On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:44:51 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 12/6/2013 8:34 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:49:53 -0500, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> He also mentioned the Amish fried chicken wasn't at all greasy. Maybe
> >> his mother or grandmother didn't really know how to make good fried
> >> chicken. <shrug> Just because you're from or live in a certain area
> >> southern doesn't mean you're born knowing how to cook something. Or
> >> that you'll ever master it.
> >
> > Non-greasy has to do with not crowding the pan and keeping the
> > temperature at whatever degrees it's supposed to be at. I haven't
> > seen this in quite a while, probably because I don't order much fried
> > food anymore - but I've seen fried food served on a linen napkin and
> > the napkin had absolutely NO grease spots on it. Amazing.
> >
> Absolutely don't crowd the pan. I know enough about frying anything to
> know that. Definitely keep the temperature right. There's got to be
> a knack to cooking big cast iron skillets of fried chicken. Getting it
> nicely browned and crisp outside and cooked perfectly inside. It's not
> a skill I'm likely to master.

Ditto! It's another one of those things I'd rather pay someone else
to do. <G>
>
> Keep in mind, I'm talking about what this man told me about fried
> chicken he had visiting Amish country. I don't know if they use deep
> fry thermometers or have electric fryers in their restaurants.
>
No idea either. I wanted to go to Amish country when we did our leaf
peeping trip last year, but we detoured through Michigan to go to
Niagara Falls and visited the old family homestead instead. So, now I
have a reason to return to the East.


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