Following up on last week’s adventures in deep frying, I’m somewhat mesmerized by this video of Paula Deen making deep-fried cheesecake:
In case you can’t bear to watch, it’s cheesecake wrapped in a wonton wrapper and then deep fried. Oh, but she adds chocolate to the inside. Oh, and then she dips it in powdered sugar. Oh, and then she adds a scoop of whipped cream the size of an orange, which, in case this has made you forget things from nature already, is a fruit. Oh, and something’s messed with Paula’s concept of nutrition, because then she adds “the vegetable,” which is what I’m calling the money shot.
We watched this and couldn’t help, well, exclaiming, at each step deeper into absurdity. I’ve just ruined the experience for you by spelling out what happens, but I think this is one of those things that you can’t prepare yourself for and it’ll hit parts of your brain that you just can’t protect.
As an aside, “avoid fried foods” always confused me – I grew up thinking that a fried food was something that was heated in a frying pan, independent of any use of oil, and the only alternative was baking or boiling (or raw,) and all these so-called healthy cookbooks were trying to kill me. Is “fried” mixed with “deep fried” in a regional manner the same way “pop,” “soda,” and “coke” are mixed up in some parts?
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I felt my cholesterol going up just watching this. This is something my step-mother would make; she likes to spread butter on chocolate cake. I think the world’s gone crazy.
I get what you’re saying, I really do. However, just as with the Paula Deen video Erik Marcus posted some time ago (Mac & Cheese, wrapped in bacon, breaded, deep-fried) all I can think when watching this is “I could make that vegan!”
Seriously, vegan cheesecake is awesome. Dark chocolate—not too dark—would be better in that recipe. Vegan wonton wrappers exist. I could totally do this….
….but I don’t have a deep fryer.
See? Every time I make the case that vegans are totally drooling and mentally veganizing this stuff, I get people all offended, telling me that they’d never ever sink to that level, yet when I leave that inconvenient truth out, people step up and admit to it. Kudos, Ryan, for speaking out. You’re a brave man and you’ve voiced a Great Truth.
We actually borrowed a deep fryer from someone, but never ever used it. We debate over whether or not we were scared or just couldn’t figure out how to dispose of the oil, but either way, it was a narrow escape.
And wonton wrappers are perfect for lazy perogies, by the way. Just sayin’.
omg, that’s so gross….
When she tastes it, she looks crossed-eyed for a moment. Or maybe it’s the video quality… Either way, eew, yuck. I’d gladly eat vegan cheesecake, but deep fried and with all that crap too, no thanks.
Hi, my husband Kyle just thought ‘ya all’ should know that the dessert she made looks like clown threw it up and then jizzed all over it. At least she had the decency to add a mint chaser.