Hair (Air) Pliers (Fryers)

[blombluss]

I'm pondering buying a cheapo one (£40-£50) as a Chrimbo gift for a relative. Has anyone got any cheapo air fryer experiences they can share with me, please? Ta!

[dng]

I do not. sorry

[dng]

i'm kind of scared of ovens really

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putting things inside them and just waiting

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its unnatural

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give me a pot you can stir and watch and prod and occassionally jab a spoon in and slurp from just check its not all gone wrong

[blombluss]

A pot is a gateway drug to using a large cauldron, David.

[blombluss]

i'm kind of scared of ovens really

I like ovens, it's woks that scare me. They're like unruly frying pans.

[dng]

I would bloody love a cauldron

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Sitting there stirring it all day in my ramshackle hut in the woods

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cackling occasionally

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only ever talking to crows

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Anyway I think you should probably buy this air fryer homfrus

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before they outlaw air

[vom]

I have never air fried. People get a bit too enthusiastic about them and I find it unsettling, like they're trying to get me to join a cult

I also feel this way about most television programmes though so it's possible the problem is with me

[dng]

Imagine a television programme about air frying

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All seething intensity and well acted despair

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77 baftas and whatever those american baftas are called i've forgotten now

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Emmys?

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emmys

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(nemis)

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the third series being a disappointment and then the fourth being a return to form

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the fifth series has been cancelled

[blombluss]

Anyway I think you should probably buy this air fryer homfrus

I think all your talk of cackling and crows has convinced me to buy it! You truly are the consumers friend!

[blombluss]

I have never air fried. People get a bit too enthusiastic about them and I find it unsettling, like they're trying to get me to join a cult

I also feel this way about most television programmes though so it's possible the problem is with me

I know exactly what you mean, Vom. I'm very much the same!

Also, if there is an air fryer cult, I hope their place of worship is styled along the lines of the device.

[Pual]

We have a combined air fry/pressure cooker thing. It’s quite good I guess. You can pressure cook a chicken then fry it and it’s done in about 45 minutes.

[Pual]

And it beeps a lot too.

[blombluss]

Much beeping is good. As is bleeping.

[richschnauzer]

we have a cheap Gino D'Acampo one we got from Asda. It's ok - it is basically just a very highpowered fan oven. But it makes bacon v crispy so all good.

[blombluss]

Ta for the info Richvuss! *thumbs up*

[blombluss]

I ended up buying a £50 one off of Amazon, and that's my Chrimbot shoopping all done and dusted!

Now I can get back to the important business of reading early 80s home computer magazines via archive.org!

[dng]

but only the christmas editions

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or chrimbo, as games magazines always seemed to call it

[endar]

Merry Chrimbo, Spec-chums!

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shudder

[endar]

correct response

[blombluss]

On the first day of Christmas,
my parents gave to me
An Oric-1 in a pear tree.

[Gravid]

I put air fryers in the same category as video doorbells and smart speakers, which is to say things that were invented/popularised after my technology adoption cut-off date (1 January 2014) and therefore something I will never own or understand or attempt to understand.

[dng]

an air fryers just a miniature oven

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like one of those pretend kitchens for children that were heated by lightbulbs (only ever seen in the 80s, in the argos catalogue, at christmas)

[vom]

I am the same on air fryers and video doorbell but somehow I've ended up with three smart speakers

[blombluss]

I want a video doorbell air fryer that tells me who's at the door whilst cooking me chips at the same time.

[An Unicorn]

We got one, and while we don't use it for frying much, it is very useful for all the small heatings of mini pizzas or broiling sandwiches or reheating various leftovers.