Fried Autumn

[Skanky Vamp]

As beautiful as they are, autumn leaves can become a huge headache when it comes to clogged gutters and un-raked yards. Japan, however, has turned this seasonal flood of garbage into a tasty treat by frying their maple leaves in lightly sweetened batter.

The snack, which seems to be a specialized delicacy from the Osaka area in Japan, is made by frying maple leaves in tempura batter. The pros in the city of Minoh in North Osaka preserve the leaves for a year in salt barrels, but other recipes don’t seem to demand this lengthy step.

If you want to try making them, simply dip your cleaned and dried maple leaves in sweetened tempura batter and fry them in hot vegetable oil – maple syrup is optional.

 

[Buffy Summers]

I'm surprised to hear that maple leaves are edible lol

 

[Skanky Vamp]

I'm surprised to hear that maple leaves are edible lol

You can eat birch too.. but birch is more bitter than maple.

 

[AnthonyCordova]

that sounds great! Mine would require maple syrup.

 

[Taake]

That's so weird to me... I both want to try it and don't want to...

 

[sk]

I'm sure the sweetened tempura batter taste great anyway... 🙂

/SK

 

[Old Master 3.0]

Yum! I wonder what they'll try next. I hear deep-fried linoleum kitchen tiles are nice and crunchy.....

 

[brinkster130]

I'm surprised to hear they are doing it in Japan, sounds like some cutesy thing you'd see at a fair in Canada.

 

[Taake]

Yum! I wonder what they'll try next. I hear deep-fried linoleum kitchen tiles are nice and crunchy.....

Hey! That's a delicacy where I'm from ;P

Nom nom, linoleum 😀

 

[SRMarx]

I have never even heard of people consuming maple leaves before. I'd be curious to try, because I wonder what kind of taste the leaves would have. Maybe they don't have much taste and it is just like eating tempura batter.