OT In Defense of Tofu

I don't have a deep fryer big enough to do a turkey. Several of my
friends
and acquaintances do. Some of them are rednecks.....others are anything
but. Some of them are women. Given that the apparatus is typically used
once or twice a year, there is some merit to the argument that they are
not
practical investment....but the same is true for a lot of kitchen
gear.....or fly rods, for that matter.

It is also a good implement to make a large pot of stew for a large crowd
when the appropriate kitchen is not available. I've got a "fryer" but I use
it chiefly for feeding stew to 40 or so folks at Penns Clave. In all
honesty, thats all I use it for (besides boiling some old socks).
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Frank Reid
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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In all
honesty, thats all I use it for (besides boiling some old socks).
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Frank Reid

I've heard your stews are quite tasty.

Op --I'll bring some dirty socks for ya to boil, if I make it this year.--

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moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf says...

It is also a good implement to make a large pot of stew for a large crowd
when the appropriate kitchen is not available.

Also perfect for boiling lobsters and crabs and such. However, the
best and highest raison d'etre for a turkey fryer is for homebrewing
beer. You can bring 6 gallons of wort to a violent boil in about
10-15 minutes, as opposed to about 60-90 minutes on the kitchen stove.

Kevin,
who has three, count 'em, three, Brinkmann turkey fryers out on the
porch, awaiting reincarnation as a three-tier brewery.

"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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It is also a good implement to make a large pot of stew for a large crowd
when the appropriate kitchen is not available. I've got a "fryer" but I
use
it chiefly for feeding stew to 40 or so folks at Penns Clave. In all
honesty, thats all I use it for (besides boiling some old socks).

Frank: look into home brewing. A friend used to have a 6 gallon stainless
pot and a King Cooker propane fueled burner 20 years ago that we used to
boil up our wort. Spilling 5 gallons of wort in the driveway is a much
smaller disaster than doing that on a stove (once was enough).

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