Re: Fried Dried Yucky Burnt Thingies - Recipe?

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Ok, admittedly I did leave them for a second but decided to taste them

anyway - quite yucky! The part that grossed me out the most is the heads.

I couldn't bring myself to even eat one - this coming from someone who

chopped the head off of a dead chicken the other day without too much of a

reaction. These anchovies were 2 to 3 inches long. Maybe the smaller ones

would be easier to eat? I don't know if I could bring myself to make more

of them. Does anybody want the rest of the dried ones? ?

Helen

> From: Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...>

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> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:19:41 -0700

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> Subject: Re: Fried Dried Anchovies - Recipe?

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>> Hi,

>> Can someone post how to make Fried Dried Anchovies? I'd love to try

>> them.

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>> thanks very much,

>> Eleanor

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> 1. Put some oil in a hot skillet (I use coconut oil). I used about 1/4 cup.

> 2. Add some dried anchovies.

> 3. Sprinkle with salt (and other spices like cayenne and turmeric, if you

> want).

> 4. Move the anchovies around so they don't burn.

> 5. Stop when the anchovies are crispy.

> 6. Put them in a container when they are cool.

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> The Asian recipes put peanuts in with the anchovies

> while frying. In Korea they coat them with a hot

> sauce after frying.

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> -- Heidi Jean

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[Guest guest]

>Ok, admittedly I did leave them for a second but decided to taste them

>anyway - quite yucky! The part that grossed me out the most is the heads.

>I couldn't bring myself to even eat one - this coming from someone who

>chopped the head off of a dead chicken the other day without too much of a

>reaction. These anchovies were 2 to 3 inches long. Maybe the smaller ones

>would be easier to eat? I don't know if I could bring myself to make more

>of them. Does anybody want the rest of the dried ones? ?

>

>Helen

Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads <G>.

They ARE weird. All those little eyes staring at you! But I think

you are right, the smaller ones likely work better. I never got

the big ones, mine are about an inch long. I think it's easier to

deal with them if you hang around Korean stores, they have

them all fried up with sauce looking rather nice. Now my Dad

used to eat the heads off fried trout, and THAT I still

can't deal with (as NT as it is ...). He used to eat raw eggs too,

and we just said he was weird. He said they were healthy,

and it was a lot easier than *cooking* them. See, it's genetic!

One thing you can do with them is pulverize them in the

blender to make " fish meal " which is rather tasty added

to kimchi (and, I'm told, to soup). Or if you can't stand the

thought, add them to cat or chicken food. Or to raw hamburger

for flavor when making meat loaf. Or to plant fertilizer, if

nothing else works they make really healthy plants.

However, I'm saving all my Anchitos for ME ...

compared to water bugs, or the live worms the

chickens love so much, they seem downright normal ...

-- Heidi Jean