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On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 13:26:21 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 2:41:11 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:31:37 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >"Bruce" wrote in message news >> >
>> >On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 11:48:28 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>"Bruce" wrote in message
>> ...
>> >>
>> >>We have no deep fryer anymore, so we air fry our fries/crisps/chips.
>> >>They're good, but not as good as deep fried.
>> >>
>> >>=====
>> >>
>> >> I am quite sure of that
>> >>
>> >> I have 2 AFs and used to use them for most things. Oddly enough, over
>> >>time, I rarely use them for anything
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps my age? <g>
>> >
>> >Even though you used to speak so highly of them. I guess oil or butter
>> >add flavour that the air fryer doesn't.
>> >
>> >====
>> >
>> > Did I? Gosh I don't remember lol You could be right about the oil or
>> >butter.

>> I think you were one of the first in this group to use an air fryer.
>> And then also an air oven, if I remember correctly?

>
>Air fryer is just marketing bullshit. They're *all* air ovens--convection
>ovens on steroids. They have nothing to do with frying.


Call it what you want, but the result is different in that you only
get any potential fat from the item you're "frying", no added fat from
what you're frying it in.