On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 Ophelia wrote:
>"Terry Coombs wrote:
>On 10/20/2018 Ophelia wrote:
>> "Terry Coombs wrote:
>> John Doe wrote:
>>> First times I tried, seems they did not cook well enough.
>>>
>>> Should I place the fries/tots on the top rack or the bottom rack?
>>>
>>> What setting (Bake, Broil, Toast, Convection)?
>>
>> None of the above , go get yourself an air fryer.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Yes!!! I am learning more how to use mine now and it would do that
>> particular job wonderfully
))
>
> Chicken strips ! We bought ours because nuked tater tots were yucky ,
>the toaster oven scorched them and left them frozen inside , and while
>the Big Oven did a great job , we're runnin' that stove on a 20 (or 30)
>pound propane bottle until we find a bigger tank we like and would like
>to conserve gas . She bought some chicken strips that are awesome in the
>A/F - formed chicken product nuggets still suck , though they suck less
>... and frozen spring/egg rolls are so much better than any other way
>I've had them - including deep fried - that they make it worth having .
> Snag
>
>===
>
>It is the smallest unit I have for cooking like that. Only a tiny amount of
>oil too, which is a big plus
The last time I bought any frozen potato products has to be a few
decades ago... awful! What's so difficult about peeling a few spuds,
dicing into ~1/2" cubes and pan frying... I do that at least once a
week for potato omelets but sometimes we just eat them plain as fries.
We don't have a toaster oven or an air frier. I owned a toaster oven
some fifty years ago, even contained a rotisserie, what a mess to
clean.
I bought potato tots once long, long ago at a fast food joint,
*disgusting*... I'd much rather make potato pancakes (latkes) or
potato kugle, or potato nik at home. I don't mind peeling spuds and
rather than grate I send them through my meat grinder, makes fast work
of a sack o' spuds. Peeling goes fast if you buy large potatoes, we
buy "chefs" potatoes at BJs, each potato weighs over a pound... a ten
pound sack contains ten potatoes or less.
When I want roasted fries I wait until I'm making a roast beef and
roast the beef and potatoes at the same time, coat the cut potatoes
lightly with oil and place that pan on the top rack where the oven is
hotter.