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Chip Pan vs Electric Deep Fryer

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  • Robert2009
    Robert2009 Posts: 342 Forumite
    Another thing which I wouldn't have in the house is a non electric kettle to boil water in on either a gas or electric ring.

    Before electric kettles were as commonplace as they are now we had a whistling kettle that we used on an electric ring.

    Of course the whistle woke the baby so my wife never used it.

    She put the kettle on and forgot about it. Half an hour later there was a pile of molten aluminium on the electric ring. :eek::eek::eek::eek:

    I have just remembered why we didn't have an electric kettle there was only a 5amp socket in the kitchen. Those were the days.:j:j:j

    Rob
  • Jen_31
    Jen_31 Posts: 343 Forumite
    Hey Robert. You're wife sounds very forgetfull!.

    We still have a gas kettle, with a wistle, it comes in handy. we have had a power cut, and when the electric kettle decides to stop working, it comes in handy. takes ages to boil though. i guess it just makes you want a cup of tea even more :)

    we still (my mum) has a chip pan with lard still, i nag her to get a deep fat fryer, she likes standing there for 15 mins till the chips cook i guess :rolleyes:, she does need to get modernised, but she still wont get a deep fat fryer.

    Ive seen the acti fries, they are still £100 and look like baked chips, might as well make your own cook them in the oven, or just buy oven chips. our chips in lard are kinda floopy, might be my mums cooking though :rotfl:, i dont think they taste that nice actually, maybe its just me though. will have to get oven chips one day soon, maybe i can convert her to get modernised :D

    Lard does have a bad press, but its good for pastry :) asda sells it, people must still buy it. I think oil is best though, just because its suppose to be healthier :)

    frying pans with oil or lard is dangerous, i dont think i'd be able to cook like my mum does, i'd just panic :o.
    :)
  • Farway
    Farway Posts: 14,660 Forumite
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    I thought that beef fat was the best thing for frying chips in, not lard,

    "Lard is the rendered fat of a pig" http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-lard.htm

    I had a deep frat fryer, and a waistline to prove it

    4 stones lighter & now it is very occasional oven chips
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