Fry, part the first

Dig this. I decided I was going to fry the hell out of stuff for a few days. I started with the obvious.

Chicken. Chicken thighs to be exakt. I like thighs.

I cut the chicken parts into pieces parts, cutting against the grain (some people don't think this is necessary, I think they should fuck off). Tossed the parts up with some salt, then marinated in a mix of miso paste and sake.

The vegetable oil was heated to about 340 degrees. When the parts were done swimming in marinade for a bit, they got dipped in soy sauce and dusted with corn starch (you could use potato starch, which will get a more typically Asian fry, but I didn't do that because I didn't). Then the frying commenced. Three to five minutes per part.

The accompanying zucchini rings are just zucchini cored and sliced into rings and fried for the briefest time. Just to get them tender.

The results were really tender and had damn good taste. I didn't even bother with sauce, though I wouldn't stop you if you went that route.

The Moon and Jupiter

Go look. Jupiter will be bright as hell and right next to the moon. By the end of the month, Venus will be in conjunction and you'll see all three snuggled up.

That really bright object near the moon tonight is Jupiter. Venus, which is even brighter as seen from Earth than Jupiter, will be climbing up toward Jupiter all month, reaching conjunction on 11/30 or 12/1 depending on where you are. Right now, Venus is near the horizon but will be close to Jupiter toward the end of the month.

Hopefully you were looking up for some earthshine on Halloween as well.

This is nice consolation for a bright moon during the mid-November Leonids this year.