On 12/7/2013 2:08 AM, sf wrote:
> 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>

According to this guy, *everyone* should eat fried chicken in an Amish
restaurant. <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.
>
Sounds like a good excu - uh, reason.

Jill