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post #1 of 16
8/19/02 at 9:58am
Thread Starter 
My searches haven't turned up anything yet.

I'm looking for technique primarily, but secondarily recipes for the deep fried artery blocker version of this sandwich.

How do you batter and deep fry something like a sandwich with common home equipment? How do you keep it together?

Yours in arteriosclerosis,

Phil
more than taste fine
me eat it all the time
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post #2 of 16
8/19/02 at 11:29am
deep fried? that must be the scottish version.:D

Alas I've only pan fried them.
Keeping it simple,is the best recipe.
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post #3 of 16
8/19/02 at 11:36am
I found two versions:

Deep Fried

and Pan Fried
K

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post #4 of 16
8/19/02 at 11:42am
Thread Starter 
Blue Bayou looks like it will guide me well.

Thanks all.

Phil
more than taste fine
me eat it all the time
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post #5 of 16
8/20/02 at 2:39am
just to change the direction but stay on the same topic, and just for laughs as well, here's the question of the day. If take a ham, turkey and swiss sandwich and dip it in egg and fry it, you have a Monte Cristo, and if you take a ham and swiss sandwich and do the same, you have a Monte Carlo, now if you take a turkey and swiss sandwich, dip it in egg and fry it, what the heck do you call it ?? =>
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post #6 of 16
8/20/02 at 7:17am
Del Monte?? :confused:
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post #7 of 16
8/20/02 at 8:28am
A Monty Python?

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Liquored up and laquered down,
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post #8 of 16
8/20/02 at 10:24am

Deep-fried and topped with powdered sugar and a side of fake maple syrup.....

Where I worked that sold the deep-fried version,(yuk) the nickname around the kitchen was a Monte Crisco!
What a relief! To find out after all these years that I'm not crazy. I'm just culinarily divergent...
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post #9 of 16
8/20/02 at 12:07pm
If it's nicely stuffed, a Full Monte? :crazy:
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post #10 of 16
8/20/02 at 1:30pm
You crack me up Mezz. Too funny!
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post #11 of 16
8/21/02 at 12:21pm
So if it's the full monte;) I guess that means that it comes naked, sans powdered sugar and raspberry jam, huh?:lol:
Try not to let your mind wander..
It's much too small to be outside on it's own.........
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post #12 of 16
8/21/02 at 12:44pm
Powdered sugar ??, maybe on the breakfast monte, which is a concoction of dice ham, green onions and cheddar bound with mayonaisse and cooked the same as a regular monte.
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post #13 of 16
8/21/02 at 3:24pm
And I thought they were called ....Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame.......thought I'd throw that in.
Is it the same thing?
:bounce:
Rita


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post #14 of 16
8/21/02 at 3:30pm
I thought Iwas being smart then I saw Kimmie has a definiton of the Monte Cristo.
Gee I figured being from Northern Ont.I was teaching you guys something.... Funnny!!!!
:o
Rita


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post #15 of 16
8/22/02 at 1:08pm
Too funny Rita!

I posted my research re: Croque-monsieur/Croque-Madame at http://cheftalkcafe.com/forums/showt...&threadid=8146
K

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«Just Give Me Chocolate and Nobody Gets Hurt.»
«Coffee, Chocolate, Men ... Some things are just better rich.»
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post #16 of 16
8/22/02 at 3:33pm
WowKimmie ,
I'm impressed you sure put a lot of work on that one.
Hope you got a good grade
Thank you;I enjoyed it very much!:lips:
Rita


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Madam Benoit
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