From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu
Subject: Re: William Shatner Warns Of The Dangers Of Turkey Fryers

verysorry@nocando.com (Pinstripe Sniper) writes:

> Joe Pfeiffer  wrote:
>>Slightly better is to put the thawed turkey in the empty fryer, add
>>water to cover turkey, remove turkey, measure how much water you added.
>>Replace water with oil, heat oil.
>
> I'd also do it this way with these secondary/implied details:
>
> -  "measure how much water" - I would take this literally and just
> note where the water line is inside the pot and add oil to that level.

Exactly.

> -  I'd wipe the inside of the pot completely dry - I will speculate
> that the insurance company decided not to use water because some
> people won't dry the pot and cause undesired excitement as the oil
> hits the boiling point of water.

My experience with smaller fryers is that this isn't necessary -- the
event of the oil hitting the boiling point of water isn't all that
sudden.  You end up with the little drops of water coming to a boil
slowly.  On the other hand, wiping it totally dry certainly won't hurt
anything.

> -  I'd also drain/dry the turkey

Ah, thanks.  Forgot to mention that one.

>>This way you don't have an oil-soaked turkey dripping while you wait for
>>the oil to heat.  Cleaning up water drips is easier than oil drips.
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