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Persuading food to swim in hot oil until it crackles with regret-free joy.
means Cooking food by submerging or coating it in fat heated hot enough to crisp the surface.
from From Latin frigere, to roast or fry, traveling through Old French frire before sizzling into English by the 1300s.
Heat trickOil hits 350F long before water boils.
Maillard magicBrowning is chemistry, not just luck.
Deep vs shallowSubmerge fully or flip halfway through.