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marcus1977 · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject:

learn something everyday. I seem to always make some home made fries after I fry my fish and have noticed that my oil lasts a good while. I fry in a frydaddy as well. It's usually me and the wife eating fish, kids are too small to eat fish just yet.
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Lost Cajun · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

As a kid working at KFC (35 years ago Shocked

)we used the same oil for like four to six weeks. We had a machine that circulated the oil through a filter. At those prices it might be worth looking into.

Something I do (not just because I'm cheap) is fry in 1/2 inch of oil and flip the filets. I actually like the results better this way because it lets the moisture out of the filets.

Dexter · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject:

Read the whole thread. Lots of truth and good things about it all. I do not fry too much but my brother in law does in Rockport.
Anyway, when he fries fish he uses a gallon of peanut oil. Topic is the price.
He pours the used oil back into a Gallon Jar after it cools but only what is clear. Adds enough to top off the gallon and puts in the refrigerator. This oil is used primarily for fish fillets, zucchini, etc. It is still good for Veggies.
Like said in the thread the real secret is refrigeration. Keep the Dregs out.
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Stoner150 · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject:

What ladyfish said

Jeff

kingtender · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 436

Buy a grease catcher to seperate the crap out of the oil. I used to always use new oil and the wife bought a grease catcher from HEB plus in the bluff in the kitchen tool section. Im sold on recyling it and dont really notice much of a difference. That price jump is amazing.

ironmanstan · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:23 am Post subject:

My wife was a manager for a seafood resturant for awhile in Rockport. They would filter the g-r-e-a-s-e out 2 times before changing. Guess what they did the the used oil, it really freaked me out. They put it in a barrel or some kind of container out in back of the resturant when it was full this truck would pick it up ( just the used oil ) they sold it to a company that made dogfood i think it was Purina but that was almost Thirty years ago.
Here Fido come get your nutrious food mmmmmmmmmm. lol. I think all the resturants did the same thing then. On a different note...I will e-mail Sam's club and ask them about the price change in cooking oil and see if they respond.
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gonefishing · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:27 am Post subject:

schanz · Finger Mullet Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 24

Actually, you're not supposed to re-use oil after frying fish. Pollutants such as PCBs accumulate in the fatty tissues of fish and melt into the oil.

"The Texas Department of State Health Services recommends baking or broiling skinned, trimmed fish on a rack or grill to allow fat to drip away from the fillet. If fish are fried, the frying oil should not be reused. These cooking methods will reduce exposure to many of the most common organic chemical contaminants in fish, including PCBs."

Big Ed · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:05 am Post subject:

In a past life, I was sales manager for a company that sold nuts. We roasted (fried in cottonseed oil) the nuts we sold to creameries for ice cream. We would use the oil for weeks at a time, just topping off as needed. The trick to getting long life was filtering the oil. We had a device called (as I remember) a Star filter. This unit continuously cycled the oil through the filter. You can buy home filtering systems but I have no idea of the price. One inexpensive trick to extend the life of oil at home is to buy some cheese cloth and use that as a filter. Just make sure you cool down the oil first. However, as someone mentioned, use the oil for "like items". If you save your oil from your fish fry, use it only for fish.
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medic6 · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:53 am Post subject:

I only get to eat pan fried with canola or grilled at home. Some might say health freak, I guess. But I did eat (wife does not know) have a deep fried fish, shrimp, oyster, stuffed crab, fries, and cajun rice for dinner last nite at work. I do know that last years peanut harvest was low (as far as nuts for human consumption) in Wilson county last year due to the rains. Hike in price? I will tell you this. If you are not cooking for a mass of people, nothing beats a pan fried fillets , litely dusted in fine flour. You taste the awesomeness of the fish, not a fish filled/tasting hush puppy. No offense to the deep friers because I do like them.
If anyone has their own bio-diesel rig, I can probably hook them up with used oil from local restaurants.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

What destroys all of these is too much heat. If they are not allowed to overheat they all last much longer.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

My cholesterol level has gone up 10 pts just reading this thread! Laughing

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

Don't let it make you feel guilty Tyler. If you fry with oils that don't catain cholesterol, it's academic! Everything in moderation is a darn good plan. Most folks are supposed to be getting approx 30% of their calories from fats. Just eat the good stuff and relax!

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09315.html
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ironmanstan · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

when its just me and the wife its pan fried or a sautee or scampi.
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MJW · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: