Thank you again for the help with the shells. Now my wife wonders if -when she does her smelts

[diabeticman]

just coating them in seasoned flour and fry them in a pan would that give them a nice crisp finish or should she break down and use the breading. ( she just finds it too heavy.)

[eridani]

1. Panko is a much lighter alternative n/t

[diabeticman]

4. She knows. I forgot to remind her to get the panko...

[Warpy]

2. Smelts are incredibly oily fish

so a light coating of flour or cornmeal should be it.

Factoid: they called them candlefish because with a little drying, you could substitute them in a pinch.

A roommate used to bake them in milk. They weren't that bad, either.

[diabeticman]

3. cool I will passed it on to my wife

[Lugnut]

5. I just made them for Christmas Eve dinner.

I soak them in milk overnight then drain them before frying. I add some garlic powder and Lawrey's seasoned salt to flour, coat them and fry them in vegetable oil. I wouldn't bread them. It's really not necessary.

[diabeticman]

6. sounds tasty.