frying smelts/ fish for beginners

[Karletto]

Smelts are 1 of my favorite.
Smelts are thin, max. 10cm/ 3.9in long so you'll need quite a lot of them in order to have a full stomach. The fish is swimming in a troop (looks like baby sardines), hunted with a net, during the night with a flashlight and can be eaten whole. Of course if u find eating whole fish disgusting, clean it or be quiet and don't eat it -> but its like eating chips. It is probably the only fish that can be hunted legal with a net.
Let's start ->

Clean the fish with water
If the smelt is big cut the head and tail
Smaller smelts can be eaten whole
Roll the fish in flour -> not cake flour!
Heat corn oil or whatever oil (olive is quite expensive) in a pan till it almost boils -> check the temperature of the oil with dropping a small amount of flour in the oil -> it should begin to fry right after it falls in oil
Fry the smelts till gold color
Remove smelts on a paper towel in order to get rid of excess oil
Add salt

Serve with half a lemon, maionese/ tatar sauce and bread; the decoration can be a piece of parsley; drink semi sweet or dry white wine

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Out of the oil you used -> chips can join smelts too.

a lot less oil is needed -> just to cover the pans bottom
Wash and peel the potatoes
Cut potatoes in thin slices; no flour needed
Heat the oil and fry slices till brown color + roll in order to make slices same color on both sides
Remove on a paper towel on a plate
Add salt

bon appetite tnx