it's true! we fry everything. we also boil, bake, microwave and barbecue a lot. frying and barbecuing tastes the best of all types of cooking if it is done right. nowadays after they fry something they recommend you set it on a towel or papertowel to absorb grease. you can also put it in a strainer with a bowl or plate underneath it to catch the grease. america's most favorite foods are fried like fried chicken, french fries, onion rings, potatoe chips, fried fish and hush puppies, hamburgers, pork chops, etc.
we do try to get rid of fatty ways to cook. i put my meatloaf on a try inside a large baking pan, put water in the bottom of the pan to keep the grease from the hamberger catching on fire, and then put a lid on top. i also do this to my hamburgers sometimes. i put a pan on the stove top, put a spatter shield on top of the pan, put my hamburgers on top of the spatter shield, and put a lid on top of the spatter shield and it cooks a nice hamburger, but it takes forever to cook. we do a lot of stove top cooking and the best way to do that is by frying. nothing tastes good unless you fry it for most foods. we also eat a lot of soups and stews, but the meat is floured and fried before it is put in the stew. it costs too much to bake in the stove by electricity or gas. it is cheaper and quicker to cook on top of the stove. if you work a lot of odd hours with a lot of nights like most jobs that i have had, then you don't have too much time to cook. i have heard that in england and europe they have to add fat to their meat. our animals are naturally fatter, so we don't have to do that. i have also heard that they are much more thinner than most americans. the french are said to be very thin. i am not sure why that is, but it is true we are fried food finatics. --- Helene Gannac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Susan wrote: > >just out of curiosity, has anyone in the uk or anyone overseas ever > cooked or ate fried green tomatoes? it seems to be more of an > american > southern type of food, so probably not even some of the northern > americans have tried it. all you do is slice a green tomatoe, roll it > in corn meal and then fry them until they are dark brown. salt them > after you pull them out of the hot oil and they are really good.... > > I've never tried fried green tomatoes, but I always remember my best > friend's > grandmother's green tomato jam. I used to absolutely adore it, and > they gave it > to me for afternoon tea every time I went there!! > I've made some myself, and it was still pretty good, so I would > recommend it! > Just make it like any other jam, with 3/4 weight sugar, and a dash of > lemon > zest and juice in it as well. > > Just out of curiosity, and because I've been reading a lot of > American > mysteries: Do American eat everything fried??? No wonder so many > people have a > weight problem! Fried food always seems to be what the characters in > those > books eat at the restaurant or at home, and the mysteries that give > recipes in > them have half fried recipes, even from places which you would think > were too > hot for that kind of food, like Florida or New Orleans!! The English > have a lot > to answer for!!! It was similar in Australia in 1969 when I arrived, > although > it was supposed to have the best fish and shellfish in the world, the > only way > you could get it at the restaurant was fried in thick batter with > crumbs > around. Yucks!!! Fortunately, we've come a long way since. > > I hope lacemakers are a bit more health conscious!!! :-) > > Helene, the froggy from Melbourne > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos: Now with unlimited storage > http://au.photos.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
