frying smelts

[Karletto]

Smelts are 1 of my favorite. Smelts are thin, max. 10cm/ 3.9 in long so u'll need quite a lot of them in order to have a full stomach. The fish is swimming in a troop (look like baby sardines), hunted with a net and can be eaten whole. Of course if u find it disgusting or the fish is too big, clean it or shut up and don't eat it -> but its like eating chips. It is probably the only fish that can be hunted legal with a net.
Let's start ->

Clean the fish with water
If the smelt is big cut the head and tail
Smaller smelts can be eaten whole
Roll the fish in flour -> not cake flour!
Heat corn oil or whatever oil (olive is quite expensive) in a pan till it almost boils -> check the temperature of the oil with dropping a small amount of flour in the oil -> it should begin to fry excately when it falls in the oil
Fry the smelts till gold color
Remove smelts on a paper towel in order to get rid of excess oil
Add salt

Serve with half a lemon, maionese/ tatar sauce and bread; the decoration can be a piece of parsley; drink sweet/ semi-sweet or dry white wine
Bon appetite

[Splitlip]

seen the local Conchs do this with bait fish they net.

[Karletto]

Potatoes - cucumber salad ->

Wash potatoes and cucumber
Boil the water and put potatoes in it
Cook potatoes 15min and check with a fork -> potato has to be soft
Peel the cucumber and cut it in thin slices (-> the tool to slice apples etc helps -> watch fingers)
With a fork remove potatoes from the boiled water, cool down with water and peel with a knife
Cut potatoes in pieces
Put potatoes and cucumber slices in a bowl + mix with an onion, garlic, parsley, grinned popper, salt, oil, vinegar. If u want calories add maionese.

Serve cold


@kids: hot oil/ water is extremely dangerous; oil left on fire can ignite; bigger pans are more stable; smaller pans can slide; use pan cover/ newspaper on the wall in order to save the paint/ your skin; use wooden tools for new/ teflon pans