then cover them in flour. The problem is, our pickles are more like hockey pucks. Word of advice from Lucy and Ethel: Wal-Mart pickles are not adequate for frying. They are entirely too thick!!
After about 30 minutes of successful pickle frying, we walked away from the current batch momentarily. In hindsight, it was not a smart idea...which means it probably came from Kelsi. I can't remember why exactly we left pickles frying on the stove, but the outcome of this Lucy Ricardo moment was a cloud of smoke above the stove that eventually reached its way to the smoke detectors...which then began to harshly scream at us.
After quieting the smoke detectors, Kelsi decided that we should take muffin pans and wave them violently around the apartment in order to get rid of the smoke through the open windows. This is a moment that truly could have been on an actual episode of I Love Lucy. Just picture for a moment: the two of us walking around the apartment waving muffin pans (and a pizza pan, momentarily) around like crazy people. Not to mention the windows are open in our apartment and it is approximately 30 degrees outside.
Despite all of that...our pickles were pretty delicious.
Did I even want fried pickles in the first place? Not really.
Did Ethel want to work in a chocolate factory with Lucy? Not really. But she did it anyways.
Because no matter how much she tries to deny it, Lucy makes Ethel's life more exciting. Even if it means stuffing chocolates in her mouth in a chocolate factory...or looking like a crazy person swinging a muffin pan in circles.
Sincerely,
Audrey...aka Ethel Mertz
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