{"id":1632,"date":"2021-04-23t08:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-23t08:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2021-04-23t17:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23t17:35:41","slug":"monahans-fried-smelt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/monahans-fried-smelt\/","title":{"rendered":"monahan&#8217;s fried smelt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0serves 2<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7161\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7161\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7161\" src=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bourdain-70-of-93.jpg\" alt=\"anthony bourdain in kerrytown courtyard\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bourdain-70-of-93.jpg 531w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bourdain-70-of-93-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">anthony bourdain at monahan&#8217;s in 2010 about to enjoy a plate of michigan smelt on a gorgeous spring day.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4-1 lb. dressed lake smelt<\/li>\n<li>milk<\/li>\n<li>drake&#8217;s batter mix or fine corn meal<\/li>\n<li>salt and pepper<\/li>\n<li>canola or peanut oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>heat a heavy pan or iron skillet over med high heat and add about 1\/2 inch of oil. dip smelt in milk and dredge in drake&#8217;s. when oil is sizzling hot (370\u00ba if you have a thermometer), add smelt one at a time and fry for about a minute a side for small smelt, longer for big ones or until a crunchy golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>drain on paper bag or paper towel. season with salt and pepper. serve with lemon &amp; tartar sauce or hot sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>if you\u2019ve ever experienced the sweet crunch of a fried smelt, salted and eaten whole, you\u2019d know what all the fuss is about!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[212,319,189],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}