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Default Something good about Tilapia.
On 10/8/2014 7:54 PM, wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 6:29:21 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
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>> On 10/8/2014 6:53 PM, notbob wrote:
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>>> Catfish, OTOH, is delightful!! It was made to be deep-fried.
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>>> nb
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>> You mentioned Southern
>> style... at the basic level, that would be some really finely ground
>> cornmeal, a little AP flour seasoned well with salt & pepper. I'm
>> talking about dredging and frying fish on a riverbank, not heating up a
>> deep fryer in your kitchen.
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>> Jill
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> Yep, if a cook knows what they are doing they will find shallow frying fantastic without quarts of oil or a deep fryer. It's amazing what can be accomplished with a hot skillet and perhaps a half inch of oil.
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Obviously I don't catch and fry fish on a riverbank But I do prefer
pan-frying rather than battering and deep frying in the kitchen. You
can turn out some really nice catfish by simply breading and pan frying.
Cod and other firm white fish, too. I don't mess with a lot of oil or
deep fryers.

Jill
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