My new fryer...(conimued)

tom spillman said:

Further to my last post of this subject, I used my new toy again last
night.

Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product. Some of us don't deep fry anything
and don't really care.

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche and a
glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

Jill

jmcquown said:

Quoted message said:

Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product.

Sorry, not quite. I'm a 76 year old retired Consultant Systems Engineer
and an ex-professor of IT, and I'm hardly a salesman for anything!

Quoted message said:

Some of us don't deep fry anything
and don't really care.

You can always do what I do when I see something I'm not interested in:
Skip it or delete it...

Sorry to bother you with my pedantry. The only reason I posted these
was that someone else on this group thought some others in this group
might be interested in what I had to say.

Quoted message said:

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche and a
glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

"Some of us...really don't care" what you have for breakfast!

However, as some of my Jewish friends say: "Enjoy it in good health!"

Regards...

Tom

tom spillman said:

jmcquown said:

Quoted message said:

Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product.

Sorry, not quite. I'm a 76 year old retired Consultant Systems
Engineer and an ex-professor of IT, and I'm hardly a salesman for
anything!

So literal... I didn't say they paid you but apparently PRESTO *could* hire
you for a salesman... post, post, post about it. BTW, I didn't see Om
giving up her Fry Daddy for it. Maybe she did and I missed that. Doesn't
matter. We get the picture, you like this PRESTO thing.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Some of us don't deep fry anything
and don't really care.

You can always do what I do when I see something I'm not interested
in: Skip it or delete it...

I've deleted about 10 posts about your PRESTO thing so far.

Quoted message said:

Sorry to bother you with my pedantry. The only reason I posted these
was that someone else on this group thought some others in this group
might be interested in what I had to say.

I have no problem with what you have to say. I like fried shrimp. Haven't
made it at home often but I like it. I like hush puppies, too. I like
batter fried squash and on occasion fried okra.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche
and a glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

"Some of us...really don't care" what you have for breakfast!

I don't post about how I cooked my breakfast over and over and over,
mentioning a product brand name every time I do so; there may be a slight
difference in that regard. But here's to your health, Tom. I'll raise a
glass of milk in your honor.

Jill

jmcquown said:

tom spillman said:

Further to my last post of this subject, I used my new toy again last
night.

Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product. Some of us don't deep fry anything
and don't really care.

....and the rest of us can go hang.

Quoted message said:

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche and a
glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

Jill

on the other hand, there is deep and abiding interest in what jill had
for breakfast.

your pal,
blake

tom spillman <[email hidden]> wrote in
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<snippage>

Tom, I hope I can call you that otherwise I'm talking to the wrong
person. Have you considered the size of the french fries ie the thickness
and width....I don't own a deep fryer I deep fry using a pot and a
burner on my electric stove. And I find that the overall thickness of the
fry makes a big difference in the quality of the fry. Also a presoak in
cold salted water to help remove starch from the offending fry. Oh and of
course a through drying afterwards. I lean towards a fry that is about
3/8ths of an inch in width and thickness.

If recovery from reduced cooking temp is your main concern may I suggest
frying smaller batches or a larger quantity of oil or a larger more
wattage fryer.

BTW what are your feeling on funnel cakes another deep fryer delight.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

hahabogus said:

BTW what are your feeling on funnel cakes another deep fryer delight.

zeppole! strufoli!..
Occasional fried chicken or egg rolls....
I might deep fry once or twice a year? For big cooking projects I use a
deep fryer with basket and filter lid (can't recall the name?) but for
small batches I just use an old pressure cooker pot that doesn't have a
lid anymore and I never once used it as a pressure cooker. It is nice
and heavy and deep though. Good stove top frying vessel.

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

tom spillman said:

Further to my last post of this subject, I used my new toy again last
night.

Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product. Some of us don't deep fry anything
and don't really care.

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche and a
glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

Jill

You okay Jill dear?
You are being a bit of a [censored] today. :-)

Sending some hugs your way!
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

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

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

So literal... I didn't say they paid you but apparently PRESTO *could* hire
you for a salesman... post, post, post about it. BTW, I didn't see Om
giving up her Fry Daddy for it. Maybe she did and I missed that. Doesn't
matter. We get the picture, you like this PRESTO thing.

