Pappy's corner pub - Ft. Collins CO

 February 16, 2012

We decided to stop here for lunch mostly because I had a coupon from the mail.  We entered the restaurant and there was a sign that says please see yourself so we did, and someone was right behind us with menus and took our drink orders which were both cokes. Then we looked over the menu but I was thinking I wanted a French dip or something like that anyways. And that's what I decided to get, it also came with a side dish choice which I chose French fries. My dad went with the Ruben which is one of his favorite sandwiches with fries as well. 

The first thing I noticed when I bit into my sandwich was that it was really really salty, really too much for me at least and I usually don’t complain about too much salt. It tasted like they put extra salt on top of something that was already really salty.  My sandwich was okay but it's really not that good, but it was decent.  The meat was ok but really nothing special, I actually thought the bread was pretty good and the fries were good but not great as well.

My dad liked his meal and said everything was good and better than what I thought of mine.

I thought that Pappy’s was pretty average, nothing great and nothing terrible.

1027 W Horsetooth Rd # 111  Fort Collins, CO 80526

Baked Fried Pickles

Awhile back I heard about fried pickles and wasn’t sure but I wanted to try them.  Finally I had them at Smash Burger, and I still wasn’t sure if I liked them.  I tried them again later and I thought these are pretty good.  So this led me to try to make my own. 

I decided to try and bake them instead of frying them because I figured it would be simpler and easier.  So I searched and found an onion ring recipe online and thought why not try it with pickles instead

• 1 1/2 cups cornflakes
• 1/2 cup plain dried breadcrumbs
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
• Dill pickle chips
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

1. Drain pickles and let dry a little bit on a paper towel

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Crunch up the cornflakes and mix breadcrumbs in a pie plate. In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, flour, and cayenne and season with salt and pepper.

3. Pour oil onto a rimmed baking sheet. Place in oven and heat 2 minutes. Remove sheet from oven and tilt to coat evenly with oil. Arrange pickles on sheet

4. Dip pickle chips in egg mixture (letting excess drip off) and dredge in cornflake mixture; place on the baking sheet. Bake, turning once, until pickles are golden brown, about 16 minutes. Season with salt

I have also used

• 1 medium sweet onion, such as Vidalia, quartered crosswise and broken into rings (discard small center rings)
• Pickled jalapenos
• Sliced mushrooms
• fresh green chiles
• Pickle spears