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Way long ago when I was a kid I remember my mom deep-frying anything she could in oil. Shrimp chicken french fries whatever. Today?

Who still deep fries in oil anything? Years ago I saw an "air fryer" advertised. Don't know how that could work but it sure sounded healthy.

How much of your food prepared at home is fried in oil?

Posted - August 12, 2020

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  • 16197
    Not a lot, but we do it occasionally.
      August 12, 2020 2:31 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    What does Maureen deep fry usually R? I remember my mom made a "killer" fried chicken! Thank you for your reply and Happy Wednesday to you and yours!  Oh do you ever go into the kitchen to cook a "specialty" of yours?
      August 12, 2020 2:37 AM MDT
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  • 16197
    Chips (French fries to you Americans - although they're not the slightest bit French) are about all that gets deep fried. We're both more likely to pan fry anything else - just enough olive oil to prevent sticking.
      August 12, 2020 2:54 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    You call fries "chips"? What do you call "potato chips"? Jim is fan of olive oil. I like the EXTRA LIGHT because I dislike the taste of oil. He likes the EXTRA VIRGIN. I know there's a joke in there somewhere! Thank you for your reply R! :)
      August 12, 2020 3:44 AM MDT
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  • 16197
    What you call "chips" are properly called "crisps".

    Potatoes sliced into sticks and fried is a Belgian invention, but the British embraced them more wholeheartedly than anywhere on the Continent and eat them far more frequently than the Belgians or the French partake of "pommes frites". Fried fish with chips (thick cut and dressed not with ketchup but with vinegar) is the English national dish - and spread to the rest of the former Empire. It's a staple in Australia too - particularly after a day at the beach.
      August 12, 2020 5:07 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    No "crisps" are made from potato flakes.  Such as Pringles or Lays Stacks. 
      August 12, 2020 5:44 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    Not in Australia, or Britain, or anywhere outside the US.
      August 12, 2020 5:46 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    Here Pringles/Lays stacks are legally prevented from calling themselves "chips."
      August 12, 2020 5:48 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    Here, the extra thin cut potatoes are "crisps". The Smith's brand is the most popular.

      August 12, 2020 6:00 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    I believe Canada also says Chips. 
      August 12, 2020 6:01 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    I like the word "CRISPS". Kinda classy sassy in a good way. Remember a few years back some dumba** republicans got mad at France and began calling "French fries" FREEDOM FRIES? Geez I never could get over the depth of the stupid dumb necessary to think up that. The stupid dumb died over time. SIGH. Thank you for your informative reply R and Happy Thursday to thee and thine! :)
      August 13, 2020 2:52 AM MDT
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  • 32529
    Yes. We deep fry regularly. Fries, fish, corn dogs. We use olive oil. It is the healthiest. Our good cholesterol is about 30 pts higher than recommended. 
      August 12, 2020 6:00 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    I'm sure I must have told you this before m2c. Years ago I had a job that required me to travel to Tulsa twice a year to do internal audits of a company that was doing some work for us. It was there that I tasted my very first HUSH PUPPY! And FRIED OKRA! AND CHICKEN FRIED STEAK! I thought I died and went to heaven. They were SO GOOD!. I wasn't a big fan of the way they did their "greens" though. Cooked to death in bacon grease is not my favorite way to eat veggies. Years ago I used to make Coconut Shrimp on occasion. That was delicious but it did require deep frying. I can't remember the last time I friend anything. Thank you for your reply! :)
      August 13, 2020 2:56 AM MDT
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  • 32529
    Coconut shrimp is my favorite way to have shrimp. I have tried to do it at home though. My husband does not like it. 
      August 13, 2020 6:39 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    Never. I tried and failed, never to try again.
      August 12, 2020 6:26 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    Are those "trieds" supposed to be "fried?"
      August 12, 2020 6:32 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    No...chicken...a disaster.
      August 12, 2020 6:35 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    Fried chicken is easier in a pan. 30 min per side. 
      August 12, 2020 8:17 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Did your mom deep fry anything when you were a kid? Years ago I used to make Coconut Shrimp which required deep frying. I cannot remember the last time I deep friend anything. We've been here in Hemet almost 13 years and I have never deep friend anything here. My mom used to deep fry shrimp as wlll. Coated of course. She loved shrimp and we did too. Gosh that was so long ago and far away. Thank you for your reply E and Happy Thursday to thee! :)
      August 13, 2020 2:59 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    Mom not so much. Mother-in-law, though, was raised in the South and made the best ever fried chicken with biscuits and gravy.
      August 13, 2020 7:07 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Lucky you! Once we had a neighbor who was from the south and we had her and her daughter over for dinner. She reciprocated with a down home southern fried chicken dinner. BEST WE EVER HAD! Biscuits and gravy I think are a REQUIREMENT. MMM MMM GOOD! Thank you for your reply E. Still nothing from D? This post was edited by RosieG at August 13, 2020 7:20 AM MDT
      August 13, 2020 7:18 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    So far, no.
      August 13, 2020 7:20 AM MDT
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  • We use olive oil from time to time but we also have an air fryer that we use the hell out of.  
      August 13, 2020 7:16 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    An AIR FRYER? May I ask what brand and where you  bought it? Years ago there was a shopping center with a food court and one of the stalls was an Air Fryer place. My husband wanted to find one we could use at home but we never did. So what is the taste like? AWESOME I guess of you use it that much. Thank you for your reply KtS and Happy Thursday to you and yours! :)
      August 13, 2020 7:21 AM MDT
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