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The funnel cake that turned into a grease fountain in Tulsa
Last Saturday I tried a fancy new batter with beer and baking soda for funnel cakes, and it foamed up so wild it spilled over the fryer and flooded my patio with hot oil. Took me an hour to clean off the concrete with kitty litter. Anyone else had a batter recipe go sideways that bad?
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finleyw991mo ago
That beer and baking soda combo is basically a science experiment waiting to explode. Baking soda reacts with the acid in beer way faster than with buttermilk, so you get this crazy rush of gas all at once. Next time try just using plain seltzer water instead, it gives you the same airy texture without the chemical warfare. Also, always put your fryer on a rimmed baking sheet or something with a lip, that saved my driveway from a similar disaster last summer. Pro tip though, kitty litter works but you gotta let it sit for like 20 minutes before you sweep it up or you just smear the grease everywhere.
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