Fast Food Deep Fryer Using Live Goldfish Tank

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Someone should make a "green" fast-food joint where every machine fed back to the environment in a cool way like this; a "Zero Impact" McDonald's of sorts. — BEN POPKEN

This is a deep fryer that uses a goldfish tank with live goldfish. Oil and water don’t mix, so the 163 degree oil stays on top. The fish eat the greasy food flakes that fall through, stay away from the surface, and can happily live for 5-10 years.

Someone should make a “green” fast-food joint where every machine fed back to the environment in a cool way like this; a “Zero Impact” McDonald’s of sorts. — BEN POPKEN

[via Cscout] (Thanks to c-side!)

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