food food food.........

I think Erik has to be careful what he's talking about, to do the cod you use batter mix but no eggs.

Time to get it from the horses mouth...

Whatcha on about Erik?

You're all mouth Erik.

Recipes ( including batter mix ) NOW PLEASE!





all said in a muchly nice way of course

I don't use a recepe... it's all in my head... but here's a simple one.

BATTER FRIED FISH
1 c. pancake flour
1 egg
3/4 c. milk
1 tsp. paprika
2-3 tbsp. sugar

Mix together pancake flour, egg, milk, paprika, and sugar. Can be thickened with pancake flour or thinned with milk according to taste. Batter coats 1 1/2 to 2 pounds of fillets.

Pat fish fillets dry on paper towel. Dip fillets in batter mix and place in hot oil for several minutes until done. Pan fry the fish fillets by putting 1" to 1 1/2" of oil in a skillet. Turn fillets halfway through cooking.

-Erik-

Sounds good, but isn't it awfully sweet?

aka Pancake mix. I use the stuff on the right. Just add water! Make really good pancakes, too.

-Erik-

It sounds good. I'll have to try it.

I'll have to give you my recipe for British traditional deep fried cod in batter, I can't give it off the top of my head as it needs more accuracy in measurements ( which I have written down somewhere ).

Thanks. Not sure if you know this but the other side of my family are all Newfies so eating traditional deep fried cod is something I'm used to and something they take pride in. However, I would love to try your recipe.

-Erik-

"Newfies" - I had to look that up.

So Newfoundland is comparable to New England culture-wise?


(When Germany was re-united in 1990 westies used to call the land of their long lost brothers and sisters "Neufünfland" in reference to the five new federal states. Of course "Neufünfland" sounds a bit like "Neufundland", the newly found land.)

Yup! There was even a write up about Williams in one of the local papers while he was stationed there.

-Erik-

I wonder what food he ate while he was there?

(and then we're back on track).

And my bad....the article was obviously written after he had arrived at Pepperell, but a few months before his discharge. Got my facts mixed up there for a moment.

Ah, don't get me started!

Well, if you go back to the early 1600's, the maternal ancestors come from Europe, of course. But since then, it's been either Canada or USA -- even for several generations before USA became USA in 1776! The only odd exception is Williams' great-grandparents David Towner and Emilie Roberteau -- father came from England and mother from France. I can only glean from that that David's parents travelled to England from Canada and borne him there. Then David travelled back to North America and Quebec in the mid 1800's (like so many other Europeans at the time). It's an odd detour, but there you go.

Yes that would be fascinating. Mine are Irish, Scottish and French decent but I don't know all the details at all, something for me to look into personally.

My man!