On 8/9/2014 6:54 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I think I've only had deep fried Tater Tots in a restaurant and they
>>> just
>>> weren't good. I like them baked. I don't like stuff that is greasy and
>>> that's how these were from the restaurant. Greasy and not crisp. I may
>>> have pan fried them a time or two but mostly when I do them they are
>>> in the
>>> oven.
>>
>> Greasy fried food is usually a result of:
>> 1) dropping them before the oil gets hot enough
>> 2) adding too much at a time and taking down the oil temp too far
>
> Yeah but that's generally how they come when a restaurant does have them.
>
Only in your experience, Julie.

> We didn't eat there often enough for me to remember just how bad the
> fries were. Each time I complained about them, and each time I was
> merely told that was how the cook did them. Finally after about 30
> years, I was able to remember the bad fries and would nix that place
> when someone suggested that we eat there.

It took you thirty years to remember the fries were bad? Yikes. So
don't order the fries. Good lord!

Jill