Adventures in Deep Frying

To say that I was preoccupied last week would be an understatement. I basically lost a week of my life. All thought processes were pared down to the minimum tasks of breathing and walking, so you can see why "blogging" was not on the to-do list. Washing myself was a couple above it. The problem was a possible pending pregnancy that actually never panned out. Little Denzel Drlich never materialized, but it's fine with me. I think between our big mouths we managed to disappoint everyone within a 2 block radius. Don't worry guys, we'll do it one day.

Luckily the non-pregnancy was confirmed in time for us to enjoy Ward's birthday party. Jake became quite the bartender, with some healthy mixed drink smoothies with interesting names that I cannot repeat on my PG-13 rated blog. I got to try out Ward's deep fryer, which I had been dying to do since I heard he got one. Here are some things that maybe you did not know about deep fryers:

-You must keep the lid closed while frying. I am especially thankful that Silent Jay was my frying assistant. He kept the oil from ending up on my face.

-You should not deep fry while drinking. I think when they say you should not operate heavy machinery while drinking, they should also include the operation of deep fryers.

-People are "closet deep fryer owners." Just ask around ... one by one the deep fryers will come forward.

-You need to put a batter on something to fry it. (Ranch dip does not count as batter)

-Pretty much everything tastes the same in a deep fryer. As Ward put it, "It just tastes like Chinese food."

That's about all of the information I have gathered. I really wanted to try to deep fry a cookie, although the deep frying experts said they already tried it, and it does not work. I am glad that they cut me off there though, because house hold items were next.

I also don't want to forget to get on record that we saw Subway Jared eating at a non-Subway establishment. I believe he was also drinking a beer, which is definitely not on the menu at Subway.

Focker Out.