we had a very nice deep fryer but rarely used it as we have been moving away
fron deep fried foods... but they do make certain items easy and quick, Lee
"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 5/13/2011 10:41 AM, Storrmmee wrote:
>> or lay the food on a cookie sheet, spray with a misto, turn it over spray
>> again, shove it under the broiler for a quick cook or in the oven for a
>> longer one, you might turn it once, Lee
>
> That's an interesting idea. I've never had much luck with broiler cooking,
> I must be jinxed or something. One of the last appliances I got was a
> cheap deep fryer. It's a pretty cool appliance and takes away much of the
> muss and fuss of deep fry cookery. I don't mind the fuss so much but can't
> stand even a little muss! :-)
>
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>> On May 11, 5:51 pm, Filip > wrote:
>>> Instead of frying any given food, if I were to spray with a light
>>> coating of oil and
>>> then bake in an oven or convection oven, would this produce a result
>>> similar to frying? I am trying to find a lower-fat alternative to
>>> frying which would produce a similar result. Any item, could be
>>> french
>>> fries, chicken, etc.
>>> thanks
>>
>> There's probably a way to do something like this. My guess is that it
>> would involve suspending food in a stream of dry, hot, air. The first
>> problem would be to get an air blower that could keep the food
>> balanced and stable without much tumbling. You'd also want to be able
>> to control the hot air temperature - up to 500 degrees F would
>> probably be about right.
>>
>>
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