Got the Frybaby today, was an impulse buy on the way to the bath dept.

I've never deepfat fried before but it was only $15, mismarked, I
believe.

My first thought was fish and chips... but having never bought food for
deepfat frying, and the small size of the fryer, wonder what to do first.
Fish or chips!?!?

I bought a jumbo container of canola oil. The fryer holds four cups.

Andy

"Andy" > wrote in message
6...
> Got the Frybaby today, was an impulse buy on the way to the bath dept.
>
> I've never deepfat fried before but it was only $15, mismarked, I
> believe.
>
> My first thought was fish and chips... but having never bought food for
> deepfat frying, and the small size of the fryer, wonder what to do first.
> Fish or chips!?!?
>
> I bought a jumbo container of canola oil. The fryer holds four cups.
>
> Andy

Take it back and get a refund. For your $15 or a bit more you can buy a high
quality Taylor deep fat thermometer and a spyder (a wire mesh scoop for
stirring and lifting items in the fat). Then use one of your large saucepans
for deep frying. With a little practice you'll get much better results.


--
Peter Aitken

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"Peter Aitken" > wrote in
om:

> Take it back and get a refund. For your $15 or a bit more you can buy
> a high quality Taylor deep fat thermometer and a spyder (a wire mesh
> scoop for stirring and lifting items in the fat). Then use one of your
> large saucepans for deep frying. With a little practice you'll get
> much better results.


Not jumping to conclusions, do you dedicate a saucepan for your deepfat
frying? According to this little fryer info, you can cover up the oil
after cooking for use at another time. How long a time I don't know.

The only drawback I see is that the unit is teflon non-stick but comes
with a metal spatula to destroy itself, kinda/sorta!?

So what answer was yours? Fish or chips?!?!

Andy

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- Alfred Hitchcock
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Andy wrote:
> Got the Frybaby today, was an impulse buy on the way to the bath
> dept. [snip] My first thought was fish and chips... but having
> never bought food for deepfat frying, and the small size of the
> fryer, wonder what to do first. Fish or chips!?!?

Twice-fried french fries. Heat the oil to 325=B0F. Scrub russet
potato, slice into sticks, dry. Fry for 4 minutes, remove. They'll be
barely colored. Increase temp to 375=B0F. Fry until golden brown,
drain on paper. Salt *and* pepper (ymmv). They'll be crispy on the
outside, fluffy on the inside.

You can re-use the oil to fry your fish (beer batter!) next. If you
fry the fish first, the french fries may not taste fresh.

Trouble is, the appliance is too small to handle realistic quantities
and is easily overloaded, making the temp drop too much. Someone who
deep fried a lot (and had counter space) probably would want a big
fryer for its convenience, especially the temp control. For occasional
deep frying, I most often use the wok. -aem

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:40:41 -0600, Andy > wrote:

>So what answer was yours? Fish or chips?!?!

Calimari.

Make a nice aoli for dipping.

"Andy" > wrote in message
6...
> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in
> om:
>
>> Take it back and get a refund. For your $15 or a bit more you can buy
>> a high quality Taylor deep fat thermometer and a spyder (a wire mesh
>> scoop for stirring and lifting items in the fat). Then use one of your
>> large saucepans for deep frying. With a little practice you'll get
>> much better results.
>
>
> Not jumping to conclusions, do you dedicate a saucepan for your deepfat
> frying? According to this little fryer info, you can cover up the oil
> after cooking for use at another time. How long a time I don't know.
>
> The only drawback I see is that the unit is teflon non-stick but comes
> with a metal spatula to destroy itself, kinda/sorta!?
>
> So what answer was yours? Fish or chips?!?!
>

Fish *and* chips!

I use a cheap Revereware stainess steel 3 qt soup pot for frying. It is not
dedicated to this - I strain the oil and put it in a sealable container
between uses. Straining and keeping it sealed are important for best
results. Be sure to pay attention to the oil temperature, and do not fill
the pan more than 1/2 way.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Andy wrote:

> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in
> om:
>
>> Take it back and get a refund. For your $15 or a bit more you can buy
>> a high quality Taylor deep fat thermometer and a spyder (a wire mesh
>> scoop for stirring and lifting items in the fat). Then use one of your
>> large saucepans for deep frying. With a little practice you'll get
>> much better results.
>
>
> Not jumping to conclusions, do you dedicate a saucepan for your deepfat
> frying? According to this little fryer info, you can cover up the oil
> after cooking for use at another time. How long a time I don't know.

