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"Fry" is an ambiguous word in English (lemmy.world)
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Here are 3 examples:
Fried egg, fried rice, fried chicken

All these "fry" are different. If you were to use the "fry" in fried rice to fry an egg, you'd get scrambled egg. Fried chicken is done by submerging it in oil, which you won't do with fried egg or fried rice.

This post is made from the perspective of a Cantonese/Chinese speaker. We have different words for these different types of "fry" (็…Ž, ็‚’, ็‚ธ respectively)

(Turns out I did post it in the wrong sub and I didn't realize, and now I feel very stupid. Photon UI has once again screwed me over. Got mad for no reason.)

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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Deep fried and pan fried chicken are two different things even though both are cooking chicken in oil.

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