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U.S. Janet B.

On Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:45:54 -0500, wrote:

>On 2 Jan 2018 18:15:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2018-01-02, Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
>>
>>> Food in an air fryer is sprayed lightly with oil.
>>>
>>><https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2017/11/air-frying-is-it-as-healthy-as-you-think/>
>>
>>The above link sez absolutely nothing about foods being "sprayed
>>lightly with oil". It's a question I've asked 'at least once!' in
>>this thread. Is this 3.2 qt "Oil-Less" air-fryer actually
>>oil-less or not!?
>>
>><https://www.walmart.com/ip/Farberware-3-2-Quart-Digital-Oil-Less-Fryer/722613447>
>>
>>IOW, quit playing footsie with Shelly and answer the question!
>>
>>nb
>
>"sprayed lightly" is a totally meaningless term, each person's lightly
>is different. She can't answer the question because she can't cook
>(not a lick), hasn't a clue. That URL says exactly what I already
>posted, air fryers require oiling the food, otherwise it's NOT
>fried... how much oil is the quantity that would be sufficient to
>produce the same results as tradionally fried food. Personally I
>don't want a gizmo that encourages eating fried food. I eat very
>little fried foods, eggs is about all I fry, and then I blot them on
>paper towels in a paper plate. Most of the meats I cook are in
>stews/soups, thereby making it very easy to skim off what quantity I
>consider excess fat, which is most. I fry burgers, however it's meat
>I grind myself of cuts that are very lean... if I want juicy burgers I
>top them with sauted onions that are sauted in no cholesterol olive
>oil and then I drain them by leaving the pan tilted so the excess oil
>can run off, with most of the moisture being the water contained in
>onions. I make a concerted effort to reduce my/our fat consumption.
>Having a contraption that makes it convenient to fry foods and that
>also promotes healthfulness by LYING about fat content is something I
>don't want... I can see folks stuffing their maws with air fried spuds
>thinking they contain fewer calories than fried spuds from fast food
>joints... simpletons!

you know that no one reads your stuff anymore, don't you? We've
read it all before at least a hundred time. yawn