Fry
Encyclopedia
Food and cooking
- FryingFryingFrying is the cooking of food in oil or another fat, a technique that originated in ancient Egypt around 2500 BC. Chemically, oils and fats are the same, differing only in melting point, but the distinction is only made when needed. In commerce, many fats are called oils by custom, e.g...
, the act of cooking food in oil or fat- Pan fryingPan fryingPan frying is a form of frying characterized by the use of minimal cooking oil or fat ; typically using just enough oil to lubricate the pan...
, frying food in a flat pan - Stir fryingStir fryingStir frying is an umbrella term used to describe two Chinese cooking techniques for preparing food in a wok: chǎo and bào . The term stir-fry was introduced into the English language by Buwei Yang Chao, in her book How to Cook and Eat in Chinese, to describe the chǎo technique...
, frying food in a wok and stirring it while it cooks
- Pan frying
- Full breakfastFull breakfastA full breakfast is a meal that consists of several courses, traditionally a starter , a main course, tea with milk, toast and marmalade or other preserves. Many variations are possible....
, a traditional cooked meal, also called a fry-up or Ulster fry - French fried potatoes
- Fries, testicle (food) and other offalOffalOffal , also called, especially in the United States, variety meats or organ meats, refers to the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of edible organs, which varies by culture and region, but includes most internal organs other than...
Businesses and organizations
- Fry (racing team)Fry (racing team)Fry was a Formula Two constructor from the United Kingdom. The team was founded by David Fry and Alec Issigonis, whose previous employer John Parkes at Alvis brought his son Mike Parkes as a development driver...
- Fry Art GalleryFry Art GalleryThe Fry Art Gallery is an art gallery located in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. In its present form the gallery was established in 1985 and it is managed by the Fry Art Gallery Society...
- Fry's ElectronicsFry's ElectronicsFry's Electronics is a big-box store and retailer of software, consumer electronics, computer hardware, with in store computer repair and custom computer building services and household appliances with a chain of superstores headquartered in Silicon Valley...
- Fry's Food and DrugFry's Food and DrugFry's Food & Drug Stores, Inc., is a chain of supermarkets that has a major presence in the state of Arizona. Fry's also operates under the banner of Fry's Marketplace, a chain of multi-department stores. Fry's is a division of The Kroger Company....
- J. S. Fry & SonsJ. S. Fry & SonsJ. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd. was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family.This business moved through several names and hands before ending up as J. S. Fry & Sons.- History :*circa 1759 — Joseph Fry starts making chocolate...
, a chocolate manufacturer
Other uses
- Fry readability formulaFry Readability FormulaThe Fry readability formula is a readability metric for English texts, developed by Edward Fry.The grade reading level is calculated by the average number of sentences and syllables per hundred words...
- Philip J. FryPhilip J. FryPhilip J. Fry, known simply as Fry, is a fictional character, the main protagonist of the animated science fiction sitcom Futurama. He is voiced by Billy West using a version of his own voice as he sounded when he was 25.-Character overview:...
, a character in the series Futurama - West Frisian languageWest Frisian languageWest Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...
, FRY in several ISO 639 language codes - Fry (biology), a stage in the spawn cycle of aquatic animals
- Vocal fry, a vocal register
- Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) - Stephen FryStephen FryStephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...
, a British television presenter - Varian FryVarian FryVarian Mackey Fry was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped approximately 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.-Early life:...
, an American journalist who ran a rescue network in France that helped anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape Nazi Germany.
See also
- Fray (disambiguation)
- Frey (disambiguation)Frey (disambiguation)-Other uses:*Frey , a Swiss manufacturer of chocolate since 1887*Frei zu leben, a German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990*FreiTek, Inc., a fictional company in Star Wars.*Frey's procedure, a treatment for chronic pancreatitis...
- Fried (disambiguation)
- Frye (disambiguation)Frye (disambiguation)-People:*Channing Frye , basketball player*Charlie Frye , football player for the Oakland Raiders*Don Frye , mixed martial arts fighter*Donna Frye , San Diego city councilwoman*Dwight Frye , American actor...