Holes in Your Game?

[mattvan1]

Any part of cooking or meal prep that you just have never seemed to master? I can chop, dice, julienne, saute, bake, roast, boil, reduce, braise, grill, smoke.....but I cannot deep fry something to save my mother-effing life. Tried fried chicken this evening. I mean, how hard can it be? Everything was great - brined, buttermilked, seasoned, breaded, great color and flavor. Except for that under cooked meat on the inside/chicken sushi thing which was, shall we say, a bit unappealing. WTF?

Misery loves company, so sharing your most horrific abject failures would cheer me up. Thanks in advance.

[waborat]

As far as that bird goes? Get that earl hot, hot, hot.....I get it around 425+ and let it swim for 7-8 minutes


My problem has always been poached eggs...don't ask me why, but the friggin things either get undercooked, overcooked or break open every time....I am embarrassed that I have to call my wife into the kitchen everytime when it comes time to make them

Also, I can't make bakery worth a damn either...God, I swear you have to take an estrogen pill before you can get that chit right?

[JoJo White]

I'm really struggling with cooking, but I've pretty much mastered that eating & drinking thing.

[4thQtrGlory]

ive never deep fried anything, mostly because its gross. Im lousy at the egg thing too. Unless their scrambled, im in trouble.

[FUDU]

You gimme a box a some directions and I am unstoppable.

Thanks St. Ed's.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

My wife makes killer pan fired chicken. I tried once while she was out of town. I had the same undercooked problems.

One time I was drunk and put a DiGiorno pizza in the over and fell asleep, good thing we had smoke detectors.

[Stu]

deep fried oreos FTMFW Yo!

pancake batter, coat, drop, flip, dry off, enjoy.

[General]

My wife makes killer pan fired chicken. I tried once while she was out of town. I had the same undercooked problems.

One time I was drunk and put a DiGiorno pizza in the over and fell asleep, good thing we had smoke detectors.

Drunk cooking was and will always be a shortcoming. Panfried some Italian sausage years ago, passed out at kitchen table, created a cloud deck in the house to rival Katrina. Lot's of yelling from my mother.

[Ziner]

My wife makes killer pan fired chicken. I tried once while she was out of town. I had the same undercooked problems.

One time I was drunk and put a DiGiorno pizza in the over and fell asleep, good thing we had smoke detectors.

Drunk cooking was and will always be a shortcoming. Panfried some Italian sausage years ago, passed out at kitchen table, created a cloud deck in the house to rival Katrina. Lot's of yelling from my mother.

Frozen Pizza is my devil. Always have to have it when drunk and always burn the shit out of it. You'd think I'd wake up with that oven timer, but at least the secondary one (smoke alarm) wakes me up.

However some of my best ideas have come when drunk while cooking. Grilled hotdogs on frozen pizza was pretty tasty, but Totino's pizza rolls smothered in ranch dressing is out of this world.

[jfiling]

ive never deep fried anything, mostly because its gross. Im lousy at the egg thing too. Unless their scrambled, im in trouble.

Deep frying is tough to do at home. You can buy a fryer, or you can use a cast iron vessel. The key to making fried food not be gross is to have the oil stay at a hot enough temperature so that the pressure of the steam leaving the food prevents the oil from penetrating it. Anyone who wants to fry food properly, whether it's french fries or meat like chicken, has to have two items. The most important is a 12 inch cast iron skillet, and the second is a cast iron dutch oven in the 5 quart range. A fry thermometer and good oil is essential as well, because old oil or oil with too low of a smoke point will make nasty fried foods. Good fried foods are neither greasy nor undercooked.

[4thQtrGlory]

My wife makes killer pan fired chicken. I tried once while she was out of town. I had the same undercooked problems.

One time I was drunk and put a DiGiorno pizza in the over and fell asleep, good thing we had smoke detectors.

Drunk cooking was and will always be a shortcoming. Panfried some Italian sausage years ago, passed out at kitchen table, created a cloud deck in the house to rival Katrina. Lot's of yelling from my mother.

Frozen Pizza is my devil. Always have to have it when drunk and always burn the shit out of it. You'd think I'd wake up with that oven timer, but at least the secondary one (smoke alarm) wakes me up.

However some of my best ideas have come when drunk while cooking. Grilled hotdogs on frozen pizza was pretty tasty, but Totino's pizza rolls smothered in ranch dressing is out of this world.

Totino's pizza rolls and ranch ARE the best snack EVER! Also, a great "drunk snack" is Speedway gas station Chili Dogs with Nacho cheese on top. Mmmmmm