Mini-deep fryers???

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!

I have the one below. It is excellent and goes into the dishwasher

http://tinyurl.com/b468g

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

Yes. There are single serving deep fryers. My son seems happy with the one we
bought for him a few years ago. Maybe he just doesn't know any better. When deep
frying it is important to keep the oil hot, so you can't put much in to a small
amount of oil without dropping the temperature.

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Quoted message said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
Nicholson

I have the small fry daddy and enjoy it. There's just two of us and we
don't do much deep frying. The small fry daddy works great for a few onion
rings, a few sweet potato fries, or a few shrimp. It would be kind of
tedious to use if you were trying to do tempura for 4. It does work well,
holds a proper deep frying temp and doesn't need too much oil.

Audrey

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Ophelia said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!

I have the one below. It is excellent and goes into the dishwasher

http://tinyurl.com/b468g

Wow, that's EXPENSIVE! :-)

But something to keep in mind, thanks!
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Audrey said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
Nicholson

I have the small fry daddy and enjoy it. There's just two of us and we
don't do much deep frying. The small fry daddy works great for a few onion
rings, a few sweet potato fries, or a few shrimp. It would be kind of
tedious to use if you were trying to do tempura for 4. It does work well,
holds a proper deep frying temp and doesn't need too much oil.

Audrey

That's the idea, thank you!

It's just the two of us (dad and I) and he's recently developed a real
fondness for these 3 lb. packages of mini-egg rolls in the frozen
section of the oriental market! I've been grilling them on the Hamilton
grill and serving them with soup, but I do think they would be better
deep fried.

I like to make yam fries as well, so that's a cool idea.

I googled those and it seems they are widely available.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Dave Smith said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

Yes. There are single serving deep fryers. My son seems happy with the one
we
bought for him a few years ago. Maybe he just doesn't know any better. When
deep
frying it is important to keep the oil hot, so you can't put much in to a
small
amount of oil without dropping the temperature.

Thanks for the advice!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Quoted message said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

depends on what you are cooking in them. (And the size question pales when
compared to finding "the right" batter-oil-temp-technique.)

The Fry-babies are small, so it's tough to do enough chicken for a family,
or more than a few doughnuts or a turkey, but they are pretty good for doing
the christmas cookies and a serving or two of fries or onion rings. They are
quick to heat and easy to handle, and are good onesy-twosy cookers.

Even though they have a small amount of oil, some have such a big heater in
relation to the amount of oil they hold, that their oil temperature can
catch up faster than the oil catches up in a big unit.
IMHO oil temp vs size is a red herring anyway, because cooks add more food
to the big ones, thus dropping the big one's temperature just as much, e.g.,
one pound dropped in one quart is the same as two pounds dropped in two
quarts, etc., if you get the drift.

It was my experience that the "small ones" come in three basic sizes - the
old fry-whatever size, the smaller fry baby, and the bigger fry daddy. I
have had the old one for years and we got the slightly larger "fry daddy" as
a second one for a couple of jobs that were taking too long with the old
one. Turns out there really isn't that much difference for what we were
cooking.
However, for us, having two small ones ended up being a better move than
getting one larger one, since we can run two units at once and keep the
apple fritters from tasting like onion rings.

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We have four "deepfryers", depending on what and how much is being cooked. I
have a deep frying pan, an old "small"fryer, a fry daddy, and a turkey
cooker. All but the big one are used under the vent-hood.

For doughnuts, and chicken and enough french fries for a family, I use my
deep iron frying pan. It has a lot of surface area to hold a lot of thin
flat foods. Downside is that you have to watch the temp and have a cover
real close, since the oil mist over flame can flare up. I rarely use this
one.

We will use the old small electric the most, for small batches, and add
the fry daddy as a second cooker if the food load-vs-serving time warrants.
Having two has worked well, since in practice deep fried things don't all
get done at the same time anyway.

For heavy duty frying, I have a 70,000 BTU LP party-size "turkey cooker":
turkey cooker/corn-boiler/
party-pasta-maker/smoker/scout-outing-hot-water-heater-and-mitten-dryer/chee
se-curds-and-fries-for-parties-maker/ore smelter, used outside. Apparently
you can get attachments, like a walleye cooker that looks like a shallow
wok, for frying and holding larger batches of fried food.

hope it helps....

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TIA!!!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack

Nicholson

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!

For making rosettes? Use a 1-quart saucepan and 2 cups oil. Heat to
375, I think, for deep frying. But that's not plug-in. I had a Fry
Baby 35 years ago and never used it more than about three times -- its
internal control was off and to got too hot and you can't (or couldn't)
adjust the temp of the oil.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 12-13-05 - RIP, Gerri

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Melba's Jammin said:

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!

For making rosettes? Use a 1-quart saucepan and 2 cups oil. Heat to
375, I think, for deep frying. But that's not plug-in. I had a Fry
Baby 35 years ago and never used it more than about three times -- its
internal control was off and to got too hot and you can't (or couldn't)
adjust the temp of the oil.

Actually, for frying up those mini-egg rolls dad likes from the oriental
market. ;-) Right now I'm grilling them and it's ok, but it's not the
same.......

Thanks!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

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Melba's Jammin said:

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!

For making rosettes? Use a 1-quart saucepan and 2 cups oil. Heat to
375, I think, for deep frying. But that's not plug-in. I had a Fry
Baby 35 years ago and never used it more than about three times -- its
internal control was off and to got too hot and you can't (or couldn't)
adjust the temp of the oil.

