Is that right? Are french fries linked to cancer?

Local12.com ^ | 1/18/2019 | Duane Pohlman, Stephanie Kuzydym

[simpson96]

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Americans love French fries. Every year, on average, we devour 30 pounds of the crispy fried potatoes.

But studies are now proving they aren’t good for you. So what about those claims that French fries are causing cancer?

Many recent news reports say that French fries are not only bad for you, they’re linked to cancer. The cancer claims are tied to scientific studies of acrylamide, a substance produced when starchy foods, like potatoes, are heated or, in this case, fried.

The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) warns “acrylamide has the potential to cause cancer in humans.”

According to the American Cancer Society, while lab animals given high levels of acrylamide did develop cancer, “based on the studies done so far, it’s not yet clear if acrylamide affects cancer risk in people.”

Still, the studies are enough for the International Agency for Research on Cancer and EPA to list acrylamide as a “probable human carcinogen.”

So while there’s much more work to be done to be conclusive, if you said French fries are linked to cancer, you’re right.

[Yardstick]

Do you parboil your fries before frying them? If not, that’s probably the difference.

[TheNext]

LMAO!

[ClearBlueSky]

Uh no. I soak them in ice water then dry and fry.

[Yardstick]

Well, if you’re after fries that don’t wilt as they cool, then you might try blanching them first like the fast-food places do.

Here’s why blanching works:

http://www.cookingissues.com/index.html%3Fp=4043.html

(I said parboiling before but it’s really blanching.)