Subj : Air Fryer
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu May 01 2025 11:36:40

Hi Dave,


 DD> All an air-fryer is, in reality, ia a small, convenient size
 DD> convection oven. I have a Bella (Best Buy house brand) toaster oven
 DD> that fits the description perfectly. I also have a smaller, single
 RH>  purpose air fryer.

 DD> Overall the toaster/convection over is easier to use. And with my very
 DD> limited counter space the single purpose gut will be headed for the
 DD> Habitat for Humainty op shop to be re-housed.  Bv)=

 RH> Our toaster/convection oven is a Cuisinart. We had a bigger one that
 RH> held a 13x9 pan but when we upgraded our fridge a few years ago, the
 RH> bigger toaster/oven had to be rehomed. The old fridge didn't quite fill
 RH> the niche and the oven overhung the counter into the empty space so
 RH> when the new fridge filled the space, I couldn't use the oven. It was
 RH> new-ish, only a few months, so one of our friends adopted it. I miss

 DD> Cuisinart is most generally well built/designed and gives great
 DD> service. My stand mixer and coffee maker are of that brand.

We've had a few small appliances from them over the years. IIRC, our ice
cream maker and hand mixer are both Cuisinart. I bought that mixer back
in Tucson in the late 1990s and it's still going strong.


 DD> I just finished MMing and placing in the queue a wad of air fryer
 DD> recipes. Wathc for it in coming weeks.

OK, I'll be a bit more erratic on here for a while. We're hitting the
road tomorrow, going to range from upstate NY to Salt Lake City area for
destinations, with stops in between. Should be some good in camp eating;
I set aside meals in the freezer (beef stew, Moroccan chicken, corned
beef and cabbage, etc) as I made it for supper over a couple of months.
Not enough for the full time we're going to be gone but just to give us
a change from the usual in camp meals.

 DD> This recipe worked better in the toaster/fan forced oven than in
 the DD> dedicated air fryer. Another reason the single purpose guy is
 getting DD> a new home     Bv)=

 DD>       Title: Air Fryer Cauliflower
 DD>  Categories: Five, Snacks, Vegetables, Breads
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

 RH> Looks interesting; we've never tried air frying vegetables. This may be
 RH> a first. (G)

 DD> Another good fit is 'taters --- eith home fries or French fries. Not
 DD> sure how an air fryer would do with tempura. But tempura is one of my
 DD> favourite srispity-crunchity snack food preprations,

Hmm, you need something to catch the drips yet let the air circulate.
That's a head scratcher. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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.... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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