/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Do not let your face mix with the oil
It will not be conductive to a wholesome fry dining experience

Don't burn it

Not the answer you want, but do home fries instead. Fuck they're good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPXUZ5mLjo

>>4313797
I assumed as much. Sticking my finger into the hot oil did not work too well after all.

>>4313800
Finding the perfect heat without a thermometer is my main issue.

not being a niggerfaggot

>>4313811
I seriously thought that was some Zaphod Beelbebrox cosplay.

>>4313811
Man, idk what I'd do if I saw a two-headed person.

>>4313803
Thanks for trying.

>>4313811

Why does looking at this make me physically ill while trying to eat?

Also, I'm assuming they're two "individuals" trapped in one body, so who has control of the body, or is one head responsible for one half and the other head for the other half, or what?

I've done a cold oil method from Cook's Illustrated. Quite good. It uses yukon gold potatos. Here's another guy's method using a cold start, no thermometer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERyQhs9oR1I

Use the robuchon method. Essentially, stick fries in pan, over with cold oil. Then, crank the heat. The slow rise in heat will serve as a "oil-poach" basically, then when you reach high heat, you'll be frying them for crisp.

>>4313827
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel

Has a part on organ distributions.

>>4313828
>>4313829
Thanks, I will give these a try.

>>4313811
so...is masturbation incest? and if one doesn't want to, is that molestation? I have a lot of questions now.

>>4313833
>Together, they can type on a computer keyboard at a normal speed and drive a car. However, their disparate heights led to difficulty in balancing a Segway, as shown in their 2012 reality series.
So, some TV producers put them on TV and made them ride a segway? Jeez, humans are fucking assholes.

>>4313811
pretty hot legs for a 2 headed chick
I uhh... Yeah.. I think I would!

>>4313810
>Finding the perfect heat without a thermometer is my main issue.

No. The oil is ready when things bubble in it. If it's there, you don't need more heat. If it's not there, you do.

No one needs a fucking thermometer.

You don't need a thermometer. Just test the oil with a drop of batter and remember not to put too many fries into the pot at once. Deep frying is pretty easy.

A good way to see if the oil is hot enough is to drop a bit of flour into it. If it sizzles away, it's ready.

>>4313821
That's not a two headed person, that's two persons sharing one torso and one set of limbs.

Throw some ice in the pot to check the temp

>>4313914
Okay... OH GOD WHY IT'S IN MY EYES!!! THE PAIN!!!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?!!!!11

Seriously though, do people really fall for this.

>>4313926
I'm sure people have.

>>4313930
I might've if I was 16. I'd like to think I was smarter than that though

Fry them twice..it's the only real way..

>>4313926
i honestly would have done that if it wasn't for your comment.

I finally got a thermometer and was quite surprised at how little heat it takes to get a proper temp. Regular size dutch oven on smallest electric burner with heat setting = low... Kept the temperature a steady 350F.

I would start with lowest setting and then test it one french fry at a time. Wait a minute or two after adjusting the heat. Its tedious but you only have to do it once. I've found that the settings on the knob are consistent each time so I don't even bother with the thermometer.

>>4315974

It takes surprisingly little heat to maintain the temp of a pot full of oil. However the moment you dump your food into the oil the temperature drops significantly. It's the same thing as putting ice into a warm drink--in this case it's even more significant because the temperature difference between the food and the oil is much greater than that of water and ice. Ice (32F) into room-temperature water (75F) has about a 33 degree difference in temperature. On the other hand, room temperature food (75F) going into 350F oil has a whopping 275F difference in temperature. That means the oil loses a lot of heat as it goes into the food.

Ideally you should be using your thermometer so you can heat the oil back up to the proper temp ASAP once you add the food to the oil. Keeping the oil at the proper temp is key to nice crispy frying and also to keep it from getting soggy or soaked in oil. Done properly, deep frying adds very little oil to the food. However if the temp drops too low then it will get soggy with oil. You can prevent this by using the largest possible pot and adding the food in small amounts, thereby minimizing the temp. drop, and also by increasing the heat right as you add the food to the pot. A deep fryer with a thermostat will do this automatically but when you do it manually on the stove you need to account for that using your thermometer.

>>4313849
no that sounds really funny tbh

>>4313795

>>4313850
This guy already did.

>>4316921
>This guy already did.
>in photoshop

>>4316930
>implying its a shop
>implying the filename wasn't made by some speculative asshole