George Foreman

Anne_Marie_2

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Back in the days when we ate white bread without batting an eyelid...

But then, back in the day, white bread tasted like bread, not cotton wool.

Back to the GF...I always make toasties in mine, and have never had a problem. I've used normal sliced bread, crusty bread and pitta breads with no bother, other than sometimes a bit of leakage from the cheese, but I like the crispy bits.

I've also done steak, sausages, burgers and chicken breasts.

iammumtoone

I love my GF its one of my favourite kitchen gadgets.

I do cheese sandwiches most days, normal bread and never have a problem with the cheese melting.

I also cook pasties (the flat type), sausages, chops, mushrooms, onions, burgers, steak.

Its an older type and reading the above comments I am now dreading when it breaks, I never wait until the red light has turned off before putting anything in (apart from steak) and it always gets hot enough and cooks really quickly.

Just a quick wipe down with kitchen paper whilst its still warm and all done

pollys

I have a new one, bought this year, and it's fine. We use it a lot, tonight we did chicken breasts. The teenagers like it for paninis but prefer the sandwich toaster for toasted sandwiches.

Polly

Marktheshark

They are a healthy eating option.
If chip fat and lard in the pan are your thing, they wont be much use.

teddysmum

When cooking sausages, on ours, I slice them lengthwise,to be sure they are cooked through, especially as most sausage contains pork.

duchy

suki1964 wrote: »

We had the second one and I swear you couldn't get a better toastie

I've looked for another one of those for years - the best toasties ever !!

PenguinOfDeath

For me, GF great for toasties, but cast iron skillet much better for burgers. In fact just cooked a couple of burgers on our GF and they were dry (maybe tinibga were out) and not as tasty, but the kitchen is just as smelly!

suki1964

Marktheshark wrote: »

They are a healthy eating option.
If chip fat and lard in the pan are your thing, they wont be much use.

How are they any healthier then frying in a skillet?

I never use oil when cooking sausages, bacon, burgers etc

fat comes out of them in a skillet - same as a GF only difference is you only have the skillet to wash - not a silly plastic tray as well

Debran

suki1964 wrote: »

How are they any healthier then frying in a skillet?

I never use oil when cooking sausages, bacon, burgers etc

fat comes out of them in a skillet - same as a GF only difference is you only have the skillet to wash - not a silly plastic tray as well

Putting it simply, I believe the idea with a George Forman is that the grease runs off as the food cooks, whereas with a pan the food sits in the grease as it cooks. Result, grilled food is a bit less greasy and, therefore, more healthy.

zippychick

ours is used very regularly for toasties. My fiance is veggie so he cooks his veggie meat in it - gammon steaks, burgers, sausages, bacon etc . I choose not to cross contaminate it with meat so have never tried it with meat


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