Stefan Gates Shows You How To Fry An Egg On A Piece Of Paper (VIDEO)

Wait, what? Fry an egg on a piece of paper? Yes, it's possible! You have to see it to believe it. Watch the video above from British food writer and television personality Stefan Gates. His latest book, The Extraordinary Cookbook, goes where no cookbook has gone before -- with recipes for some unique dishes prepared in unusual ways, like this fried egg.

Stefan uses a plain sheet of paper, which he attaches with clips to a wire hanger that's been formed into a diamond shape. Holding the contraption over a low flame from a butane burner, he is able to fry an egg without setting the paper on fire. It does take a steady hand, however, to do this (you might want to spend some extra time at the gym strengthening those forearms). So it may take some practice for the first-timer. But once you master the process, it will be the perfect parlor trick for showing off to friends and family.

Browse the step-by-step gallery below for detailed instructions.

Comments

[Tino DM]

01:58 PM on 11/23/2011

just adds smoky flavour lol. If you want to impress your kids,just make pancakes. This video is a reflection of what's wrong with the world today. We take everything for granted. That egg has so much better use's in this world than your child poisoning experiments. You seem to have a nice kitchen...use it! Or leave the cooking to the wife.

[freddsky]

09:25 AM on 11/19/2011

Bunsen alternative for busy suburbanites: surround the whole mess with a bit of aluminum--sorry, aluminium--foil (or do they call it "silver paper?") and apply it to your car engine manifold as you chauffeur the kids to football practice. That clanging of coat hanger colliding with fan belt housing beneath the bonnet lets you know it's "done."

[d4f]

09:14 AM on 11/19/2011

why?

[TomCinIllinois]

03:13 AM on 11/19/2011

Mmmm...I love the smell of frying PCBs in the morning.

[emerson7]

03:53 PM on 11/19/2011

my thoughts exactly....that 'smokey flavour' he mentions is filled with a host of nasty chemicals known, and unknown.

[henrypapillon]

02:25 AM on 11/19/2011

As if this isn't goofy enough, the article 2 artiles above is about McDonald's dropping an egg producer because of cruelty to chickens. Now I ask you, what is more cruel to a chicken than cooking the egg.

[henrypapillon]

02:15 AM on 11/19/2011

Next week: crapping over a large bear.

[Stephen Thorpe]

01:21 AM on 11/19/2011

Survivalists egg frying guide. Next up, mouse bacon.

[henrypapillon]

02:16 AM on 11/19/2011

That must take quite a few mouse bellies for a pound of bacon.fanned.

[henrypapillon]

02:16 AM on 11/19/2011

Have you ever tried Sam's Club Mouse Ham.

[Double Deal]

11:15 PM on 11/18/2011

Barbecue some ribs on the Texas flag and I'll be impressed.

[bagelmart]

10:59 PM on 11/18/2011

Show us how to build a fire too. Please?

[Ahmed Ben Abbad]

10:48 PM on 11/18/2011

Putting the flam under a flat shaped thin rock is more practical. Paper he said? Huh

[henrypapillon]

02:18 AM on 11/19/2011

Oh, heck, after you've burned the egg to the paper, you might as well just bury it all under a rock, which reminds me--where did that guy come from?

[maninaustin]

10:07 PM on 11/18/2011

I would just use a frying pan. It's easier.

[ABQ-Mike]

09:24 PM on 11/18/2011

I'll never, ever do this. Why? For about the same reason I don't go camping. In the first case, because I have a kitchen equipped with stove and frying pans and in the second case, because I have a bedroom equipped with a bed and adjacent to a bathroom with functioning toilet, sink, and shower.

[henrypapillon]

02:19 AM on 11/19/2011

Yes, most of my life has been primitive enough as it is, I burn wood as it is, and we just got the house remodeled. Uh, camping---NO!

[NCOak]

09:04 PM on 11/18/2011

i'll remember this if i'm ever marooned on an island with eggs, paper, a coathanger, paper clips, and a bunson burner.

[henrypapillon]

02:19 AM on 11/19/2011

You forgot the EVOO.

[InconvenientTruth]

08:44 PM on 11/18/2011

Next time im stranded on an island with some chickens ill remember this.

[ForReallyReal]

09:04 PM on 11/18/2011

And a coat hanger.

And binder clips.

And a portable torch.

[henrypapillon]

02:21 AM on 11/19/2011

or just break the egg over the sunheated rock and watch it cook.

[Joey Jlo]

08:42 PM on 11/18/2011

this is cute, but as someone who works with papers for a living (printing) I know full well that even uncoated papers contain chemicals that a) don't burn clean, and b) aren't healthy for humans. The dust content alone. DON'T DO THIS.

[Bare Bones]

11:18 PM on 11/18/2011

agreed. I almost sensed the chemicals from both the coat hanger and the paper. Not good. Maybe what he should have used is palm leaves and water and just poached the egg. Apparently some people would be surprised to learn what goes into the paper and other simple items during the manufacturing process. It *is* still better to go natural in most cases.