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crispy fried tilapia lots of oil, s&p (on one side), soaked, drained, dried...hot oven (400-450)...30-40 min, turning once..Deeelicious!  It's 6:30pm on a Sunday night...Football is on in the living room.  The oven has oven fries "chips", whatever...GOODNESS in and roasting with salt, pepper (fresh ground black please....I do not understand white pepper at all)...canola oil, and a few dollops of bacon rendered fat..YUM!  Scott has oil on to heat to sear..okay FRY tilapia, which was dredged in a mix of sourcream, milk and such, and Panko....we were out of eggs, so we'll see what happens.  I pestered him to dredge it twice, which might not have been the best idea, but we'll see.  We had our fav cheap wine at the ready...cheap wine, Mikasa wine glasses!  We partied at the Arnold's house last nite for a birthday to remember...and the wine was waiting for tonight...although the food from last nite can't be topped.  When excellent food (filet, w...

We enjoyed our favorite "take out", bake at home wings last nite...from our favorite local grocery store, Market Street, who by the way also does a mean breakfast...brisket...enuf said. Anyway, tonight we are (Scott is) cooking blackened ribeye sandwiches (ribeye was on special at Market Street) on toasted onion rolls, with sauteed onions and mushrooms (which I've already sampled and got in trouble by the Chef for sampling too much, I got my hand smacked!) He made herb mayo, with fresh basil, rosemary, lemon thyme (which he once labeled on a ziplock as Lemon Lhyme by accident..LOVE IT!) I just got to sample a little of that too...yummy! The grill is preheating with the cast iron skillet on it, for the blackened steak...we learned to not make this inside the house the hard way. There are fresh 'maters, as my daddy would say and oven roasted french fries. I have a smirk on my face as I type this, thinking of the meal that I get to eat soon! We like to cook with a...