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"Fry" is an ambiguous word in English (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here are 3 examples:
Fried egg, fried rice, fried chicken

All these "fry" are different. If you were to use the "fry" in fried rice to fry an egg, you'd get scrambled egg. Fried chicken is done by submerging it in oil, which you won't do with fried egg or fried rice.

This post is made from the perspective of a Cantonese/Chinese speaker. We have different words for these different types of "fry" (煎, 炒, 炸 respectively)

(Turns out I did post it in the wrong sub and I didn't realize, and now I feel very stupid. Photon UI has once again screwed me over. Got mad for no reason.)

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (20 children)

Fry means to cook with oil.

You have pan frying, deep frying, shallow frying, they all have additional descriptors, and you can usually infer the type from the product. You can always say deep fried chicken, but that’s also assumed when you say “fried chicken” already. If it’s fried different you would maybe say “pan fried chicken” instead.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

There's also "air fry", which is just an aggressive convection oven

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Usually, the food has it's own oil, which is heated by the air around it. That's how air-frying gets food crispy (but it doesn't always work).

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