Thank you to those that have written to say you enjoyed or learned from the last Recipes For Life, and you look forward to more down home cooking methods! Last time I said “Frying food is fun and simple, not easy, easy methods of cooking I feel are baking and boiling” Several of my Pastry Chefs associates correctly pointed out once you get the item into oven baking became easy, however the over all process of baking is not! So true , I did not intend to offend any Chef or home Cook! I just want my friends (you readers) to try cooking the first method I learned from My Mom!
Back to Frying, my son ask dad why don’t you buy a deep fryer, so the week I went shopping, stop at all the Marts- Wal, K, the Pos, Home and Kitchen and the super warehouse stores the Best price I found for deep fryer was 39.95 made by GE. I was all set the make the purchase. Then I thought back to Mom’s kitchen, her deep fryer was a large POT! Why spend over $40 with taxes and all, you can buy a load of oil for that! So I say and am sure mom will agree if you have a big pot you have a deep fryer! My advice, buy a thermometer and use the BIG POT to deep fry!
Batter I have been playing with batters for several days now
Hers one I love
Batter
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 large eggs beaten
12 ounces beer (you can use non-alcohol)
1 tablespoon salt (you can use more or less remember recipes are starting points)
1 / 2 tablespoon pepper
Method
Sift flour into large mixing bowel; add eggs, beer, salt and pepper Wisk until batter is smooth. Note I use beer but I don wan to call the beer batter, here is why. If you want to deep fry sliced fruit, use juice in place of beer, also add about a 1 / 4 sugars. Also you can spice it up by adding chilies and other spices when you add you salt and pepper, remember if frying sweet item leave out pepper!
Fried Scallops
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 / 2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon salt
1 / 2 teaspoon black pepper
1 egg
1 cup beer
1 / 2 cup flour
2 pounds scallops
oil for frying 2 to 4 cups
Method
Sift first 4 ingredient into large mixing bowel, beat in egg add beer and wisk until smooth. Heat oil in fryer or large skillet to 350. Roll Scallops in the 1 / 2 cup of flour shake off excess flour the dip into batter place in fryer, fry until nicely brown don over cook scallops should only take 3 to 4 minutes great as appetizers or and the main with a couple of sides!
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