Actually, Om has been interested in adding the Presto to her
armamentarium of cooking gadgets. ;-)

The fry daddy is only good for small batches.
Sometimes I want to cook larger batches and things like chicken
drumsticks. I can't do more than 2, maybe 3 of those at a time.
--
Peace, Om

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jmcquown said:

I don't post about how I cooked my breakfast over and over and over

But some people do. <G>
I don't see you chewing Andy out over his breakfast posts?
--
Peace, Om

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hahabogus said:

tom spillman <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

<snippage>

Tom, I hope I can call you that otherwise I'm talking to the wrong
person. Have you considered the size of the french fries ie the thickness
and width....I don't own a deep fryer I deep fry using a pot and a
burner on my electric stove. And I find that the overall thickness of the
fry makes a big difference in the quality of the fry. Also a presoak in
cold salted water to help remove starch from the offending fry. Oh and of
course a through drying afterwards. I lean towards a fry that is about
3/8ths of an inch in width and thickness.

If recovery from reduced cooking temp is your main concern may I suggest
frying smaller batches or a larger quantity of oil or a larger more
wattage fryer.

BTW what are your feeling on funnel cakes another deep fryer delight.

Those are interesting Ideas that I am considering. BTW, I had dried the
potatoes before cooking. But I think you have listed some good
alternatives.

I LIKE funnel cakes, but I find that I really have to watch what I eat
now, otherwise I put on too much weight. Funnel cakes could cause me to
devour the whole bunch, so I haven't tried them in my new fryer and
probably won't in order to avoid temptation. Didn't Oscar Wilde say:
"I can avoid anything except temptation!"

Regards...

Tom

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

I don't post about how I cooked my breakfast over and over and over

But some people do. <G>
I don't see you chewing Andy out over his breakfast posts?

Andy doesn't go on and on about which frying pan he used (or what brand of
microwave heheh)

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

tom spillman said:

Further to my last post of this subject, I used my new toy again
last night.

Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product. Some of us don't deep fry
anything and don't really care.

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche
and a glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

Jill

You okay Jill dear?
You are being a bit of a [censored] today. :-)

Sending some hugs your way!

Maybe I just don't want a PRESTO promotion to go on here, Om. I know when
I'm being a [censored] and yes, I am. I also know when I have to keep deleting
posts because the word PRESTO keeps appearing over and over and over again
in CAPS. We get it! You like it. Whatever! Sheesh.

OB Food: Hush Puppies (not the frozen kind)

1 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbs. chopped onions

Blend ingredients together until you have a nice thick batter. Drop into
400F deep fat until golden brown.

I used a deep skillet when I used to make these. No special equipment
required. Sorry about being [censored] but my goodness, should I name the
skillet I made them in?

jmcquown said:

Andy doesn't go on and on about which frying pan he used (or what brand of
microwave heheh)

What brand of microwave do I use? And what brands of frying pans do I
own and use? <G>

I don't think I went on and on about these things!

YMMV...

Sorry, I couldn't resist, which I'm sure is obvious. However, I don't
like being savaged because you are not interested in what I have to say.

As I see it, you have two options. You can killfile me and be saved
from having to see any more of my posts, or you can take my usual
solution: If I'm not interested in something, based on the author and
the subject line, I just ignore it.

You may, of course, do anything you'd like...

Regards...

Tom

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

Quoted message said:

Sending some hugs your way!

Maybe I just don't want a PRESTO promotion to go on here, Om. I know when
I'm being a [censored] and yes, I am. I also know when I have to keep deleting
posts because the word PRESTO keeps appearing over and over and over again
in CAPS. We get it! You like it. Whatever! Sheesh.

OB Food: Hush Puppies (not the frozen kind)

1 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbs. chopped onions

Blend ingredients together until you have a nice thick batter. Drop into
400F deep fat until golden brown.

I used a deep skillet when I used to make these. No special equipment
required. Sorry about being [censored] but my goodness, should I name the
skillet I made them in?

Why not? :-)

Mine is too big for this.

Mom never had a deep fryer either.
She used a Wok to deep fry.
--
Peace, Om

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Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

tom spillman wrote:
> Further to my last post of this subject, I used my new toy again
> last night.
>
Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product. Some of us don't deep fry
anything and don't really care.

