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Is Fried a Bad Word?
KFC changed its image by retiring the
slogan Kentucky FRIED Chicken. Instead, they became
known as serving up Kitchen Fresh Chicken. Long are
the days of Wesson Oil commercials that proudly encouraged
yummy fried chicken for dinner. When was the last time
you saw a splatter screen? How about a Fry Daddy? It
must be a pretty big sin to eat fried foods these days.
Or is it?
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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