The smell of fried food

One of the best decisions we made (years ago now) was to move our deep fat fryer to the garage.

I always hated when Tim would use it because it would leave that smell of fried food hanging in the air for hours after we ate.  And while it was yummy smelling for a little bit, after 3 hours or so, it just smelled stale and greasy.  I cringed at the thought of my students walking into a wall of questionable smell.

Of course, I might also have been swayed to move the fryer after that one time when it spewed hot oil over the sides and all over/into my purse… that might have had a direct impact on my dislike of the fryer…  maybe…

So, now it’s stored and used in the garage.  And we wouldn’t ever go back to keeping it in the house.  It makes using it a bit more accessible, which is a good and bad thing.   Good food, but bad for the waistline!   Our friends LOVE that we can just whip up a batch of fried yumminess when they come over–we’ve very popular now… haha!

I think the fan favorite is boneless wings but I enjoy mozzarella sticks and onion rings.    Tim enjoys cheese sticks wrapped in bacon and jalapeno poppers.  I did have fried ice cream for the first time the other day (a friend brought it over and we cooked it up) and it was quite delicious.  I must say it’s a really odd feeling to know it came out of the oil piping hot and yet the ice cream in the middle is still cold!   I’m sure over the years we’ll try even more strange concoctions of foods–and that’s the fun part!

Happy Friday everyone!