Well I need some information on how to deep fry crappie. I have seen this done once before and eaten deep fried crappie several times and it convinced me to give it a try. Being on a limited budget (aren't we all?) I decided to start out slowly and went to Wal-Mart and got a small deep fryer. I opted for the 15 dollar PRESTO FryDaddy electric deep fryer. I liked the small size as I am single again and cook for one person most of the time. I have been frying my crappie in a skillet but they didn't seem to taste as good and I wanted to be able to cook more filets at one time. This deep fryer that I purchased can hold 4 cups of oil.
Now my question is this. What type of cooking oil is used in these fryers. It said not to use OLIVE OIL so that is out. Maybe that is why my fried fish didn't taste so good as I used Olive Oil in the skillet in the past.
I still have some filets in the fridge that need to be cooked. I picked up some seasoning and am going to cook them tonight for dinner.
Wish me luck.
I also was looking at those vaccume sealing machines from Foodsaver and Black&Decker but they were pretty expensive. They went from 40 bucks up to 130 bucks for the larger one and the freezer bag rolls were selling for about 10 dollars for an 8" by 22ft role. and one gallon freezer bags ( quantity of 15) were selling for ten bucks. I thought that was pretty expensive myself.
I know that in the past on the old board we discussed the freezer bag thing.
The smallest food saver thing was only 8" wide and sold for right at under 40 bucks. Maybe if Wal-mart reduces the prices some I may get some before next summer.
Speaking of fixing crappie filets and storing them... you guys should see Cane Poles layout in his summer home. He has a big cabinet and countertop space dedicated to wrapping up his fish filets. LOL I thought that was pretty neat. Cane Pole you should take some pictures of that setup and post them in here. He had rolls ready to go with celephone and aluminum foil in huge wide rolls right there on the counter top ready to use.