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culinary disappointment
I never had a functional broiler until we bought our current house, so I'm weak on technique there. (We must have had one when I was growing up, but if so it's something I never learned about from my mother.) A few nights ago I decided to broil some fish. I like fish and have always baked it, but I like the taste of broiled when I've had it elsewhere so I figured I'd give it a shot.
I had a package of frozen fillets (just fish -- not breaded or otherwise augmented). I thawed it and followed the instructions on the package, which recommended broiling for 10-15 minutes. At 10 minutes it was nowhere near done; at 15 minutes it was still nowhere near done (I couldn't cut the piece in half with a spatula). At about 22 minutes I took it out; the edges were thoroughly done and the inside bottom was close to raw.
I wonder what I did wrong. I used the high setting and put the rack at the highest position that doesn't cause meat to set off the smoke detector (which is the second-highest setting available). The broiler itself works just fine for meat. Maybe I should have used the higher setting; it's probably the fat in meat that causes the smoke problem.
Oh well. Baked fish is tasty too.
I had a package of frozen fillets (just fish -- not breaded or otherwise augmented). I thawed it and followed the instructions on the package, which recommended broiling for 10-15 minutes. At 10 minutes it was nowhere near done; at 15 minutes it was still nowhere near done (I couldn't cut the piece in half with a spatula). At about 22 minutes I took it out; the edges were thoroughly done and the inside bottom was close to raw.
I wonder what I did wrong. I used the high setting and put the rack at the highest position that doesn't cause meat to set off the smoke detector (which is the second-highest setting available). The broiler itself works just fine for meat. Maybe I should have used the higher setting; it's probably the fat in meat that causes the smoke problem.
Oh well. Baked fish is tasty too.
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but my stove has a broil setting on the temp knob.
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I also appear to have a timer function, which would be really handy on Shabbat, but I haven't been able to figure out how it works or whether it's delayed start or timed shut-off.