When dealing with hot oil, things could go wrong very quickly. While YouTube user WebstaurantStore, who is also an online restaurant supply company based out of the US, didn't entirely succeed in hit deep-frying attempt, he did manage to avoid any catastrophic failure that may have resulted in some very nasty burns. Thankfully as well, because we got this gem of a video out of his attempt.
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"Never fry gnocchi!"
Things were going well enough for the man during his demo video, until about 30 seconds in when one of the gnocchi popped out of the oil and went flying towards the ceiling. He knew immediately that something was up, and decided to start fishing the gnocchi out.
But it was too late. The gnocchi started popping and dancing on the rack even after they were out of the oil, much to the amusement of the man in the video.
He erupted in a fit of contagious laughter (there were even some tears!) and imparted one piece of advice to anyone who may be watching the video: gnocchi explode when you fry them, so do not fry them! Or at least, not the store-bought kind...
