French fried catfish, shrimp and sea scallops

I got real adventuresome last weekend and pulled out the Fry daddy and got my fresh fish, scallops and raw peeled shrimp from Walmart along with some Zatarins Louisian spiced fish fry and cooked all of the above.

I had it hot out of the cooker while I watched the Tennessee VOLS do in the Miami Hurricanes. I sure do like my fish, scallops (bay) and shrimp hot. Tasted good with my football cocktails.

I stopped by Captain D's and got 8 ounces of their tartar sauce. I think it is especially good and I do not know where to buy it that good. I wish I knew their redcipe.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Sundancer: There's quite a few pretty good tartar sauces on the market, but it's easy to make your own. which will probably be better than anything you can buy. There's a lot of recipes in my cokbooks, but we are always fooling around with them, so no two batches are exactly alike.

Tartar basically consists of Mayo, onion, parsley, lemon juice, and various pickles (we like a chopped up hard boiled egg in ours).
Try it you'lll like it.

Seafarer, thanks for the advice. I particularly like the idea of adding chopped up eggs. I may leave out the lemon and might add a little hot sauce.

Have you ever tried Captain D's tartar sauce? Not what they give you in the little packages which I do not like but what they serve in bulk. I like that. I'll bet it would be better with chopped up eggs.

Thanks,

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Sundancer: Not familiar with Capt. D, but we do sometimes buy commercial tartar sauce, but doctor it up with pickles and eggs and fresh herbs -just as easy to make your own from scratch.

A seafood fry-up hits me in the soft spot. We make a sauce based on mayo and add tomato paste, lemon juice, hot sauces, and cornichons. These mini pickles are hard to find but worth the effort. They are tiny and sour but not dilled. I have never seen a seafood fry go any further than the kitchen door.

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Originally posted by Sundancer7

Seafarer, thanks for the advice. I particularly like the idea of adding chopped up eggs. I may leave out the lemon and might add a little hot sauce.

Have you ever tried Captain D's tartar sauce? Not what they give you in the little packages which I do not like but what they serve in bulk. I like that. I'll bet it would be better with chopped up eggs.

Thanks,

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Sundancer---dont leave out the lemon--do add the hot sauce--they work well together with the fish.

Captn D's does have great tarter sauce....i wonder what the secret is ?

I love Captain D's tartar sauce.

I bought some big scallops from Walmart's and I coated them with Cajun coating and deep fried them. Dadgone they were great.

Paul E. Smith
knoxville, TN

Perhaps this is an egotistic affectation, but....When I make Tartar Sauce, I add capers and, in season (or if I'm willing to get it from a good greengrocer) finely chopped dill.

I love tartar sauce with just about all seafood.....

Slightly off subject, but try tartar sauce on french fried mushrooms.

I'm with you guys. Nothing beats good fried seafood. When I was a kid, I used to like a Tarter sauce with the light green/aqua label with the pic of the flounder on it. It was either Durkee or Sauer's Tartar Sauce. There is a taste I look for in tartar sauce, it is a picklely-melding of pickles,vinegar, and something else, maybe the capers in it. Kraft comes close, although it's too sweet for my taste.

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Originally posted by Sundancer7

I got real adventuresome last weekend and pulled out the Fry daddy and got my fresh fish, scallops and raw peeled shrimp from Walmart along with some Zatarins Louisian spiced fish fry and cooked all of the above.

I had it hot out of the cooker while I watched the Tennessee VOLS do in the Miami Hurricanes. I sure do like my fish, scallops (bay) and shrimp hot. Tasted good with my football cocktails.

I stopped by Captain D's and got 8 ounces of their tartar sauce. I think it is especially good and I do not know where to buy it that good. I wish I knew their redcipe.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Do you just walk into Captain D's and fil up your own container I like the vinegar with mine..

I like to add to my homemade mayo: chopped dill pickles, onion, capers and chopped CHIPOTLES, the hot with a kick of smoke is delicious with fried seafood! Try it!

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Originally posted by dendan

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Originally posted by Sundancer7

I got real adventuresome last weekend and pulled out the Fry daddy and got my fresh fish, scallops and raw peeled shrimp from Walmart along with some Zatarins Louisian spiced fish fry and cooked all of the above.

I had it hot out of the cooker while I watched the Tennessee VOLS do in the Miami Hurricanes. I sure do like my fish, scallops (bay) and shrimp hot. Tasted good with my football cocktails.

I stopped by Captain D's and got 8 ounces of their tartar sauce. I think it is especially good and I do not know where to buy it that good. I wish I knew their redcipe.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Do you just walk into Captain D's and fil up your own container I like the vinegar with mine..

I would never walk in a restaurant and take something. Captain D's in Knoxville will give you a container of the tartar sauce if you buy a side. I love their cole slaw so I buy it and request tartar sauce. Every one I have been to so far will do the same.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN