Americans love fried food. It's all we eat. Just earlier today I had fried chicken. It's a terrible problem that we have as Americans. About twenty years ago squid was thought of as a cheap fish that people didn't eat. Then it was fried and it became a sensation. Now Calamari is an expensive meal and a Calamari steak is upscale dining. Why do we love fried foods so much? We love them perhaps because we're overindulgent. Other cultures don't spend as much time as we do eating foods that are toxic to our digestion. We eat cheese, fried in batter. Cheese, an oily fattening substance, is then breaded and deep-fried. We even fry ice cream: a heavily sweet and fattening desert. We fry so much else. We fry onions, potatoes, in two different ways, chilis, chicken, zucchini, bananas, snickers, Twinkies, doughnuts, dough, and hot dogs. There are even people who eat deep fried macaroni and cheese, dill pickles, pizza, coca cola, mars bars, cheesecake, pop tarts, and Oreos. Deep frying is an American phenomenon. Some of this stuff sounds despicable. Imagine eating a piece of pizza that’s been deep fried. It sounds terrible. Or what about eating a deep fried pickle? What’s wrong with the cool and refreshing taste of a dill pickle. When did it become okay to deep fry anything. This phenomenon only occurs in America too. The only things deep fried outside the United States are plantains, and the idea might have come from banana chips. The only other deep fried foods I found outside of the United States were Scottish deep fried cheeseburgers (again terrible), and English deep fried cheese curds.
Suprisingly enough, there are rules on how to deep fry something. If you do it right the food won't be greasy, because the moisture in the food repels the oil. Deep frying something heats the water within the food thereby steaming the food from the outside. It’s an interesting process and there is a correct temperature at which to fry something. You have to fry it in between 345 and 376 degrees Fahrenheit. If you fry something for too long, the water will leave the food and the oil will penetrate it. So it’s best to make sure and follow a given time when frying something.
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FFFL, Fried Food For Life! Fried food is everywhere!Recently I worked at a food booth in a carnival/festival over the weekend. I worked next to a stall that sold a bunch of goodies such as funnel cakes, mini donuts, nachos and cheese and even cotton candy! It was a vietnamese tet celebration so naturally it had some vietnamese specialty. One which always catches my eye ever since I was little was deep fried bananas! I don't know bout you guys but bananas are good for you. Questionable on the deep fried part, but its just something about the crispy and crunchy layer and the warm and soft inside that leaves me wanting more! Every year I buy them in mass! I eat and I eat until i can taste the oil on the top of my mouth and develop a minor cough even. Fried food is good but its a risk of addiction when you eat them. Fried pickles are hands down my new infatuation.
Oh my god! I love fried food! I know. I know. Even though they are really bad to eat, they taste so good. It likes a piece of fat heaven melting inside your mouth. One of the reasons why several people love fried food today is because you can practically fry anything you want, which adds that little extra taste to whatever being fried. Another reason why people love fried food is because it’s easy. Heat up the pan and then pour the oil into the pan and now you can fry anything from vegetables to ice cream. Having tasteful food in anyone’s life is very important. Therefore, we give up a little bit of healthiness for delicious food.
-Vincent Luong
FFFL, Fried Food For Life! Fried food is everywhere!Recently I worked at a food booth in a carnival/festival over the weekend. I worked next to a stall that sold a bunch of goodies such as funnel cakes, mini donuts, nachos and cheese and even cotton candy! It was a vietnamese tet celebration so naturally it had some vietnamese specialty. One which always catches my eye ever since I was little was deep fried bananas! I don't know bout you guys but bananas are good for you. Questionable on the deep fried part, but its just something about the crispy and crunchy layer and the warm and soft inside that leaves me wanting more! Every year I buy them in mass! I eat and I eat until i can taste the oil on the top of my mouth and develop a minor cough even. Fried food is good but its a risk of addiction when you eat them. Fried pickles are hands down my new infatuation.
-victor nguyen
Man I love fried food. I always tell myself to not eat fried food but I end up eating them anyway. I'm guessing a lot of people love the crunchy part of fried food, and other reasons as well. It's crazy how people from all over the world loves them. I know in Japan we have a traditional food called Tempura which is basically fried vegetables and shrimps. Tempura is definitely a must try. I'm sure other cultures have fried traditional foods as well. Who invented this unhealthy good stuff? Really makes me wonder how they came up with the whole fry idea.
Lawrence Fujiwara
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