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U.S. Janet B.

On Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:10:25 -0500, wrote:

>On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 08:00:23 -0500, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>On 12/30/2017 5:50 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>>> On 12/30/2017 2:57 PM, wrote:
>>>> Terry Coombs wrote:
>>>>> ** Buy it , you'll love it . Particularly good for stuff like frozen
>>>>> (breaded) chicken strips , shrimps , tater tots , any food that's
>>>>> usually deep or pan fried is a candidate . The only down side we've seen
>>>>> it that there must be a little oil of some kind on (fried) stuff or it
>>>>> doesn't brown well . Ours gets used at least 2 or 3 times a week . We
>>>>> got one for each of our 3 kids for Christmas , they were a big hit .
>>>>> Crispy pizza rolls in 5 minutes ...
>>>> Definitely not a good idea for anyone watching their weight, will
>>>> easily put on ten pounds a month by encouraging fried foods.* However
>>>> they are very good for those who don't have a weight problem.
>>>>
>>> * Bullshit . The whole point of air frying is the reduction in oil used .
>
>It's exactly the same as pan/deep frying, food is coated with and
>absorbs oil, especially breaded/battered foods. The fallicy lies in
>the fact that it makes frying easy so encourages eating much more
>fried food. The only savings is not needing a deep fryer so air
>frying is *safer* and no used oil needs to be stored... however the
>caloric content from fat is precisely the same as pan/deep frying when
>food is drained on paper towels.
>
>>He's just spouting off. I seem to recall he bought an air-popper for
>>popcorn way back when. It's sort of the same concept.
>>I'm sure you still do need a little bit of oil.
>>Jill
>
>Demonstrating your ignorance... no oil is used in air poppers.... and
>in all the years you've been at RFC your dense skull has absorbed
>absolutely nothing regarding culinary data, you obviously haven't a
>clue why popping corn pops. Mayhaps were you not so intent on
>attempting to denigrate others you'd learn how to cook... posting
>pictures of take-out is NOT cooking... that's exactly the same as
>posting URLs for recipes with pictures lifted off the net and thinking
>anyone with functioning brain cells believes they cooked that. I've
>seen pictures of the pittifully few things you actually cooked, you
>should be very embarrassed/ashamed of how badly you trashed perfectly
>good ingredients.

you shouldn't try to answer something you know nothing about.