You'll know it when it goes bad... with straining, it can last for about
five batches of french fries (same thing as chips?), or about three to
four days.

> The only drawback I see is that the unit is teflon non-stick but comes
> with a metal spatula to destroy itself, kinda/sorta!?
>
> So what answer was yours? Fish or chips?!?!

chips.

Lena

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:56:27 -0600, Andy > wrote:

>Got the Frybaby today, was an impulse buy on the way to the bath dept.
>
>I've never deepfat fried before but it was only $15, mismarked, I
>believe.
>
>My first thought was fish and chips... but having never bought food for
>deepfat frying, and the small size of the fryer, wonder what to do first.
>Fish or chips!?!?
>
>I bought a jumbo container of canola oil. The fryer holds four cups.
>
>Andy


Here are deep frying recipes on the Presto website:

http://www.gopresto.com/recipes/deepfryer/index.php


On drawback, the Frybaby is small and can only cook a
few pieces of food at a time.



Rusty

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:21:32 -0800, Rusty
> wrote:

>On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:56:27 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>
>>Got the Frybaby today, was an impulse buy on the way to the bath dept.
>>
>>I've never deepfat fried before but it was only $15, mismarked, I
>>believe.
>>
>>My first thought was fish and chips... but having never bought food for
>>deepfat frying, and the small size of the fryer, wonder what to do first.
>>Fish or chips!?!?
>>
>>I bought a jumbo container of canola oil. The fryer holds four cups.
>>
>>Andy
>
>
>Here are deep frying recipes on the Presto website:
>
>http://www.gopresto.com/recipes/deepfryer/index.php
>
>
>On drawback, the Frybaby is small and can only cook a
>few pieces of food at a time.

Also be careful that the food is really dry. I tried making Curly
Fries (of course!) in my Fry Daddy, but apparently the potato string
was too wet and the oil boiled over when I added it. (The unit was
not overfilled).

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Andy,
I have a frydaddy, I don't think it cost more than $20 new. I would
probably suggest returning a frybaby for the daddy. As far as what to
fry, I have to watch out because when I put oil in the fryer my
imagination starts to run wild. I walk down the grocery aisles looking
for stuff to fry. Some of the things that I've made, fried oysters,
chicken, sweet potatoes, potatos, biscuits(they are like fried donuts
and I serve them with honey or powdered sugar), onions, mushrooms,
catfish, pickles(i don't like them),......... I have to restrict how
often I have oil in there so that I don't eat too much fried food. For
the oysters and chicken I covered them in cajun spice and then used a
50/50 flour and corn meal breading(the dry flour mix sticks to the wet
oysters and chicken), they turned out delicious.
Have fun,
James

"Andy" > wrote in message
6...
> Got the Frybaby today, was an impulse buy on the way to the bath dept.
>
> I've never deepfat fried before but it was only $15, mismarked, I
> believe.
>
> My first thought was fish and chips... but having never bought food for
> deepfat frying, and the small size of the fryer, wonder what to do first.
> Fish or chips!?!?
>
> I bought a jumbo container of canola oil. The fryer holds four cups.
>
> Andy

Don't let people discourage you about your purchase! I've deep fried in pans on
the stove, etc. but I love my Presto frybaby for what it does do well. There
are only 2 of us and it does a nice job on Shrimp Tempura or sweet potato fries.
Rule of thumb, anytime you deep fry a meal, start with the mildest flavored food
first. If you're doing fish and chips, do the chips first, then the fish. I
don't store the oil in the frybaby, even though it comes with a cover. After
the oil cools, I strain it and using a funnel, put it back in the original oil
container and store the container in the refrigerator. This might sound like
overkill but when I do it this way, I can usually use the same 4 cups of oil 3
or 4 times before it breaks down.
Gigi