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. 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

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

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.

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

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

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.