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• Terrible Urges (Score:1)

  by chaoticset (2105)

  I keep wanting to do this, because Alton Brown did fish and chips a few weeks ago, but the effort of doing it all keeps me from doing so. Sigh.

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  • Re:Terrible Urges (Score:1)

    by jjohn (22)

    • Alton Brown is one hip dude. He's got a blog of sorts on his web site [altonbrown.com].
    • I got the recipe from footv.com, but am way to lazy to find the URL again
    • It is VERY EASY AND FAST to make the batter. If you've got a mixing bowl and one good arm, you can do it. You throw a cup of flour, a 1/4 cup of corn starch, 1/2 tablespoon of salt, 1/2 tablespoon of baking power, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 3/4 cup of beer into a bowl and mix. Let this mix set for 5-10 minutes and dredge fish in it. I used about 1
    • Re:Terrible Urges (Score:1)

      by chaoticset (2105)

      It sounds like you used Alton's recipe...long, long sigh. I remember how good those looked. Perhaps I shall have to convince my SO that frying is okay and pick up a large quantity of canola...

      Concerning oil burns, I managed to get myself a rather nasty one recently on both my forearm and mid-torso. It looked like I'd been too close to a shotgun going off until the burns healed.

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      • Re:Terrible Urges (Score:1)

        by jdporter (36)

        But let's not forget that the best oil for deep frying is peanut oil. At least, if you ignore animal fats, which I do.
        • Re:Terrible Urges (Score:1)

          by chaoticset (2105)

          As long as there aren't any allergy issues, yes.

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