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Look at the menu at Long
John Silvers; nothing but fried foods. Look at any menu for that
matter, deep fried beer battered shrimp, fried clams, french
fries, fried potatoes, fried eggs. Outback restaurant has the
Blooming Onion, that puppy is soaked in oil. Fried Fried Fried.
So perhaps no one is
trying to say that fried foods are good for you, but nations
sure are indulging in the grease laden foods, especially
Americans. Perhaps this isn’t a good time to bring up the
Obesity statistics. But here’s the kicker, "It tastes so good!"
Granted, some fried foods are just too greasy, but a majority of
them just taste delicious. That’s why loads of indulgers treat
themselves to a so many artery-closing delicacies!
First there were the
french fries, now there are deep fried dill pickles and deep
fried Oreos? How did THAT leap happen? Don’t forget deep fried
ice cream and deep fried peaches. Of course what menu isn’t
complete without the deep fried mushrooms, deep friend cheese
sticks, and deep friend cauliflower? Perhaps if you deep fry
vegetables, it’s a little healthier? Is that how it works? Or if
you deep fry already fattening nibbles, such as ice cream and
Oreos, then it doesn’t really matter because you’re already
cheating?
Nevertheless it
continues. There’s deep fried strawberries, Snickers, potato
salad, zucchini, tofu, cheesecake, rice balls, bananas, corn,
shrimp, and even deep fried turkey. Product flyers claim the
winged bird is "so much juicier when cooked in a deep fryer!" So
we got rid of the little table top Fry Daddy and went for the
floor model turkey fryer. Umm, ok.
Then there’s the big
decision about what kind of oil to use? Olive, peanut,
vegetable, canola, lard, butter, margarine or Valvoline 10-40?
Certainly don’t forget to check out your saturated fats against
your polyunsaturated fats versus the monounsaturated fats.
Maybe you should say
fats. Did we ever decide if fried was a bad word? Perchance the
better word is Sautéed. Indeed. Sautéed Oreos - much healthier!
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