My husband's parents were born in Louisiana and we still have relatives living in Louisiana, including my own sister. Beignets have always been a part of our lives. After all, one cannot hail from New Orleans and not be familiar with the fabulous Cafe Du Monde and their delicious beignets. In fact, you cannot visit New Orleans without visiting Cafe Du Monde. It is just not done!
Since we reside 400 miles away from New Orleans and Cafe Du Monde, we must settle for the next best thing. A box of Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix and a deep fryer!
Preparing to replace my beloved Fry Daddy, I ventured over to Amazon where I discovered the GranPappy! Oh, yeah! Now we're talking!!!
This larger version of the original Fry Daddy is awesome! I can cook approximately 10 beignets at a time in the GranPappy, which means I am eating them much sooner. Okay, well, it really means I am sitting down to eat them much sooner. I always "snack" on them as I am cooking. They are simply too hard to resist!
By comparison, the Fry Daddy holds 4 cups of oil and the GranPappy holds 6
cups of oil. The GranPappy deep fryer is taller and wider as shown in
the photo below.
Presto GranPappy Electric Deep Fryer
I love the larger size! It makes me wish I had purchased a GranPappy years ago.
I cook in my electric skillets a few times each month, but when it comes to deep frying smaller items like french fries, beignets, hush puppies, fried okra, etc, I prefer the FryDaddy or my new GranPappy deep fryer. Because of the taller, more narrow designs, they simply do not pop or splatter oil out as much as the shorter sides of an electric skillet will. I don't enjoy being popped by hot oil, but we do love our fried foods. Therefore, I consider the GranPappy deep fryer an essential appliance in my kitchen.
It takes 15 minutes for the oil too heat in the GranPappy deep fryer. Keep in mind, you are cooking with hot oil. I highly recommend using the slotted spoon that comes with the GranPappy to lower your food into the oil. "Dropping" food into hot oil causes the hot oil to splash back on you and trust me, it burns.
When you are finished cooking, be sure to allow your oil to completely cool (I allow a few hours) before you remove the oil and clean the deep fryer.
Since the GranPappy has a detachable electric cord, I wash the deep fryer
after each use. I have a
separate pot with a strainer
for storing the oil for reuse. The lip design allows you to easily pour the oil from the unit without making a mess. Alternately, you can store cooled oil in the GranPappy
itself. It comes with a plastic lid just for that reason. Just
be sure to wait for the oil and unit to completely cool before you put the
lid on.
It comes with a frying timetable to help you determine how long you need to cook food. For instance, fresh cut french fries take 6 to 10 minutes, but raw, battered shrimp only takes 3 to 5 minutes. Chicken will take longer (up to 18 minutes) depending on the size of the piece. Personally, I cook fried chicken in my electric skillet since I am cooking 8 to 10 pieces at a time, but I wouldn't hesitate to cook chicken in this deep fryer if I was only cooking a few wings or legs.
The beignets only take a few minutes to fry to perfection!
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