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RE: AlertMe - Gadget Show



Thanks Geoff - they should have asked you then! :)

I've got so many gadgets in the kitchen - no more room - will have to
extend that next!

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Geoff H
> Sent: 29 April 2008 10:04
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] AlertMe - Gadget Show
>
> My wife bought an Actifry and she loves it. However, she had already
> gone down the low fat cooking road before she bought it and was oven
> roasting chips to reduce the fat content (spraying oil over the
chips).
>
> The actifry doesn't make chips like a normal deep fat fryer and this
> puts some people off.  It takes about 20-30 minutes to cook the chips
> from cold, the actifry doesn't need warming up like a conventional
> fryer. The colour of the chips isn't as golden as with a deep fat
> fryer,
> but I think this can be determined by the choice of potato, the
> preparation and the cooking time. It was interesting to read that
> Which?
> didn't give it a rave review, but I suspect that was because their
> testers expected it to replicate deep fat fried chips.
>
> My wife also cooks roast potatoes and roasted vegetables in it, which
> come out ok.
>
> It is expensive, but if you are heading down the low fat cooking road
> but want to retain some of the high fat treats (chips), then this does
> a
> good job.
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> Paul Gale wrote:
> > The CCTV system didn't do too well!
> >
> > What really annoyed me was the kitchen gadget feature - they had
one
> of those actifry fryers and didn't mention the results at all!
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Mark McCall
> >> Sent: 29 April 2008 09:17
> >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [ukha_d] AlertMe - Gadget Show
> >>
> >> Well, not surprising but it didn't tell you much.  Look out
for our
> >> review
> >> soon.
> >>
> >> M.
> >>
> >>
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