On Thu 08 May 2008 08:18:32a, James Silverton told us...

Tracy wrote on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:44:04 -0400:

The only deep-fried vegetables that I eat (sparingly) are
cooked Japanese Tempura style. I've never seen mushrooms
tempura and I suppose some preliminary cooking would be
needed but probably onion rings, which I have seen, require
some work other than just frying. I may have mentioned it
before but, of all tempura vegetables, I like sweet potato
best but zucchini and other squash aren't bad. You can keep
broccoli tempura but the same applies to broccoli in most
shapes and forms!

I love sweet potato tempura too! I have never seen deep fried
mushrooms either, but they might make decent tempura.
I'll do tempura at home every now and again. I usually do
sweet potatoes, zucchini, broccoli, and pickled jalapeno
slices. Oh, and sometimes green beans and shrimp for the kid and for
the DH.

Yes, green beans aren't at all bad. Do you blanch them before
battering? I don't know much about making tempura since I only
have it in Japanese restaurants.




If they're young beans you don't need to blanch, otherwise yes.

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Blinky the Shark wrote:


Just got a craving for deep fried mushrooms (from reading about fried
shrimp in another thread).

It's been a while. I used to get them at O'Connell's pub here locally,
but stopped some years back. Fried foods don't suit me as well as they
used to.




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hey! why aren't you in chat?

Didn't think about it.

And the last two or three times I've come on - in the usual threeish-hour
sweet spot of 10PM to 1AM my time, there's been nobody there but Elise The
Silent and Nagger.


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cybercat wrote:


"Blinky the Shark" wrote in message
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Just got a craving for deep fried mushrooms (from reading about fried
shrimp in another thread).

Mmmmmmm.

Any other fans here?


Lightly breaded, with horseradish dip.

I must try horseradish! I've been using that a lot more lately, so it
sounds good for mushrooms too.

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Billy wrote:

On Thu, 8 May 2008 02:15:33 -0400, "cybercat"
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Lightly breaded, with horseradish dip.

Had a great dip on a Florida pier sea food house. Mixed ranch
dressing with horseradish and garlic powder. Really a good taste for
onion rings and mushrooms.

That sounds interesting. Will try!

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Nancy Young wrote:

I call fried mushrooms nuclear bombs because
they retain heat like nobody's business. Yikes!

That's only a problem if you make them yourself.
In a restaurant, they'd be cool enough to eat
by the time you get them.

But yes indeed, they are hot when right out of
the fryer. But we eat them anyway.

Blinky the Shark wrote:
wrote:

hey! why aren't you in chat?

Didn't think about it.

And the last two or three times I've come on - in the usual
threeish-hour sweet spot of 10PM to 1AM my time, there's been nobody
there but Elise The Silent and Nagger.

Elise tells me it's "normal" to not sign off of irc. Heh. Would be polite,
at least. Nagger tells me the temperature

Jill

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Wed 07 May 2008 11:08:23p, sf told us...

On Wed, 07 May 2008 22:55:59 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:


Just got a craving for deep fried mushrooms (from reading about fried
shrimp in another thread).

Mmmmmmm.

Any other fans here?

never heard of them before


You're kidding! They've been commonplace in most places I've lived. Other
favorites are breaded and deep fried zuchinni, cucumber, pepper strips,
whole green beans and others. Several restaurants we used to frequent back
in Ohio offer a mixed platter of all these goodies as an appetizer, served
with various dips. Yummy, and half healthy...the veggies, not the deep
frying.

Red Lobster has, or at least used to have an excellent appetizer (which
would've probably been most of a meal by itself, for some folks) that was,
as I remember it, a plate of lightly breaded and deep fried veggie mix
like you describe (zuchini, pepper strips and something else, I think) and
calamari. Served with a couple-three dipping sauces. Yum!


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jmcquown wrote:

sf wrote:
On Wed, 07 May 2008 22:55:59 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:


Just got a craving for deep fried mushrooms (from reading about fried
shrimp in another thread).

