• Re: William Shatner Warns Of The Dangers Of T

    From Joe Pfeiffer@1:2320/105 to All on Fri Nov 18 13:56:28 2011
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    Subject: Re: William Shatner Warns Of The Dangers Of Turkey Fryers

    Remysun <remysun2000@yahoo.com> writes:

    On Nov 18, 4:43-aam, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

    You should also avoid oil spills by first filling the pot with cold oil,
    and then, lower the thawed turkey into the pot to measure exactly how
    much oil yourCOll need.

    How come you can't put the turkey in, then cover it with enough cold
    oil, remove turkey, and warm the oil up?

    Your description is what Ubiquitous undoubtedly meant.

    Slightly better is to put the thawed turkey in the empty fryer, add
    water to cover turkey, remove turkey, measure how much water you added.
    Replace water with oil, heat oil.

    This way you don't have an oil-soaked turkey dripping while you wait for
    the oil to heat. Cleaning up water drips is easier than oil drips.
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  • From Remysun@1:2320/105 to All on Fri Nov 18 14:23:21 2011
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    From Address: remysun2000@yahoo.com
    Subject: Re: William Shatner Warns Of The Dangers Of Turkey Fryers

    On Nov 18, 3:56apm, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
    Remysun <remysun2...@yahoo.com> writes:
    How come you can't put the turkey in, then cover it with enough cold
    oil, remove turkey, and warm the oil up?

    Your description is what Ubiquitous undoubtedly meant.

    Slightly better is to put the thawed turkey in the empty fryer, add
    water to cover turkey, remove turkey, measure how much water you added. Replace water with oil, heat oil.

    This way you don't have an oil-soaked turkey dripping while you wait for
    the oil to heat. aCleaning up water drips is easier than oil drips.
    Nice. Ubi's method using water works well too because any overspill
    dampens the cooking area and gives an idea of how much room you'll
    need.
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  • From Joe Pfeiffer@1:2320/105 to All on Sat Nov 19 15:19:59 2011
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
    From Address: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu
    Subject: Re: William Shatner Warns Of The Dangers Of Turkey Fryers

    verysorry@nocando.com (Pinstripe Sniper) writes:

    Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
    Slightly better is to put the thawed turkey in the empty fryer, add
    water to cover turkey, remove turkey, measure how much water you added. >>Replace water with oil, heat oil.

    I'd also do it this way with these secondary/implied details:

    - "measure how much water" - I would take this literally and just
    note where the water line is inside the pot and add oil to that level.

    Exactly.

    - I'd wipe the inside of the pot completely dry - I will speculate
    that the insurance company decided not to use water because some
    people won't dry the pot and cause undesired excitement as the oil
    hits the boiling point of water.

    My experience with smaller fryers is that this isn't necessary -- the
    event of the oil hitting the boiling point of water isn't all that
    sudden. You end up with the little drops of water coming to a boil
    slowly. On the other hand, wiping it totally dry certainly won't hurt anything.

    - I'd also drain/dry the turkey

    Ah, thanks. Forgot to mention that one.

    This way you don't have an oil-soaked turkey dripping while you wait for >>the oil to heat. Cleaning up water drips is easier than oil drips.
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