Dishwasher Fish

Hi, all. Thought someone would get a kick out of this. I came up with it in the early seventies, and a few years later Justin Wilson ripped it off. Ok, maybe he thought it up too. Anyhow, it works, and gets folk's attention.

Open two beers, preferably a dark ale type. Put whole slab crappie in a large aluminum foil sheet. Rub with fresh lemon juice. Cut four or five shallow slits in each side and put little pieces of butter in them. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika. Fold up using the drugstore wrap (air tight, not touching the fish too much). Open two more beers.

Run (empty) dishwasher through short cycle. When rinse cycle is nearly over, place crappie packages on the top rack just before the end of the cycle. Open one more beer.

Let the dishwasher finish the rinse and dry cycles (make sure "heat" is turned on). Drink beer during these cycles or it won't work. Take the fish packages out, let rest for a couple of minutes then serve them with dark beer.

In case you're interested, fish fiber breaks down at 140 degrees. So anything over 140 cooks it (that's what gave me the idea). It also continues to cook until the temp drops below 140. That's why so much catfish in restaurants is brittle and dry. If they wait until it "floats", it's usually too late.

Hope one of you tries this, it's pretty neat. Do NOT put beer on the crappie!