As another aside, deep fat frying is quite uncommon in homes in the UK now. Many people under the age of say 25 will never have eaten deep-fried food cooked at

As another aside, deep fat frying is quite uncommon in homes in the UK now. Many people under the age of say 25 will never have eaten deep-fried food cooked at home. There was quite a concerted campaign against it in the early 80s because so many house fires and serious injuries were caused by either unsafe fryers or unsafe technique. Safety campaigns, TV ads, fire brigade campaigns, a campaign to get people to fit extractor hoods and smoke detectors etc. Coincided with a public health campaign aimed at getting us to lower our fat intake, about deep fried food, full fat milk etc.; government "nudge unit" stuff. Time was, deep fried food was a staple of cheap home cooking; nowadays a deep fat fryer is really an enthusiast cook's appliance, in white British homes at least.