The BEST fried fish recipe ever!

[CALVINIST]

This is a fairly simple recipe, yet sooooo good ! This recipe will cover about a dozen 9" crappies. Follow recipe faithfully.

Marinade...

4 cups water

1 Tablespoon salt

1/2 teaspoon MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)

Buttermilk mixture...

1 egg

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup water

Flour mixture...

2 cups flour

2 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt

3/4 teaspoons black pepper

3/4 teaspoons MSG

Take 24 crappie filets and soak in marinade for about 15 minutes. After they are done marinading, drain off the liquid, and place the crappie filets flat on a cloth kitcken towel. Take another kitchen towel and put on top to sort of dry off the filets. Place in bowl. The crappie filets are now ready to be floured.

Heat up a can of Crisco in a dutch oven (or any 10-12" saucepan suitable for frying) to 350-375 degrees (use thermometer).

Also, since you will be cooking the fish in batches, heat up the oven to about 170 degrees; when you are done with a batch, drain the filets on a few paper towels on a rack, and put in oven to keep warm.

Assemble your ingredients by the deep fryer...the filets, the flour, and the buttermilk mixture. Once the oil is at the proper temp, take a filet and coat with flour, then dip in the buttermilk mixture (shake off excess), back to the flour mixture coating well, then to the deep fryer. Do this for 8 filets at a time. Turn with a tongs every so often till golden brown. Remove and drain on the paper towels and keep in oven till your next batch is done.

*You will want the faucet handy, as your fingers will be coated with with the mixture and will want to rinse them off ocassionally.

*Keep the thermometer in the oil...if it cools down, you may want to kick up the heat to get it back up to temp. This may happen when you first start frying.

*When you are done, discard the oil.

And don't forget to eat the fish...Yum Yum !