m.t.hands

kev, my bad, it may or may not matter or even bea factor but here is what happened at our little fish fry, the hush puppies were a solid glob and had ice crystals on them, the hot oil ran over the top (looked like it had boiled over)and into the burner, sending flames as high as the gable of my shop, i'm just glad it was out from the eave of my shop, it may be a common practice in a restaurant, but i can only relate what happened with our little deal, sorry if i was the source of misinformation

Judyboi

when frying fish 375 is typically the magic number....just my experience...

kevin1

Ditto , and I've worked many a restaurant deep fryer in my time , it depends a lot on what kind of oil you're using .
That's exactly what happened .
Lesson two: Never deep fry over open flame indoors , you were damned lucky .

Next time locate your fish fryer outside and feed the food in slowly so as not to "shock" the oil . A deep fry basket works wonders since you can slowly lower the food in and give the grease time to adjust to the temperature differance , and the risk of getting scalded is greatly lessened . I have scars on my left hand from 400 degree peanut oil splashing , trust me .

m.t.hands

we were outdoors, but only about 4-6' from my shop, a "friend" dumped them in, i was rushing towards him to stop him and ta-da no eye brows[:@][:-], just glad no one was injured and no property damage

Dairy King

They came out awesome. I cooked them outside over the side burner on our grill. I've watched people fry fish alot, and I knew to keep the temp around 375 and to not splash them in, etc. I just wasn't sure of the batter and such.

Chuck7

They came out awesome.Lance

I'm very happy to hear that. When you didn't reply after you said "I got the oil hot" I was concerned all right.
Have a great day.
Chuck7

HighDesertWolf

from my experience if you can keep a constant temp of 350 to 360 its perfect, 375 sometimes cause the breading to cook faster then the fish. also sometimes depends on what kind of fish it is. for light fish like blue gil and crappie 375 should be fine but for catfish and bass you might stick to 350 to 360.

vc1111

Yes, children are excellent if they're properly cooked.[8D]

Chuck7

No please don't fillet the children. They are better off left whole.
Spiritually
Mentally
Physically

kevin1

"So , how do like children , Mr. Fields ?"

"Boiled mostly ..."