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