On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:56:02 GMT, Julie Bove wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:39:35 GMT, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:50:02 GMT, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > 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.

It's not for the release that I use the oil. Spraying them with
oil gives them a fried texture/taste without having to heat up a
bunch of oil and stink up the house.

-sw