Mmmmmmm.

Any other fans here?

never heard of them before

Good lord, woman, where have you been? Popular "snack" in restaurants.
Battered and deep fried button mushrooms with a dipping sauce (usually mayo
based). Why, we've even heard of them down here in Tennessee!

Plain ol' catsup's good, too, if not exactly edgy.

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On Thu 08 May 2008 11:37:09a, Blinky the Shark told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Wed 07 May 2008 11:08:23p, sf told us...

On Wed, 07 May 2008 22:55:59 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:


Just got a craving for deep fried mushrooms (from reading about fried
shrimp in another thread).

Mmmmmmm.

Any other fans here?

never heard of them before


You're kidding! They've been commonplace in most places I've lived.
Other favorites are breaded and deep fried zuchinni, cucumber, pepper
strips, whole green beans and others. Several restaurants we used to
frequent back in Ohio offer a mixed platter of all these goodies as an
appetizer, served with various dips. Yummy, and half healthy...the
veggies, not the deep frying.

Red Lobster has, or at least used to have an excellent appetizer (which
would've probably been most of a meal by itself, for some folks) that
was, as I remember it, a plate of lightly breaded and deep fried veggie
mix like you describe (zuchini, pepper strips and something else, I
think) and calamari. Served with a couple-three dipping sauces. Yum!



I think they still have that, and yes, it is very good.

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jmcquown wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:
wrote:

hey! why aren't you in chat?

Didn't think about it.

And the last two or three times I've come on - in the usual
threeish-hour sweet spot of 10PM to 1AM my time, there's been nobody
there but Elise The Silent and Nagger.

Elise tells me it's "normal" to not sign off of irc. Heh. Would be polite,
at least. Nagger tells me the temperature

SHUT UP, NAGGER!

There. Haven't said that in a while. Felt good.


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Mark Thorson wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:

I call fried mushrooms nuclear bombs because they retain heat like
nobody's business. Yikes!

That's only a problem if you make them yourself. In a restaurant, they'd
be cool enough to eat by the time you get them.

Depends on the restaurant and the traffic. I've had them as Nancy
describes.


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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Thu 08 May 2008 11:37:09a, Blinky the Shark told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Wed 07 May 2008 11:08:23p, sf told us...

On Wed, 07 May 2008 22:55:59 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:


Just got a craving for deep fried mushrooms (from reading about fried
shrimp in another thread).

Mmmmmmm.

Any other fans here?

never heard of them before


You're kidding! They've been commonplace in most places I've lived.
Other favorites are breaded and deep fried zuchinni, cucumber, pepper
strips, whole green beans and others. Several restaurants we used to
frequent back in Ohio offer a mixed platter of all these goodies as an
appetizer, served with various dips. Yummy, and half healthy...the
veggies, not the deep frying.

Red Lobster has, or at least used to have an excellent appetizer (which
would've probably been most of a meal by itself, for some folks) that
was, as I remember it, a plate of lightly breaded and deep fried veggie
mix like you describe (zuchini, pepper strips and something else, I
think) and calamari. Served with a couple-three dipping sauces. Yum!



I think they still have that, and yes, it is very good.

I'd actually go have some of that - probably as lunch with a bunch of
those great biscuits - as it's sounding damnably good right now and it's
about that time. But I don't have a convenient RL. Which is probably
surprising, here in Los Angeles; it's not like I'm in Elko, Nevada trying
to find one.


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"Mark Thorson" wrote

Nancy Young wrote:

I call fried mushrooms nuclear bombs because
they retain heat like nobody's business. Yikes!

That's only a problem if you make them yourself.
In a restaurant, they'd be cool enough to eat
by the time you get them.

I've only ever eaten them at restaurants.

nancy

Blinky wrote:
Just got a craving for deep fried mushrooms (from reading about fried
shrimp in another thread).

You do realize that when shrimp make one desirous of mushrooms it's an
absolute indication of TIAD to the Nth degree.