This might not be a good idea after all

So in our normal tradition when mommy is gone, the kids and I loaded up on friable foods to have for our Fried Food Festival. Our rule is – if it can’t be fried we don’t want to eat it. We even make a special trip to the supermarket for loading up on our friable treasures.

On night two of the Fried Food Festival we were running a little late. I had put the oil on the stove to begin heating while we ran around the corner to help a friend sign his lease for a new flat to rent. That took longer than I thought, so by the time we returned, there was a distinct hot oil smell in the kitchen. No problem, I thought.

I grabbed a pack of chicken nuggets from the freezer, cut off the top and dropped them in to the oil. What resulted was nothing short of impressive and terrifying all at once. The oil was so hot that the totally frozen nuggets were burned beyond recovery in less than 5 seconds, and the shower of anger coming from the pan made it hard to get them out before a distinct funk filled the air.

After a few minutes of angry hot oil display, I turned down the heat and waited for some time before trying something else.

The rest of the event went fine, with no adverse affects. While the kids were laughing hysterically at the angry oil show, I was admittedly pretty scared it might flare out of control. Maybe these Fried Food Festivals are not such a good idea after all.