AMERICAN FOOD



American food

American food

America is the land of fried food as well as the land of the convenient or “fast” food (Reichler & Dalton, 1998).  The economic viability of deep-frying is important because one must remember that in immersion frying the oil can be re-used many times (Brown 2002).  This fact is relevant because many fast food producers deep fry everything from potatoes to chicken in order to keep costs down and food preparation fast.  Although deep-frying is a more efficient cooking method than other methods because of the highly conductive nature of boiling oil, poorly managed fryer temperatures lead ...