Kitchen Fads.

[sandyRoe]

Air fryers seem to be all the rage now. Have George Foreman grills been relegated to a dusty corner in the kitchen cupboard?

[MissTerious]

I don't fry anything except the very occasional egg so donhink it's the thing for me

I've never had a mixer either.

The sandwichtoaster got thrown out and the juicer takes up cupboard space When we move anything we don't use now is going!

[sandyRoe]

I remember when our chip pan was filled with lard. It made great chips but I think cooking with lard would be frowned upon now.

[barry1010]

Frown away, I still cook with it. Sausages are far better cooked in lard, too.

[Patsy33]

I just have microwave, & mixer, alongside the usual appliances, cooker e.g.

[ZebuSanctuary]

// I can use much larger slices of bread. //

This will not improve your waistline.

[barry1010]

Zebu, I eat four slices of bread a month. I cook a lot for the rest of the household.

[barry1010]

MissTerious, people are cooking full roast dinners, cakes, bread, puddings - all sorts of things in their air fryers

[gingejbee]

The three things we have all get used...slow-cooker, Tefal Supergrill (way better than GF's offering) and an Aldi panini press.

[MissTerious]

Just though. Our bread maker is regularly used by my husband. I rarely eat bread.

[gingejbee]

oh, how could I miss the Panasonic combi microwave/convection oven/grill....used every day.

[barry1010]

I use my slow cooker ever day. In fact I have two, a bog standard one I've had for years and a new one that is also a pressure cooker.

[MissTerious]

Oh yes, slow cooker is used mainly in the winter and I used to love my pressure cooker.

[barry1010]

Ginge, we might have the same combi Panasonic, which gets used every day, too.

[FatticusInch]

//Air fryers seem to be all the rage now. Have George Foreman grills been relegated to a dusty corner in the kitchen cupboard?//

Actually, having ordered an air fryer last night I did ponder exactly that!
Am I right in thinking I’ll need more olive/cooking oil for the air fryer, or is that only certain foods, not all?(Air fryer newbie here!).

[barry1010]

I cook cheaper joints of meat in my slow cooker - shoulder of lamb, brisket of beef, even turkey leg as well as curries, bolognese, paella, puddings. Soup by the gallon.

[gingejbee]

barry...it says NN-CT56JB on the front. I got it because Which? said it was the best microwave they had ever tested.

[barry1010]

Fatticus, just a little bit of oil for chips apparently. Less oil than you'd normally use, anyway.
None if you use it to cook jacket potatoes, veg, cakes :D

[barry1010]

ginge, mine is the NN-CF778S, it is a flatbed with no turntable

[Patsy33]

Oh, just remember I have a slow cooker tucked away in cupboard. Must start using it.

[ZebuSanctuary]

// I just have microwave, & mixer, alongside the usual appliances, cooker e.g. //

No kitchen is complete unless it holds a 'Alli-grater', Egg Cuber, 'Corn on the Cob Peeler' and those unforgettable 'Pac Man-Oven Mitts'.

Given the items above (for a small lay out... let's say we call it an investment), imagine how you could enhance your culinary skills.