I don't start threads often, so it was well-considered that this might reign in future cooking topics to the existing ones. Joe is welcome to lump it in with others if he deems it necessary.

Rick, be sure not to burn yourself, in addition to not burning your house! When you're trying your deep frying, be sure to wear cotton clothing--in case of a fire or a spark it just smolders, it doesn't burst into rapid flame like a lot of others. Before Nomex (those yellow shirts and pants) forest fire fighters always wore cotton clothing on the job.

SRS