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Heat heavy iron skillet until ... with rag dipped in olive oil. Melt butter and dip fillet of fish into it (skin side down) ... powder for best results.
Place fish fillets on a cutting board; ... if cold fillets. In a heavy 3 quart saucepan ... Turn fillet over; blacken other side. Repeat with remaining ... smoke detectors into orbit!!