Hey Edmonton, how was your weekend? I know there was a lot on tap; between A Taste of Edmonton, Capital Ex and the Indy, there were plenty of choices for folks looking to make the most of the face-melting heat.
Jeff and I took a pass on all of those, though, and celebrated the hottest weekend of the summer (it was, wasn’t it?) in the most obvious way possible – by standing over a pot of hot oil, in an apartment that was already like 10 degrees hotter than it was outside. But that’s okay. It was all in the name of culinary science. Some people may be tempted to call us visionaries, but that’s not necessary (I prefer passionate deep-fry enthusiast).
But I digress. You asked for it, #yeg (actually, that’s not entirely true. I suppose it’s more like we issued it to you, #yeg). But either way, here’s 4+ minutes of us deep-frying things. And if this whets your appetite/raises your cholesterol, we recommend you check out this amazing blog, recommended to us last week, by @JProssa (twitter/blog).
my heart hurts just looking at this…
My heart hurts permanently now.
Great job you guys!
Maybe the cheeseburger could be marketed as the ‘McArtery’ or a ‘greaseburger’.
Two thumbs up!
Ed
oh god….you guys crack me up!
thanks for taking the deep fry hit for the rest of us!
i am not going to pretend that i wasnt disappointed in the olives poor performance…i truly thought they would be the star of the show!
thanks again for the blog….love love love
su :)
ps..there is one thing at that ‘national restaurant chain’ that is totally worthy!!!! iced coffee’s…ask for half sweet and large for a mere $$$$$$$$2.09!!!!!!!!!! in an absolutely unofficial side by side taste test at my place of employment the beat that ‘national way overpriced coffee place’ by a country mile! mucho cheaper and mucho better
su, I was all over their free coffee for the two week promotion and yes, it wasn’t that bad. I can see the iced coffee coming through.
The olive probably wasn’t a good one for us because neither of us are fans of the fruit (I am still blown away by the fact it’s a fruit) and our batter didn’t have the sticky quality olives and grapes require. Clearly, there is room to become deep-fry experts.
If you deep-fry sliced dills in a tempura-like batter (light) they become deliciously awesome. I don’t know how the spears would do, since there must be a lot of water inside the pickle that can’t escape during the deep-fry process. But trust me on the dill pickle chips.
I agree on the deep fried pickle chips. Deep fried green beans are also not bad.
I also really enjoy deep fried ice cream, when it is made properly. Tried making some myself once and it turned out horribly wrong. The key is to use clean oil (should be obvious). I completely gapped on that and used our home deep fryer which is often used to deep fry chicken and fries. The ice cream took on a chicken flavour which did not taste so well. I made the same mistake when making funnel cakes. You think I would have learned.
wow, the chicken ice cream actually made me lolz. this has nothing to do with deep frying, but i once made a boxed cake mix that tasted like bologna when it was done. i have a feeling we shared a similar feeling of excitement, and then disappointment…
Love, it. Well done folks, that is a heck of a way to deep fry.
That was awesome! Great video making and deep frying skills!