"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:39:35 GMT, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
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>>> Sqwertz wrote:
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>>>> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:50:02 GMT, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> > I find it's just as easy to put down a little olive oil and then
>>>> > spread
>>>> > it
>>>> > with a paper towel.
>>>>
>>>> There are some valid uses for a spray can. Oven baked
>>>> potatoes/french fries, for example. I guess you wipe each
>>>> individual fry with an oil soaked paper towel, but it's much
>>>> easier to toss them in a bowl and spray them while shaking.
>>>>
>>>> But for cake/muffin pans and such, a paper towel works just fine.
>>>
>>> Can't stand Pam or any of the generic versions. They taste foul, to be
>>> kind about it.
>>>
>>> As for the oven 'fries', we put a little oil on the baking pan and roll
>>> the potato bits around in that. Works perfectly without paying for a
>>> spray can full of rubbish.
>>>
>>> Cake tins etc are brushed with a little oil or softened butter. No fuss
>>> and no messy overspray.
>>
>> You can also put the potatoes in a bag with the oil and shake them.
>
> Both methods depsit too much oil on the potatoes, IMO.
> Especially on the par-cooked frozen fries from th freezer
> section(*)

I never add oil to frozen fries. I bake them on "Release" foil.