Cornmeal crusted fish & “chips”

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cornmeal crusted fish & “chips”

I know, I know, another seafood recipe. And yes it is also another fried recipe. Don’t be scared. If I can fry, so can you! Let me tell you about the first time I attempted to fry something. It was right before Mike and I moved in together. I was spending a lot of time at his apartment. We would have weeknight dinner dates where I would come over, cook dinner, and we would watch TV. Exciting courtship, right? At the time, I was really into the Food Network, and got this crazy idea that I would test out a Paula Deen fried chicken wing recipe. A guy’s kitchen is not necessarily equipped with all the gadgets one might need to fry chicken, like for example a digital thermometer or any thermometer for that matter. I was lucky to find a pair of tongs in the junk drawer. I followed the directions to the “T”! I breaded the wings in a brown paper bag and everything. Then, the tricky part came. How am I supposed to know when the oil is hot enough if I don’t have a thermometer? Hmmm… My solution was to crank up the heat to high …

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