gtr wrote:
>
> On 2013-12-26 03:34:21 +0000, Cheryl said:
>
> > On 12/25/2013 10:34 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> >>>
> >> True, but deep frying is best left to those who don't want to deal with
> >> lots of hot oil (or the resulting cleanup) I have a fond memory of
> >> an RFC participant who is no longer with us (Alan Boles, aka hahabogus)
> >> relating how he made beer-battered fish & chips once. IIRC they turned
> >> out very good but he said he really made a mess.
> >
> > I don't do any deep frying but I can get the same result in a pan with
> > enough oil to nearly cover the food, and then just flip them. Beer
> > battered is the best way to go!
>
> Is it assumed one always uses vegetable oil for such projects?

Normally vegetable oil, canola oil, peanut oil.
Deep frying, either in a deep fryer or just in a dedicated saucepan,
doesn't make much of a mess at all.

G.