Food Talk And Fabulous Finds - My new TOY---HELP!

Okay, for Christmas my dad got us a DEEP FRYER!!! So I'm really excited about it, but HOW ON EARTH can I use this thing and still stay on plan!!?!? I can't wait to make WINGS and onion rings, mozzarella sticks, mushrooms, SIGH!!! I hear peanut oil is better to use than other kinds, but what am I going to do!?!?! I know that battered-deep fried veggies don't count, ha ha, but do you know any dishes that aren't SO bad? Or just blotting/draining them really well?

Okay, for Christmas my dad got us a DEEP FRYER!!! So I'm really excited about it, but HOW ON EARTH can I use this thing and still stay on plan!!?!? I can't wait to make WINGS and onion rings, mozzarella sticks, mushrooms, SIGH!!! I hear peanut oil is better to use than other kinds, but what am I going to do!?!?! I know that battered-deep fried veggies don't count, ha ha, but do you know any dishes that aren't SO bad? Or just blotting/draining them really well?

Take the deep-fryer in your hands. Walk to a back room and find a closet. Place the deep-fryer into the closet, close the door and back slowly away.

That's MY advice.

I agree!

I read somewhere that the hotter your oil is the less the food absorbs. Don't know how true this is and cant think of anything that is deep fried could be good for you. But its so hard to not use a gift. Maybe just use it when your dad comes over and make something that you can take the crust off. Or maybe be honest with your dad and tell him that you are trying a new healthier lifestyle and maybe he might be interested in joining you. :carrot: Just a thought. Happy New Year

Can you exchange it for something else?

Use it only when Dad visits :) Make sure you have the temperature high enough. If it's too low, the food will have to cook longer and will absorb more oil. Fry only small amounts at a time for the same reason. Drain, blot, and squeeze :p

I've never used a deep fryer before. Can it be used as a vegetable steamer or to boil shellfish?

Exchange it for a Foreman grill or something that you CAN use.

It's the thought that counts.

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Oh Michelle, I don't know, I'm sorry, I just find that really, really funny. I'm sorry.

But, ummm anyway I would definitely try to exchange it. I'm sure he would prefer you to have something that you could actually use. Well I guess you could technically USE the fryer, maybe to hide your jewerly from thieves, they'd never think to look there, right? No just kidding, I would exchange it for something more umm useful that won't sabatoge your weightloss.

A deep fryer is not something you can use for weight loss - wings, onion rings, french fries are not healthy food and should be rarely eaten. I'd take that thing back and get something useful.

Yes, take it back -OR- I agree with Suzanne's suggestion, only use it when your father is there. Make a nice (nice??? :( ) little deep-fried dish and have VERY LITTLE of it. Then when dad leaves, put it back away until he visits again.

I'm not personally saying that I never eat anything deep-fried. But it's extremely rare when I do and it's usually stealing a couple of fries from someone or a chicken nugget or two once every so many months. Except for the very rare little snickie snack, I stopped eating fried foods 2 years ago. And I certainly don't want a mechanism in my house designed specifically to take a perfectly healthy food and turn it into a nutritional nightmare :lol:

I have a deep-fryer. It's been gathering cobwebs since June of 2004.

What's all the fuss? Just go to your local bookstore or Amazon and pick up one of the many low-cal deep fryer cookbooks. :bubbles:

:bubbles:<---This is "bubbles"? It's always looked to me like a little guy smoking weed. :dizzy:

Just sell it on ebay...if u cant find the receipt. No fried products can be good for health. Peanut oil is worse than canola/sunflower oil. hot oil/battered etc.. are all high in calories and will lead to atherosclerosis sooner or later...

Ok, I am probably not the best person to respond to this, but I am waiting for a pot to boil and no need to watch it.

Keep it, use it when you want something fried. No fried food isn't good for you, but for me I don't always want something that is good for me. My family practically lives on fried chicken. I love it, but I refuse to cook it. So I have it once every few months when they happen to make it while I am there.

So once every 3-4 months, or holidays or something you dust it off, use it and put it away. If you think You can use it sparingly keep it. If you think you're going to go off the deep fried cliff sell it, re-gift it or whatever.

I like LLV's suggestion.

There's so much easy access to deep-fried food, I wouldn't encourage anyone to invite it into the home now as well.

My suggestion? See the thread on regifting:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99318

:D

LOL, I was looking at the post-Christmas sale ads yesterday and remarked to DH "Why would anyone buy a deep fat fryer?"

I'd try to exchange it for a grill or blender. Explain to Dad that fried food is no longer part of your lifestyle. Tell him your doctor told you not to eat it if you have to have an explanation.

Mel

Hi, I'm new! Did you know you can use a deep fryer for blanching veggies? It's great for canning and freezing in the summer. You can set it right by your sink and blanch(in water ha ha) and then run cold water and ice over the veggies. It really speeds up the process sometimes. So, if your a gardener or just like perserving your own foods you could keep it. just a thought.

What's all the fuss?

Because we're trying to get ourselves healthier and eating deep-fried food isn't going to do it.

I'm not saying the occasional rare treat is bad. You can't completely deny yourself everything. But having a deep-fryer in the house only tempts you into using it and you end up eating stuff you shouldn't.

Out of context quoting is evil! :nono:

I have a deep fryer that doubles as a steamer. Does yours? It's be an excellent way to use it and not offend Dad (or your plan)

Out of context quoting is evil! :nono:

You asked a question and I answered it ;)

Deep-fryers are evil, too!

When I first started dieting I would maybe once a month make either deep fry french fries or make corn tortilla chips for chicken nachos or something like that. It didn't kill me but I'm sure it didn't help my diet. But sometimes you just want something like that. I felt it was a little better then going to a fast food place and getting it because I could better control my portion sizes. I haven't used my deep frier in like 2 months. I started baking the things I would normally deep fry.

For Christmas my sister gave me a multipurpose appliance which is a deep frier, steamer, slow cooker. I haven't used it as a deep frier (since I have a seperate one) but I really like the steamed veggies and using it for stews.

LLV, I think it was a joke, right? Are there REALLY a ton of low-cal deep frying cookbooks out there?? lol That was my clue that she was kidding, I think! :crazy:

LLV, I think it was a joke, right? Are there REALLY a ton of low-cal deep frying cookbooks out there?? lol That was my clue that she was kidding, I think! :crazy:

No, actually, there really are several books out there on deep-frying. However, when I responded to her "what's all the fuss?" comment, I thought she meant why are we fussing over throwing the deep-fryer away or giving it away or putting it away or only using it when certain people visit, which is why I commented the way I did. But she apparently meant "what's all the fuss?" as in why fret over how to deep-fry foods, just go out and buy a book to teach you how.

That and Michelle wanted to know how she could use it and still stay on plan. So yes, for some of us it IS a big fuss. That's what the fuss is about - using a deep-fryer and keeping ourselves from putting weight back on.

However, I still stand by what I said. Eating deep-fried food is one of the reasons I ended up weighing 220 pounds.