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[–] Hellstormy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 minutes ago
[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 4 points 1 hour ago

Frituro ergo sum

[–] yarrage@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 83 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 43 points 5 hours ago (8 children)

Deep fryer owner here. Nothing I've fried has been made worse by the deep fryer - and most things are substantially better. I do not regret the purchase.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 21 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Excuse me, but that's pan frying. Your meme is invalid.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 6 points 2 hours ago

You're absolutely right. deep (fried) apologies.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Beginner level tempura sushi (forgot the batter)

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 10 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

The YouTuber "Ordinary Sausage" managed quite a lot of spectacular deep frying failures. It's often bad technique but still...

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

Maybe one day he will try to to freeze and batter the butter before deep frying.

[–] NoPanko@feddit.uk 1 points 46 minutes ago

The whole egg incident was a prime example of very bad food to deep fry though I think

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Cleanup was too much for me. Didn't regret the purchase, but I don't have it anymore.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You can do that. Put it in the fridge and let it congeal, then make little balls and roll them in bread crumbs before frying. Basically Bitterballen

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago

Fair warning: without a substantial binding component (ie. fats), that fried soup is going to be a bitch to eat before it melts, and moreso as it does. Choose wisely.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Have you ever fried something, then battered it and fried it again, like adding another layer to your grilled cheese?

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What was the conclusion a commenter made again? Something about the common denominator between all societies is danger sticks and tasty doughs.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 hours ago

Something about stabbing something and eating fried dough

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Really? Those blind shrimp aren’t deep frying their food on the undersea volcanos? Are we sure?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, because it's in water, not oil, it ain't frying. It's boiling.

[–] Brgor@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The pressure at that depth allows the temperature to get way higher than 100°C, so I bet it probably is closer to frying than boiling.

[–] Johandea@feddit.nu 6 points 4 hours ago

Pressure cooking is still boiling though

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Not without a way to contain liquid fats underwater.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Whales seem to have mastered that!

[–] Klear@quokk.au 5 points 4 hours ago

Trying to figure out what separates us from other animals is a unique human trait.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (7 children)

I've always said something similar, but not about deep frying.

I've always said it's sticking weird things up your butt.

You never see a bear out in the woods find a live mouse, and decide to stick it up it's own ass. You just don't see it. Exactly 0 bears have stuck a living mouse up their own butt.

I can't say the same for humans.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Elephants would probably try it but they can't reach, so they get a friend to help

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

For most animals with claws or hooves it would be extremely hard to do that without hurting itself in the process

[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 23 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I don't know about bears, but I wouldn't it put it past a bonobo...

Edit: Dolphins are also famously kinky and some of them would probably do it if they could.

[–] QuantumStorm@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I believe there was recently a discovery of chimps shoving grass up their butts so the tips hang out the end.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

I think animals are wise enough to understand most things don’t have a flared base

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Some random traveler:
My milk is so far spoiled it has gone solid. But I can't let it go to waste!

Achievement unlocked Discovered cheese

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[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Technically we don't know what every bear has or hasn't done

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Beer, bread, and deep frying. Deep fry bread in beer to achieve the ultimate Human Experience™

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

For a quite wide definition of beer though

Why do I feel like I've been insulted at the same time as praised?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

"But, I don't like..."

"Ah, ah, ah--but, have you tried it deep-fried?"

"Hmm... Ooo!"

"Yep."

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I'd argue barbeque. Cultures the world over have some form of cooking things slow, frequently underground to break down tougher foods.

Deep frying is a result of excess while some form of barbeque would have been a very logical step for anyone cooking on coals.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Y'all got any papers on one of the Australian Aboriginal societies deep frying?

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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This just in: Scotland new capital of Humanity!

[–] unknown@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Not to diminish Scotlands' clear achievments in this area, but I l'm pretty sure China was deep frying foods (and making iron...) several milennia before deep fried pizza and mars bars ever graced Scotlands munchy boxes.

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