Found a better batter
Every once in a while we get to taking about cooking crappie here, so I thought I'd let you know that we tried a different brand of batter mix yesterday with great results.
We had been using Drakes when we wanted batter dipped fish, but tried Golden Dipt Beer Batter last night.
First, I sliced up a big vidalia onion and fried it, then our crappie filets. The batter was thicker than Drakes and fried up a nice golden brown even with fresh oil. The onion rings imparted a slight onion flavor to the batter and grease that the fish picked up. Delicious!
Only down side was that I used filets from the freezer since fishing has been so slow the last three times we've been out. Rain, debris, cold fronts, NE winds, you name it. We're ready for some settled weather for a change. - Roberta
"Anglers are born honest,
but they get over it." - Ed Zern