The beer is placed inside a pocket of salty, pretzel-like dough and then dunked in oil at 375 degrees for about 20 seconds, a short enough time for the confection to remain alcoholic.
When diners take a bite the hot beer mixes with the dough in what is claimed to be a delicious taste sensation. Inventor Mark Zable said it had taken him three years to come up with the cooking method and a patent for the process is pending. He declined to say whether any special ingredients were involved.
His deep-fried beer will be officially unveiled in a fried food competition at the Texas state fair later this month. Five ravioli-like pieces will sell for $5 (£3) and the Texas Alcoholic Commission has already ruled that people must be aged over 21 to try it. Mr Zable has so far been deep frying Guinness but said he may switch to a pale ale in future.
He said: “Nobody has been able to fry a liquid before. It tastes like you took a bite of hot pretzel dough and then took a drink of beer.“ Mr Zable previously invented dishes including chocolate-covered strawberry waffle balls and jalapeño corndog shrimps.
Or, you could just take a bite of hot pretzel dough, and a sip of beer. Much cheaper and you get more beer.
#19–MrMiGu==does an “absence” of taste improve the taste of something that initially is unpleasant? Or even if pleasant initially, does removing that pleasant taste provide a different experience that does provide variety? In my first post #5 I say that what is pleasurable is not taste but rather the “feel” of the phase change from liquid to solid. Only later do I wish McCullough to honor my taste buds by providing variety including the absence of the original taste experience. Similarly, my desire for privacy also has nothing to do with supercooled beer but is an extension of other discussions with McCullough.
Many food experts say that if you put sugar and/or cream in your coffee that “means” you don’t like coffee. True enough wouldn’t we say? Or sugar on anything? And if sugar and cream in your coffee is not coffee, then call it —cappuccino?
Taste = its all in your mouth.
#8
Umm… dude stop drinking the kool-aid. your seeing shit that aint there.
Laughing my butt off here, this is the kind of cuisine that us Southerners get slammed for. Thanks, Texas!