Madhu Menon inquired: >>What the HELL is a "chicken-fried steak"? >>And even stranger, a "chicken-fried chicken"? Ummmm .... * an excuse to ask for more yummy gravy? * Redneck Health Food? * a 'full employment' conspiracy started by heart bypass doctors? ;-) http://www.texascooking.com/features/june2002chickenfriedsteak.htm http://southernfood.about.com/library/weekly/aa980222.htm RonL. (There is a little bitty place outside the entrance to Lake Summerville park that has the best I've had.)