Jeyhan and I gave Joe & Dagny a deep-fat friar and 2 gallons of corn oil for their birthday (OK – it’s pretty clear that it’s Joe’s machine). This evening we experimented by putting a few random food stuffs through the vat. We can now say for sure that it’s not a good idea to fry:

• egos
• Mochi
• 2-day old fried chicken

We had better luck with:

• Flaky style butter milk biscuits
• double egg-yolk & bread crumb battered string cheese
• battered red chili peppers

We also tried some battered okra but I think the jury is still out on this one.