We never used the term "cake batter" when I was a kid, we said "cake mix."

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@fesshole @Illuminatus TOTALLY reasonable if by "cake" you mean haggis, or maybe pizza squares.

[vivtek@indieweb.social]

@fesshole The math checks out!

[nazani@universeodon.com]

@fesshole In the US "mix" is the dry stuff that comes out of a box. It isn't batter until you've stirred in the milk & eggs. Also applies to pancake mix/batter.

[jshawthorne@packmates.org]

@cstross @fesshole @Illuminatus

Wait hang on, you can deep fry haggis?

[patterfloof@meow.social]

@fesshole @Illuminatus @cstross Battered Tablet

(after a quick search for the name)

[illuminatus@mstdn.social]

@jshawthorne @cstross @fesshole You can. The best part of it is that I am Spanish and the first time I found haggis deep fried it was automatically compared to deep fried morcilla de Burgos.

Ed.: morcilla is equivalent to black sausage; the morcilla de Burgos is a variety with cooked rice in the mix.

[kitten_tech@fosstodon.org]

@fesshole entirely reasonable position

[frang@meow.social]

@fesshole in fairness, deep fried cake sounds delicious

[jshawthorne@packmates.org]

@Illuminatus @cstross @fesshole I have never heard of this. I've had Irish black sausage, is it comparable?

[illuminatus@mstdn.social]

@jshawthorne @cstross The ingredients in the mix vary, but yes, you can find almost all civilised peoples have it as part of traditional zero-waste cooking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sausage

[dan@axillae.telent.net]

@kitten_tech @fesshole "cake batter" implies the existence of "cake bowler" and "cake fielders"

[colman@mastodon.ie]

@jshawthorne @cstross @fesshole @Illuminatus they can deep fry *anything*.

[prophetscross@mastodon.social]

@jshawthorne @cstross @fesshole @Illuminatus Mostly they're called Haggis fritters, and sometimes served with Whisky peppercorn sauce if in a restaurant, or just chips if you get it out of a chippy

[illuminatus@mstdn.social]

@ProphetsCross @jshawthorne @cstross God, I love Scotland. I would die of Cardiovascular disease before my fifties, but I love it.

[_thegeoff@mastodon.social]

@cstross @fesshole @Illuminatus A chip shop in Sciennes used to do deep fried jaffa cakes in the 90s. Three of them, overlapping to form a rounded rectangle thing, cocktail stick through them, battered. Utterly glorious at 2am.

[http_error_418@hachyderm.io]

@jshawthorne @cstross @fesshole @Illuminatus @Colman including ice cream

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@_thegeoff @fesshole @Illuminatus Chippie up the road from me does the notorious Deep Fried Battered Mars Bar (with salt'n'sauce). I have never dared.

[_thegeoff@mastodon.social]

@cstross @fesshole @Illuminatus Thing is, the major health hazard there is the Mars Bar, the deep-frying only adds a little fat and complex carb to the outrageous amount of sugar. If you've not got any blood-sugar issues try one, just the once, worth it.

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@frang @fesshole It's the sort of idea that could make you millions.

This means it's probably a complete disaster or you'd see it in stands at fairs.

Maybe the cake soaks up the oil really fast due to wicking and you get a soggy blob of flour-oil inside a fried flour shell.

Fried butter took off though... I'm wondering what one of those elephant ear stands costs... Fuck software development.

[bjn@mstdn.social]

@cstross @fesshole @Illuminatus I always thought that the deep frying everything thing was a slander of the Scots by the English. I was set to rights when I ordered a mini pizza when waiting for the ferry to Skye (so quite a while ago). While I was wondering where the pizza oven was they took a mini pizza out of the freezer, dipped it in batter and deep fried it. The Italian in me was were horrified and the best word for my experience was “interesting”.