Actually, for frying up those mini-egg rolls dad likes from the oriental
market. ;-) Right now I'm grilling them and it's ok, but it's not the
same.......

Thanks!

All righty, then. Got a deep skillet? You shouldn't need more than
about an inch in it. Fry and turn them over to fry the other side.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 12-13-05 - RIP, Gerri

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Melba's Jammin said:

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
OmManiPadmeOmelet <[email hidden]> wrote:

> Is there such a thing?
> Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
> of oil......
>
> I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?
>
> TIA!!!

For making rosettes? Use a 1-quart saucepan and 2 cups oil. Heat to
375, I think, for deep frying. But that's not plug-in. I had a Fry
Baby 35 years ago and never used it more than about three times -- its
internal control was off and to got too hot and you can't (or couldn't)
adjust the temp of the oil.

Actually, for frying up those mini-egg rolls dad likes from the oriental
market. ;-) Right now I'm grilling them and it's ok, but it's not the
same.......

Thanks!

All righty, then. Got a deep skillet? You shouldn't need more than
about an inch in it. Fry and turn them over to fry the other side.

Or I could just use the wok... ;-)

I was trying to be lazy! ;-D

I don't like working with deep oil in a skillet.
I nearly always get pinpoint spatter burns.

But thanks anyhoo!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Melba's Jammin said:

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Melba's Jammin' <[email hidden]> wrote:

> In article <[email hidden]>,
> OmManiPadmeOmelet <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> > Is there such a thing?
> > Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal
> > amount
> > of oil......
> >
> > I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?
> >
> > TIA!!!
>
> For making rosettes? Use a 1-quart saucepan and 2 cups oil. Heat to
> 375, I think, for deep frying. But that's not plug-in. I had a Fry
> Baby 35 years ago and never used it more than about three times --
> its
> internal control was off and to got too hot and you can't (or
> couldn't)
> adjust the temp of the oil.

Actually, for frying up those mini-egg rolls dad likes from the
oriental
market. ;-) Right now I'm grilling them and it's ok, but it's not the
same.......

Thanks!

All righty, then. Got a deep skillet? You shouldn't need more than
about an inch in it. Fry and turn them over to fry the other side.

Or I could just use the wok... ;-)

I was trying to be lazy! ;-D

I don't like working with deep oil in a skillet.
I nearly always get pinpoint spatter burns.

But thanks anyhoo!
--
Om.

I have a small Fry Daddy that I really like. There's just 2 of us and it's
big enough to make a batch of onion rings or ff sweet potatoes for us. It
doesn't take much oil and the temperature seems to hold quite well.
Audrey

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"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
Nicholson

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Audrey said:

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Melba's Jammin said:

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OmManiPadmeOmelet <[email hidden]> wrote:

> In article <[email hidden]>,
> Melba's Jammin' <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> > In article <[email hidden]>,
> > OmManiPadmeOmelet <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there such a thing?
> > > Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal
> > > amount
> > > of oil......
> > >
> > > I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?
> > >
> > > TIA!!!
> >
> > For making rosettes? Use a 1-quart saucepan and 2 cups oil. Heat to
> > 375, I think, for deep frying. But that's not plug-in. I had a Fry
> > Baby 35 years ago and never used it more than about three times --
> > its
> > internal control was off and to got too hot and you can't (or
> > couldn't)
> > adjust the temp of the oil.
>
> Actually, for frying up those mini-egg rolls dad likes from the
> oriental
> market. ;-) Right now I'm grilling them and it's ok, but it's not the
> same.......
>
> Thanks!

All righty, then. Got a deep skillet? You shouldn't need more than
about an inch in it. Fry and turn them over to fry the other side.

Or I could just use the wok... ;-)

I was trying to be lazy! ;-D

I don't like working with deep oil in a skillet.
I nearly always get pinpoint spatter burns.

But thanks anyhoo!
--
Om.

I have a small Fry Daddy that I really like. There's just 2 of us and it's
big enough to make a batch of onion rings or ff sweet potatoes for us. It
doesn't take much oil and the temperature seems to hold quite well.
Audrey

I'm kinda leaning towards one of these. ;-)
I plan to check Target and Wal-mart.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

I have a fry baby and it is nice and I used to use it often. Now I use a
Lodge iron fryer. It comes with a basket and themometer. It costs around
$40.and will last forever.I mostly use it for catfish.

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Phyllis Stone said:

I have a fry baby and it is nice and I used to use it often. Now I use a
Lodge iron fryer. It comes with a basket and themometer. It costs around
$40.and will last forever.I mostly use it for catfish.

I quit frying catfish and started electro-grilling it with dill and
lemon pepper, but that item still sounds interesting. ;-)

I electro-grilled the eggrolls again today but this time, I coated them
all with a light coating of grapeseed oil.

10 minutes later, they came out surprisingly crispy.
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Is there such a thing?
Looking for something plug-in and electric that takes a minimal amount
of oil......

I've heard of "Fry-babies", are they any good?

TIA!!!
--
Om.

did you say "Mini-deep fryer"?
http://www.nesco.com/products/?category=400&id=14
this one has been copied by several manufacturers lately...

Bill

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Bill said:

did you say "Mini-deep fryer"?
http://www.nesco.com/products/?category=400&id=14
this one has been copied by several manufacturers lately...

Bill

A bit bigger than I'd want (as it holds nearly a gallon of oil!) but it
looks interesting, thanks! :-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson