My Version Of Sunday Fried Chicken

Obviously there are a lot of opinions on fried chicken. My mom? Makes GREAT fried chicken. My mother in law? GREAT fried chicken. Bobby Flay my secret boyfriend from Food Network? Fabuloso Fried Chicken Paula Deen, Emeril, Rachael, the list goes on and on. Everyone has a different technique that they SWEAR makes theirs the best. So you know what, I took a little from here and a little from there and basically do a combo of all the great fried chickens in the world. And you know what...I make the best fried chicken. It's great hot, it makes great pan gravy, it's great cold with potato salad. I really think it's great. But I take no credit. I just did the "thing that makes it great" from everyone.

2 Packages Best of Chick Pieces (skin on or off your choice. I like off on the breasts and thighs and on for the wings and legs)
Buttermilk with small dash of hot sauce (Tabasco, Louisiana hot sauce whatever. It's red, use it carefully and you are good to go)
Eggs
6 cups white flour
2 TB corn meal
6 TB Emerils Essence Seasoning
2 TB Garlic Salt
1 TB Black Pepper
2 TB Poultry Seasoning
Corn Oil
1 stick of butter
Honey
A big cast iron skillet seasoned well. Or a large electric skillet. ( i like the electric skillet better because it holds the exact heat and is non stick and won't rust

Wash and dry chicken. Season with plain salt and pepper to taste. Soak in buttermilk for 8 hours. In the meantime combine flour, cornmeal, all the seasonings together. Put 3 cups of seasoned flour in a paper bag or in a wide square bowl or an 8x8 glass dish. Dredge chicken just out of the milk in the flour lightly. Then dip into beaten egg that has been lightly salted. Then put back into seasoned flour and REALLY coat it. Push the flour into the chicken and make a nice goopy coating. Immediately put it into a pan that is about 325 to 350 degrees of oil and one stick of butter. Cook on one side until light golden then flip. Then turn down to like 325ish and continue to fry until chicken is done and outside is a dark crispy brown. Drain on paper bags and paper towel. While still hot, drizzle a little bit of honey on each piece. Let cool enough so you can eat it. You won't be able to wait that long and you will burn your lips and mouth and have a burn on your top lip for like 4 days but it's all part of the experience of the chicken baby. You won't be able to cook all your chicken at once. Don't stress. If you have to add more oil and butter, make SURE it is to temperature before you put any chicken in it or you will have soggy greasy chicken. Drain off oil and use bits in bottom of pan and extra pepper, flour, butter and milk to make a white gravy. Serve with biscuits and GREAT blackberry jam, mashed potatoes and green beans. This might be your favorite meal ever. And you might keel over from a heart attack shortly thereafter. But you will die with the best taste in your moth.