Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

lostinrates

Pastures I think I have finally managed to do what you told me to do with my pictures.

Would you mind checking for me?

Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

I quite fancy an actifry.

I recognise this as an absolute triumph of marketing.

I almost never make chips. In fact, I'm trying to think if I have ever made chips. I don't really fry much. Otoh if I'm on a mainly potato diet maybe would be nice to munc on low fat chips.

I thought I did until our friend's mum bought him one. It's a hot bowl with a thing that acts as a spoon and turns the food.

I make chips Gordon Ramsay wedge style and that's essentially the same. Heat pan in hot oven, about 220c, chop potatoes, douse with a little oil, salt, pepper and chilli flakes and coat the potatoes. Put them onto pan and they sizzle. Turn occasionally in oven. They taste good - not like proper chips but good and much better (and cheaper) than oven chips.

Actifry chips don't taste like proper chips either, which defeats the object. £120 of defeating the object.

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

I thought I did until our friend's mum bought him one. It's a hot bowl with a thing that acts as a spoon and turns the food.

I make chips Gordon Ramsay wedge style and that's essentially the same. Heat pan in hot oven, about 220c, chop potatoes, douse with a little oil, salt, pepper and chilli flakes and coat the potatoes. Put them onto pan and they sizzle. Turn occasionally in oven. They taste good - not like proper chips but good and much better (and cheaper) than oven chips.

Actifry chips don't taste like proper chips either, which defeats the object. £120 of defeating the object.

Oh . I thought it was cleverer than that. Yeah. I can make wedges. Just rarely bother, Thanks for that, saved me a lot of money and frustration!

Not that potatoey really, me.

No wonder you cannot make doughnuts in it:rotfl:

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I almost never make chips. In fact, I'm trying to think if I have ever made chips. I don't really fry much. Otoh if I'm on a mainly potato diet maybe would be nice to munc on low fat chips.

Years ago I used to make chips, in a chip pan.... but I had an accident once as it was a small kitchen and I was cooking chips and somebody came past me and shoved me out of the way as they wanted to get to the sink, and the whole pan of bubbling oil came down on my hand and I had to go to hospital and ended up with my hand in a huge bandage for weeks.

I am, of course, petrified of fire etc - and was always scared/wary of oil .... so now I stick to oven chips

But - I can cook homemade chips and have done.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Pastures I think I have finally managed to do what you told me to do with my pictures.

Would you mind checking for me?

Checked. All OK and as you/OH would wish things to be.

I was looking through earlier, as it happens ... I was going to mention it. I was also going to ask about your window frosting - if that was real iced up, or fake iced up.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

.... cheaper) than oven chips.

Lidl frozen oven chips are about 70p/Kg ... which is often cheaper than spuds. And, they're nice if you get the Homestyle, or is it Harvest, (or similar name/spelling) ones.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh . I thought it was cleverer than that. Yeah. I can make wedges. Just rarely bother, Thanks for that, saved me a lot of money and frustration!

Not that potatoey really, me.

No wonder you cannot make doughnuts in it:rotfl:

If you take the paddle out you can fry other things, like nuggets. But they are a HUGE beast requiring a big cupboard.

I've got some baked doughnut recipes to try at some point .....

PasturesNew

What I miss, for not having a freezer, is fish fingers. I did buy one box of about 14 of them last year ..... and did eat them all, but it's a pain.

michaels

You lot have been busy today while the wage slaves have been out...slaving for wages

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I don't think it's odd, really - it's because you don't drink much. Then you get given stuff, or win a bottle at a raffle, and it all just adds up. We've got loads of alcohol here, and we never drink at home. Some of it's sloe gin, then all sorts of other random stuff. A client gave OH a case of 12 bottles of expensive red wine just before Christmas, and they'll no doubt add to the clutter in our larder cupboard if and when he manages to remember to bring them home from Chambers.

We drink about 2 units a year between us. But always accept gifts of bottles as we then have something to take with us when visiting or for the kids to take in on non-uniform days.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I do prefer hob cooking, frying is good and boiling. All those recipes that promise "one pot..." then start by telling you to fry onions etc first.....

We do a lot of 1 pot cooking using a lidded stir-fry pan, fry onions/brown meat first (no oil added to pan), rest in inverted lid (to reduce washing up ) fry other bits and pieces, when frying meat pour off all the fat once or twice, add in flavourings and 'sauce' ingredients, cover with lid and simmer long/short depending on what the meat is. Carrots etc added about 30 minutes before completion.

lostinrates wrote: »

I quite fancy an actifry.

I recognise this as an absolute triumph of marketing.

I almost never make chips. In fact, I'm trying to think if I have ever made chips. I don't really fry much. Otoh if I'm on a mainly potato diet maybe would be nice to munc on low fat chips.

I fancied one too until just now when Doozer put me off.

I find only the skinny oven chips are acceptable, the thick ones always taste raw on the inside. Our Halogen oven does quite good oven chips.

I think you can now get those plug in single ring induction hobs which might solve both the having a spare hob issue and the try before you buy issue.

We didn't get induction in the end because of the issues around limited pan compatibility, our rapid halogen warms up very quickly, its disadvantage over gas is the cool down time when something boils. I didn't want gas because they are harder to clean and because burning gas in an enclosed space isn't that great for asthma sufferers.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Checked. All OK and as you/OH would wish things to be.

I was looking through earlier, as it happens ... I was going to mention it. I was also going to ask about your window frosting - if that was real iced up, or fake iced up.

Thank you!

I don't know what scramble meant either but did it anyway.


Real iced up, but not this year. . Been fa too Mi,d this year any way, and the bit doozers have done at least I doubt that would happen in with the heater running. Nor room parent uses when here( only been here a couple of days though in last fortnight, and off on holiday soon)

Its beautiful though, isn't it? They were all like that, inside, every morning. Beautiful beautiful. Was worth being cold for. .

Less fun was when loos froze!!:rotfl: