Friday Night Fish Fry

There was a sign outside a bar/restaurant in Alma, Colorado that read “Friday Night Fish Fry”. I (Josh) used to live out in Colorado Springs and sometimes on Fridays after work we would head for the mountains…on our way out to the Collegiate Peaks, we would pass through Alma, Colorado…population very small and at an altitude of just about 10,000′. There was a very small “downtown” with a couple of drinking and eating establishments of which, one always advertised a “Friday Night Fish Fry”. Now, I don’t know what they were serving at the fry because we never stopped to check it out, but that sign definitely has stuck in my mind ever since I first saw it…tonight we tried our own fish fry…my intentions were to put our cast iron griddle on the grill, fire it up and fry the fish out there…I had to abruptly change plans, however because our grill decided to run out of gas just when the griddle reached the right temperature. I brought everything inside and fired up the conventional oven…what you see is sauteed fennel and zucchini (from our own garden) and fried cod coated in a cornmeal and dill batter along with a nice glass of my own 2006 hard cider…

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Emre Says:

January 31, 2012 at 5:11 PM

Diana: I use to psurhace pre-made Pumpkin Pancake dry mix at a local grocery store until I discovered this recipe. The pre-mixed container was rather expensive and only served about 4 – I have 3 growing teenagers and this mix didn’t work for well for us as hungry teens are usually quite grumpy. Additionally, the only ingredient I had to psurhace was the pumpkin as I always have everything else needed in the pantry. I have also made waffles with this and the recipe doubles very easily – useful for weekend sleepovers.PS: I use skim milk but it didn’t make any difference at all.Keep up the good work – I always appreciate a good, healthy family-friendly recipe.