On 4/28/2017 2:14 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote
>>>
>> That fad seems to have passed, thank goodness. Used to be you'd hear
>> about people doing something ridiculous like deep frying a turkey in
>> an enclosed garage, or on a wooden deck. Not one of these people had
>> any concept of how to measure oil before dropping a big-ass turkey
>> into it. They'd just fill it up and be surprised when the hot oil
>> overflowed burning everything (and anyone) in sight. Of course,
>> copious amounts of beer were usually involved.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> I haven't noticed the fad passing, probably because the people that I
> know who do deep fry them never made the news with mishaps.

I was invited to a Thanksgiving dinner maybe 12 years ago or so and they
did a first time deep-fry turkey. The turkey turned out very tasty and
cooked quickly. Unfortunately, you can't stuff them and the stuffing
they made indoors was the worst I ever had.

Anyway, we took the fryer way out in the back yard and cooked it safely.
IMO, the cause of fires with deep frying is not putting in too much oil
(that's easy to premeasure). The main cause is lowering the turkey into
the oil too quickly.

It took us a full minute to slowly lower it in as the surface water on
the bird foamed and bubbled. We got it in eventually and it cooked
quickly and was a very tender turkey. I wish now I had thrown in a bag
of fries once the turkey came out of the pot.

Everyone there had wine with their meal except for me. They acted like I
was some weirdo requesting water. Wine pared with a good meal is the
ultimate TIAD to me.