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Do Not Deep Fry at Home

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You know those machines - they sell them at Christmas time. They call them Fry Daddy or Fry Baby or Fry Mama or whatever. It is a table top appliance with one purpose. Deep frying foods. And it has a handy plastic lid that seals the grease for the next time you want to deep fry foods. That's right. Fill it up with fat, deep fry your fries or your shrimps or your tempuras or your chicken fried steaks. Then wait til it cools off, and seal that fat up until the next time you want to clog your arteries in the comfort of your own home. Okay - let's get to the obvious part of the blog - - Why you shouldn't deep fry your own food. #1 If you do as the Fry Daddy says, you're keeping oil sitting around in your home for lengths of time which make my food poisoning meter go bing bing bing. #2 If you do not and you throw out the oil, you've spent some cash on a whole lotta oil every time you deep fry. (oh yes, and if you do this, you don't need a fry daddy, just a pot) #3...