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche
and a glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

Jill

You okay Jill dear?
You are being a bit of a [censored] today. :-)

Sending some hugs your way!

Maybe I just don't want a PRESTO promotion to go on here, Om. I know when
I'm being a [censored] and yes, I am. I also know when I have to keep deleting
posts because the word PRESTO keeps appearing over and over and over again
in CAPS. We get it! You like it. Whatever! Sheesh.

Actually, demanding that people only post what you want to read is being a
whole bunch of a [censored] especially whey they're ON topic posts.

OB food: supper tonight, meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, green beans, dinner
rolls.

Ms P

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

tom spillman wrote:
> Further to my last post of this subject, I used my new toy again
> last night.
>
Tom... get over it. We know you like your PRESTO whatever. You're
obviously a new saleman for the product. Some of us don't deep fry
anything and don't really care.

OB Food: breakfast will be a slice of leftover spinach-feta quiche
and a glass of milk. No deep fryer required.

Jill

You okay Jill dear?
You are being a bit of a [censored] today. :-)

Sending some hugs your way!

Maybe I just don't want a PRESTO promotion to go on here, Om. I know
when I'm being a [censored] and yes, I am. I also know when I have to keep
deleting posts because the word PRESTO keeps appearing over and over
and over again in CAPS. We get it! You like it. Whatever! Sheesh.

OB Food: Hush Puppies (not the frozen kind)

1 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbs. chopped onions

Blend ingredients together until you have a nice thick batter. Drop
into 400F deep fat until golden brown.

I used a deep skillet when I used to make these. No special equipment
required. Sorry about being [censored] but my goodness, should I name the
skillet I made them in?

myself...I'd go 1 1/2 cups cormeal and replace the buttermilk with
sourcream. Maybe add some minced canned chipotle peppers in adobe sauce.
But I've never been a traditionalist.

Up here perogies are well loved french fried.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

jmcquown said:

Maybe I just don't want a PRESTO promotion to go on here, Om. I know when
I'm being a [censored] and yes, I am. I also know when I have to keep deleting
posts because the word PRESTO keeps appearing over and over and over again
in CAPS. We get it! You like it. Whatever! Sheesh.

I have deleted the posts and never thought to find out if he was
crossposting to or from rec.food.equipment, which is probably the
better forum for such a long onsided discussion.

--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for the chicken, a lifetime commitment for the pig.

tom spillman said:

jmcquown said:

Andy doesn't go on and on about which frying pan he used (or what
brand of microwave heheh)

What brand of microwave do I use? And what brands of frying pans do I
own and use? <G>

I don't think I went on and on about these things!

YMMV...

Sorry, I couldn't resist, which I'm sure is obvious. However, I don't
like being savaged because you are not interested in what I have to
say.

As I see it, you have two options. You can killfile me and be saved
from having to see any more of my posts, or you can take my usual
solution: If I'm not interested in something, based on the author and
the subject line, I just ignore it.

You may, of course, do anything you'd like...

Regards...

Tom

Tom, I apologize for being a [censored]. It happens. I'm not going to killfile
you but I'm also not going to buy a PRESTO fryer, how's that? As for the
subject line, I guess what happened was I got tired of fryer this, fryer
that. I should have ignored the thread; I deleted a number of them. But
this post was my mistake. Mea culpa. You seem like a nice guy. Om can
tell you I'm actually a nice person, too... most of the time.

Jill

sf said:

jmcquown said:

Maybe I just don't want a PRESTO promotion to go on here, Om. I know when
I'm being a [censored] and yes, I am. I also know when I have to keep deleting
posts because the word PRESTO keeps appearing over and over and over again
in CAPS. We get it! You like it. Whatever! Sheesh.

I have deleted the posts and never thought to find out if he was
crossposting to or from rec.food.equipment, which is probably the
better forum for such a long onsided discussion.

I just reviewed my "Sent" folder. I could not find ONE of my posts with
anything all in caps that I wrote, so You would not have found any of my
posts that way. In fact in most of the posts, I NEVER even used the
name of the manufacturer.

But, then again, hyperbole seems to be the main form of currency in
Usenet, isn't it...

Regards...

Tom