Hello. Ugh, shoulder and back issues again. Despite that, I still decided to try and create a new header for Cheap Eats. See above. Wonderful. Except I foolishly deleted the original photoshop file which necessitated recreating the whole darn thing which did take a toll on my shoulder (also, left-handed mousing for graphics works at the speed of sloth - unless you’re left-handed).

Because of that, pics are all you get again today. Hello, what have we here - it’s homemade “beer” batter fried fish. Actually, I made this so long ago (on desperate days like this I just go through the camera for old pics of food that haven’t been posted yet), that I’ve since forgotten if I actually did use beer in the batter. It might have just been some sort of pancake-type batter instead, perhaps with leftover buttermilk.

In any case, this is much different than the usual flour, egg-wash, panko method that I grew up with. It came out OK - this was my first try at it. I think the type of fish I used was some sort of faux sole. Let’s not get into what I mean by faux sole - but it was cheap. I was pretty surprised how nice the coating turned out, though it looks awfully orange in the photos. I had it with a side of quick-cook couscous. Not a bad lunch, although veggie-less.