Ward Abbott > wrote
> James > wrote

>> I don't fry foods because I don't like
>> the oily film that gets all over the kitchen.

>> Cheap electric fryers are on sale as low as $30.
>> Anyone think it's a good useful kitchen item?

> Look....we are talking CONSUMERS FRUGAL LIVING here.

Wrong again.

> Why buy a single use appliance that you might use a couple of times....
> and then the damn thing will probably break and you will throw it away.

Anyone with a clue buys one that doesnt break.

> Buy a multi use vessel.

No thanks, I prefer to leave the fat in the single use
appliance so I dont have to clean it after every use.

> My Lodge cast iron Dutch oven has been
> in the kitchen for thirty years and still going.

And you've had to put a lot of time into cleaning it over that time.

No thanks.

> We deep fry....make stews.....take it camping......saute...
> fried chicken......the list is endless and it has to be the most
> economical piece of kitchen equipment I have ever purchased.

Only if you dont count your time that's wasted cleaning it.

> ....and I forgot...I have even made pineapple
> upside down cake with it while camping!

Makes more sense to take more durable cakes like fruit cake with you.