Ok, so I didn\u2019t make battered cod, or mushy peas, I just steamed them both. But I did make nice fries, finally using the deep-fat-fryer I got off Freecycle a year or more back.
Soaking the chips in water for two hours, and then double-frying them, really wasn\u2019t too onerous. Indeed, the whole process, bar the lengthy soaking, was remarkably quick. The chips took a little over ten minutes. The peas and fish about five!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll certainly be cooking home made fish n chips more often, now I\u2019ve made a start with the fryer. It\u2019s simplicity itself. And the frying in oil of the chips is, I think (hope?), offset by the healthily steamed veg and fish.
I think it\u2019s primarily the batter on commercial fish n chips that makes me feel bloated when we occasionally \u2018treat ourselves\u2019 to a chippy take out. This home made supper didn\u2019t leave me feeling uncomfortable. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ok, so I didn\u2019t make battered cod, or mushy peas, I just steamed them both. But I did make nice fries, finally using the deep-fat-fryer I got off Freecycle a year or more back. Soaking the chips in water for two hours, and then double-frying them, really wasn\u2019t too onerous. Indeed, the whole process, bar … <\/p>\n