My grandma would have loved that, she was into tech, science fiction, and some DIY stuff. She got assaulted on the street for a couple hundred bucks, thrown to the ground and passed away, just as I was learning to tell the front from the back of a PC. She used to be a typist, would have loved to get her to a computer. Last thing I knew, she was eager to watch "Back to The Future", but didn't get a chance. While cleaning her room, I found a bunch of tools some of which I still use, drawing stuff, scientific magazines, a japanese dictionary... wish I got to know her better.
I bet she wouldn't be against even microwaved potatoes!
Grandma can't judge. She boiled chicken till it was falling apart, seasoned with cold water and not enough salt
"not enough salt"
What's wrong with air fryer?
Unpopular opinion incoming, so buckle up. Also a little context: I've owned two different models of air fryer and eaten a few meals out of them, I do a hell of a lot of cooking, and I'm a curmudgeon. This is just my trash opinion. Liking an air fryer doesn't make you a better or worse cook than me, so nobody get offended if I trash your favorite appliance.
Air fryers are fine for what they are, but what they are is just little ovens that don't need to preheat more or less. There are only a handful of dishes that I use mine for that I can't do with my oven and the right cookware. Other than those rare occasions it just takes up space in my kitchen.
I have a friend who starts by them, a real die-hard air fryer fan. He served me some roasted brussel sprouts he made in his and they were good, but just on par with the rest of his cooking. Sure, he made them quickly but those time savings were eaten up by having to make three batches to feed everyone.
My friend is the ideal air fryer user. He and his girlfriend both work long hours, want to eat healthy, have little time, have average cooking skills, and rarely cook for company. He loves being able to serve veggies on the side in just a few minutes, which is just dandy.
The problems with air fryers crop up when you want to go beyond "pretty good food pretty fast" or want to cook in larger volumes. Then their limited capacity and the fact that ... ya know ... they're just little overpowered ovens ... gets in the way of what you can do with them.
I've encountered some sentiments that they're bad simply because they're trendy
air fryers are just a rebranding of convection ovens, which are awesome. I don't care what it's called, cooking with circulated hot air is really useful
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Yeah they are, just not deep frying. It's air frying because you're still frying using high heat, just you rub the oil on the items instead of submerging it. That's why frozen foods work so well, they're so oily already.
I made the same face when I watched her boil everything to mush. Disappointment runs both ways.
My girlfriend always romanticises old people and their cooking. I never really had a grandma, but i used to eat a lot at 60+ people's home some 30 years ago, and it was pretty bad. Everything was boiled to death. It took me another 20 years to eat Brussels sprouts, broccoli and even potatoes again. I fucking love brussle sprouts, but if you boil them they become absolutely repulsive. The people who are 60+ now that i know don't really cook all that well also. It's a weird mix between old timey boiled food and highly processed food.
My grandma was always curious about new technology or new ways of doing things. My uncle just sent me her autobiography we have as a Word doc because she learned how to use a computer with old age.
Miss you, Babushka!
Grandma's idea of cooking was shucking oysters & popping champagne to entertain her lovers, so I think she'd only disapprove of the lack of hard drugs in your kitchen.
