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Deep Fat Fryers - Mars Bars?
Deep fat fryers do exactly what their name suggests:
anything that you put into them will be deep-fried
in the fat you add (usually vegetable or sunflower
oil). Most people who have deep fat fryers use them
to make chips from cut strips of potato, but you
can actually deep fry just about anything: fish,
chicken, sausages, parsnips and carrots are all interesting
things to try. Meat with skin will generally form
a crispy coating when deep-fried, while thinly-sliced
vegetables tend to turn into crisps or chips. |
The deep fat fryer is the key tool in much fast
food, especially British fish and chip shops, where
the fish, chips and almost everything else they sell
has been deep fried – not exactly healthy,
but very tasty. In Scotland, one enterprising fish
and chip shop even started deep-frying Mars chocolate
bars as a special promotion, and the practice quickly
spread. The deep-fried Mars bar is believed by many
to be the most unhealthy food in the world, bar none,
although America has come a close second with its
deep-fried Twinkie.
However, contrary to popular belief, there is nothing
inherently unhealthy about deep-fried foods, if they
are prepared properly. The trouble with the deep-frying
used in fast food is that the oil isn’t usually
changed often enough, meaning that all the nutrients
have been removed and harmful chemicals have had
time to form. If the oil in a deep fat fryer is completely
changed often, there is no reason for deep fat frying
to be any less healthy than any other kind of cooking.
As well as the damage deep fat fryers can do to
your healthy diet if you’re not careful, home
deep fat fryers are also known to be a significant
fire risk – they are one of the leading causes
of household fires in many places. This is because
the hot oil inside them can catch light and act as
fuel for a fire, and pouring water over it will do
nothing to put out the fire, instead causing an explosion.
For this reason, you should make sure never to leave
the room when a deep fat fryer is on, and if the
worst happens, remember to use salt, not water, to
put out any fire it causes. |
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