On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 10:22:30 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2018 03:55:35 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 5:31:35 PM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote:
> >> On 12/30/2017 3:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> > On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 2:21:00 PM UTC-5, rosie wrote:
> >> >> Have seen many ads FOR AIR FRYERS lately, THE the food all looks wonderful. have ANY OF.you tried these?seems to me it would be a good thing to have. Please tell me PROS AND CONS of these things.. I am very tempted to get one
> >> >> thanks, Rosie
> >> > I haven't tried one. It looked like my convection oven would serve the
> >> > purpose.
> >> >
> >> > Cindy Hamilton
> >>
> >> Â* It doesn't ... we have a conv oven too , it's nice but who wants to
> >> heat up that big ol' thing - which takes longer than the cooking time in
> >> an air fryer - when the air fryer will do the job with a tenth the
> >> energy consumption .
> >
> >Granted, we don't use our oven when it's warm out. Luckily, that's
> >only four months a year. Most of the rest of the time, it just means
> >the furnace runs less. Plus, we're not interested in that kind of food
> >when it's hot; we're all about the grill during the spring, summer,
> >fall, and anytime it's over 20 F during the winter.
> >
> >Our interest in fried food is so small that we just go to a restaurant
> >for it a couple times a year.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> I have a deep fryer. I don't remember the last time I used it. It's
> a pain to clean. All I want is a big slab of fried catfish a couple
> of times a year. I can't get that around here. Actually, I can't get
> decent fried fish around here. I think you have to be near one of
> those really big bodies of water for people to treat fish prep
> decently.

I don't like catfish, but it's pretty easy to get good fish and chips
hereabouts. We've got a fair few bars where they really know what to
do at the fryer.

Cindy Hamilton