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?

[wolf63]

I still have my George Foreman grill, it is stashed away beside the smoothie maker, soup maker, steamer and slow cooker.

[barry1010]

Gave me George Formean away, I bought the wrong one. It had removable plates for easy cleaned but seemed to boil the steaks rather than grill.
Consigned a rotisserie to the scrapman because it was too dangerous to use.

[wolf63]

I actually had to get rid of my bright red microwave as it was an 700w and I kept miscalculating the cooking times. I bought an 800w. Much simpler to use.

[sandyRoe]

I've a stick blender in the back of the cupboard. I used it once to make a smooth soup but decided I preferred lumpy soup.

[barry1010]

I use my stick blender a lot, but I do use it for more than blending soup

[Hazlinny]

Toastie maker seems to get forgotten till I see it lurking at the back of the cupboard! Air fryer may well go the same way through time!

[sandyRoe]

Wolf63, do you ever use the gear you've tucked away?

[wolf63]

I sometimes get obsessed with buying gadgets, I feel sure that my life would be much simpler if I had them.

I also hate throwing things out.

[ZebuSanctuary]

I possess both Air Fryer and a George Foreman Grill. The latter being less versatile. However still brilliant for toasted sandwiches and the odd beef burger. I used to own a Frank Bruno toaster, had to throw it away since it would only do one round.

[sandyRoe]

Barry,
Apart from soup how else could it be used?

[sandyRoe]

Didn't Frank Bruno do a TV advert for battered cod from Birdseye?

[wolf63]

Sandy
Not really. I have the steamer out as I intend to steam some veggies. But I never quite get around it it.

[barry1010]

sandy, one of my oldsters has problems chewing so it use it to puree his veg. It also has a whisk attachment and a small bowl for chopping and mixing so it is very versatile.

[barry1010]

I do toasted sandwiches in the frying pan - okay, it doesn't 'seal' them but they do come out beautifully and I can use much larger slices of bread.

[johnny.5]

I still use my mouli parsmint

[barry1010]

I still use mine, Johnny, and a runner bean stringer/slicer which I've had over 40 years. It's used a lot when the beans are picked in the summer.

A few years ago I was very tempted by all the hype surrounding halogen ovens. I'm glad I resisted for they have fell out of fashion

[sandyRoe]

Could the mouli be used to chop nuts?

[barry1010]

Mine couldn't - it is far too old - but it used to.

[johnny.5]

I still use my deep fat fryer because I think the chips taste better than
when cooked in the oven

[barry1010]

I don't have a deep fat fryer but I do use an old saucepan with a chip basket on the rare occasions I cook 'proper' chips with lard.