# Tempura Tempura **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194 "2003-01-12T22:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/1 "2003-01-12T22:06:40Z")
When done with this post, I propose cooking rice. I would then like to peel a pound and a half of large shrimp, break up some brocolli and mushrooms. After that I will prepare a fine tempura batter and keep it ice cold. I will then heat up peanut oil, and prepare my sauces. They will be a Sake, soy, ginger teryiaki sauce with chives, and another with rice vengar. I will take wonton shells and stuff them with various cheeses and peppers. I will deep fry rice noodles, the wontons, and tempuraize the shrimp, mushrooms and brocolli. My tempura will be light and fluffy. I go to do this now. None of you can stop me! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/2 "2003-01-12T22:10:58Z")
O Tempura, O Mores 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/3 "2003-01-12T22:15:34Z")
We need a Tempura Restraining Order. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/4 "2003-01-12T23:10:00Z")
Gee, I was all excited about ordering pizza for dinner. Now it doesn’t sound nearly as appealing. A pox upon you, **Scylla**! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/5 "2003-01-12T23:27:38Z")
Watch out for all those tempura internet files. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/6 "2003-01-12T23:31:24Z")
**Scylla** , do you deliver? ---
**Author:** ![sniglet999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sniglet999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sniglet999)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/7 "2003-01-12T23:36:58Z")
You have beaten me by but one day, Fuki-San. (Deep fryer’s out tonight for pomme frites, gotta get my mileage out of the oil and have tempura tomorrow.) ---
**Author:** ![sniglet999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sniglet999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sniglet999)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/8 "2003-01-12T23:38:23Z")
(oops.) So what’s YOUR tempura batter recipe? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/9 "2003-01-12T23:47:03Z")
Ahhh, delish! I put a bunch of flour in a bowl, and then I put a tablespoon or so of cornstarch in there. I squeeze in some ginger juice, a touch of black pepper, and some finely chopped jalapenos. I give it a generous dash of sake, and slowly add ice cold water until I get a thin watery batter that’ll cover the back of a spoon but still barely let you see the silver through it. I leave it a little on the thick side and fry te first shrimp by itself to test the batter for proper fluffiness and texture, and adjust accordingly. One must be wise in the ways of tempura, because all flour is different and you can’t go by exact measurements. If I’m feeling whimsical when I’m about halfway done, I’ll start throwing other things into the batter. I’ve tried fajita seasoning, oregano, orange juice, whiskey, old bay, all kinds of different things. Then I always try to fry something different, like a string cheese, or a really cold ice cream ball. My conclusion is that everything tastes good tempuraizaed. But now my tempura is done, and I feel sad. Oh well, you know what they say: Tempura fugit. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/10 "2003-01-12T23:50:02Z")
Oh, and of course you must put your bowl of icy tempura batter in a larger bowl of ice to keep it supercooled. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/11 "2003-01-12T23:53:20Z")
Peanut oil only, at 350 degrees exactly, and only fry a few at a time so the oil doesn’t cool. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/12 "2003-01-13T01:01:38Z")
I was opening this thread figuring that **Scylla** had come up with a way to make Tempura-battered tempura. Batter covered with batter and deep-fried. The ultimate in unhealthy, greasy crunch. I have to admit, I’m slightly disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Global\_Citizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Global\_Citizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Global_Citizen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/13 "2003-01-13T01:12:44Z")
I lived in Tokyo for two years. I miss the food. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/14 "2003-01-13T02:49:48Z")
Oh man… now I have the urge to brave the freezing weather to go get some sushi and tempura as no one delivers here. But I already have KFC on the way. Damn you Scylla, for giving me cravings! ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/15 "2003-01-13T03:12:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Damn you Scylla, for giving me cravings! I apologize. I wasn’t thinking. I do lots of crazy things when I’m cooking Japanese. I can’t help myself. It’s not my fault though. I plead tempura insanity. ---
**Author:** ![sniglet999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sniglet999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sniglet999)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/16 "2003-01-13T03:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*I was opening this thread figuring that **Scylla** had come up with a way to make Tempura-battered tempura. Batter covered with batter and deep-fried. The ultimate in unhealthy, greasy crunch. > > I have to admit, I’m slightly disappointed. \*\* /me feels guilty at eating the crunchies that are left on the draining rack the next morning. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-tempura/148194/17 "2003-01-13T04:09:12Z")
[goofy grin] hehe you said tempura insanity[/gg] That’s no excuse! What about us poor people who have to brave below 0 temperatures with a windchill and waiting for the bus, just to find our way to the nearest Japanese restauraunt?? Which is downtown?? I can barely make myself a stir-fry. How do you expect me to make tempura?? And without the right ingredients at all! I haven’t even got the makings of a stir-fry!