In article . com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Dave Smith > wrote:
> >
> > > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > What's wrong with just using butter?
> > > > Clarified butter, imho has no flavor.
> > > > Might as well use corn oil. :-P
> > >
> > > Clarified butter does have more flavour than corn oil. The thing about
> > > clarified
> > > butter is that the milk solids are separated and removed, so it can be
> > > heated
> > > to a
> > > higher temperature without smoking.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Ok, but when I am doing a quick sautee' with shrimp, it does not matter
> > much what the smoke point is as my cooking time is so fast.
> > And I _want_ the carmelized "milk solids" that provide the flavor I'm
> > looking for. Clarified butter is missing that!
> >
> > I've compared the "flavor" of clarified butter to cooking oils.
> >
> > Grapeseed oil and peanut oil have a similar flavor.
> >
> > And both have even higher smoke points.
>
> Clarified butter (synonymous with drawn butter) is primarilly called
> for when the butter is *served* as a dressing, ie. drawn butter
> w/lobster, crab, etc... doesn't need a higher smoke point as it's
> typically not used for cooking, nor is the smoke point of clarified
> butter so appreciably higher than that of ordinary plain butter that
> very, very few cooks ever bother. Ghee however is used as a cooking
> medium, its benefit is from its appreciably higher smoke point but
> mostly from its significantly longer shelf life... but would be a
> disappointing substitute for drawn/clarified butter... ghee generally
> has a nutty flavor (I call it 'burned'), and/or flavored with herbs,
> neither of which would enhance the seafood experience. Ghee tastes
> nothing like butter, in fact unless it's somehow otherwise seasoned
> high quality ghee tastes pretty much like nothing... may as well dip
> your lobster meat in generic salad oil.
>
> Sheldon
>

That was my point. ;-)
I feel the same way about drawn or clarified butter.

IMHO it has NO flavor!
Not like plain melted butter......

But, to each their own!

Restaurants serve drawn butter with crab, lobster and shrimp.
It's gross. I always request fresh melted butter. And I get it. ;-)
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Om.

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