Jack Redington wrote:
Boaterdude wrote:
Jack Redington wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:16:41 -0500, Boaterdude penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
Jack Redington wrote:
I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil
penitration and not be as good.
Here is the one that can be ordered from The Bass Pro Shop.
http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults
Sorry to hear of your troubles. I sincerly hope things work out
for the better. It sounds to me like you are taking a good stance.
Jack R..
I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil
penitration and not be as good.
What does this mean?
It means that the oil... as it gets old will begin to oxidize... and
you can't get the oil as hot as it *SHOULD* be without tasting nasty.
The result of this is for the (not hot enough) oil to soak into the
food.
That is what has happened when you get a soggy french fry.
Unless you are using transfat oils, it will go rancid very quickly
after using it once. I would not save any of the oil.
When frying a turkey I only use peanut oil. Some people use a
combination of cottenseed and peanut, but I like the straight peanut
stuff. You have to use oil that has a very high flash-point due to
the heat required to cook one of these things. Otherwise the results
will be rather spectacular!
Capt Jack R..
Capt, keep in mind that peanut oil is one of the most unhealthy oils
to use. I think it is pushed so much due to the high flashpoint
(although I don't know what that temp is off hand). I only use Canola
oil and cook turkeys and wings at 325 degrees. It the oil gets to
400, it'll start smoking, and at that point, it's no good.
-Jim
Thanks Jim:
I will keep that in mind. But since I only do this a couple of times a
year I am not sure I will change my MO. But then again if I find Canola
oil in bulk I might give it a try.
Cheers!
Capt Jack R.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Wait, in this newsgroup, that's a
given! :^)
From a nutrition class I took several years ago while trying to reduce
my cholesterol, it was stated that oils like peanut oil are not
processed well by the body, so they are turned to cholesterol. Olive
oil is the healthiest, but you can't deep fry with it. The second
healthiest oil to that is canola. I never researched it, but someone
had told me that canola oil is from the first pressing of the
vegetables. After that, they use chemicals to extract additional oil
and that's where your vegetable oils come from. For some reason,
unknown to me, I've never seen a price difference between the two. If
you go to a BJ's or Sam's club, canola oil is around $1 per quart.
Keep the temp as close to 300/325 and your food will not be greasy. I
cook turkeys at 325 for 3.5 minutes per pound. I don't know that
chickens require a longer time, but I cook them at 4.5 minutes per
pound, and they are still so moist you'll wonder if they're cooked. :^)
Don't know if you or anyone else here cooks fries, but if you have, you
may have noticed that the oil wants to, and sometimes does boil over the
pot. I learned by accident that if you turn off the flame, you can put
the fries in and it won't boil over. After putting your fries in, turn
the burner back on.
One more tip: In a turkey cooker, don't try to cook more than 14 pounds
of wings in a batch. If you do, there's so much weight pushing down on
the wings at the bottom, they will burn.
-Jim