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Anyone got one? I'm thinking of buying one but am afraid I will start to deep fry anything that can be! Home made scotch eggs are on my agenda, all chips will end up fried, with the oven ones made redundant...Home made batter for the cod..Where will it end apart from a potential heart attack?
What are the pros and cons? For example, how often do you need to change the oil? TIA
What are the pros and cons? For example, how often do you need to change the oil? TIA
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Bought a great little one at christmas , Cookworks from Argos Just perfect for one person & looks quite cool too in silver & black
Only use it for fries really & the odd chicken bits but are 100 times better than any oven chips , had a few years of them , yuk ! as you say the oil's the only problem , changed it last month since christmas but the amount of sludge in the bottom when you change it is quite Amazing  will change it sooner next time but still worth every single penny , fries taste gorgeous  |
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only takes 5 minutes , hate using the oven really for anything , like to use the hob to fry on instead
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allow myself fried chips once a week.
Going to attempt to make my own french fries in the near future |
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I've discovered Lidl do the Best Fries Pug
or Pomme Frittes as they like to call them  Do a huge 2.5 kg bag for £1.36 |
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i usually get mine from m an s. 2quid for 1kg but they have to try the ones from lidl moonbeam.
Thats a really good deal. |
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We've got an Actifry. It's the healthy way to fry chips.
You put the chips in with a spoonful of oil and cook them for twenty minutes. The chips come out crispy and golden and taste awful. You'll soon give up eating chips. I suppose that's where the health benefit comes from. |
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does the actifry work for both fresh and frozen chips?
I only have chips once a week so prob couldnt justify paying the money for an actifry |
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You'll soon give up eating chips.
 Nahh Love my pomme Frittes too much !!! |
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yep it is Pug
I always used to buy the best ones in Asda , special fries for like £2 odd bag & only 750g , but since buying these i realize just how much i've been ripped off over the years ... Cheap as Chips as they say  |
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they do a nice small bag for 69p too !!
Harvest basket fries |
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does the actifry work for both fresh and frozen chips?
Yes it oven chips okay as well. |
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I spend tons on beer , tobacco , junk etc
Gamble around $5,000 per day but am just so chuffed i've discovered my 69p bag of fries  |
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You just wash the removable bowl and paddle after you use it.
We stick them in the dishwasher. There's a cheaper one on the market. It's built sturdier than the Actifry, but it smashes up the chips and turns them to pulp. We sent it back and changed it for the Actifry, at least the Actifry works. |
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BUY THE COOKWORKS *NAP*
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I paid £15 (half price)
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moonbeam i am going to go to lidl next wk and pick some up.
Becoming more and more p1ssed of with tesco. They are decent for milk and bread etc but they never seem to have anything in that i am wanting. I do like the beef mince tho. 2 quid for 500grams. JAre lidl good for mince and other meat? |
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Yep , they're really very good Pug , i'm surprised , get all my sausage , bacon etc from there regularly , they do lovely fresh bread 15p mini baguettes , and freezers full of fresh meat , some isn't a bargain but they do some great stuff like big bags of chicken drumsticks for £3
Nice pizzas too , first time i went in i thought they were £2.79 each , so left them for weeks , then realized they were boxes of 3 !!  My fav are the double pepperoni singles for 99p though (full sized) Milk 95p It's a v good shop & helps as is only round the corner so enjoy walking there & back , only really used my car for shopping so there's 1k per year i save already |
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Mc Moonbeam,
If your doctor finds out about that lot he'll put you on a diet of Statin sandwiches. |
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all he ever asks is how much i smoke
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Pug i only ever peel my own chips and do them that way, quite tasty and usually my hangover food if able to eat, r the frozen ones much better?
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you peel Chips , Hungover ......................... 69p bag kid
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frozen chips are great bhoys. I only eat french fries.
Got a bag of maris piper potatoes earlier. That will do me for 5 days. Mashed potato and roast potatoes on the menu |
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roast potatoes are the business!
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Yea mate i buy maris pipers also, great spuds, what bag u get 3kg? Roasties r class mate but does it not cost u a bomb on elec making them?
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Boil the feckers first
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I've always found them easier to clean (well the wife has) if you use beef dripping instead of oil. Oil tends to coagulate and go lumpy after a couple of uses.
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2.5kg for 2quid at tesco mate
roosters are the best and am going to start buying them again. Need to cook in over for an hour in oven. I dont know how much elec it costs i could boil them for 20mins and then fry them in olive oil for 10mins to get them crispy. Fairly healthy too. Would save me in elec aswell |
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Never tried roosters, i hardly use the oven mate as its way to expensive, usually use a goerge forman grill or steamer. so u boil them then deep fat fry them? surly thats not healthy at all?
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have you never heard of double or triple cooked chips?
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^^^ posh u BB
 £4.00 a portion in fancy gastro pub |
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i usually do mine in oven
but an idea could be to gently frying them in olive oil. As this is a healthy oil. Nothing like vegetable or sunflower oil which are bad fats. How do u make roast potatoes bhoys? |
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Havnt in a while pug but usually boil them for about 20 -25 mins, take out of steamer, put butter on them and do them in the oven until crispy brown, but that would cost a fair bit on elec
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you could buy frozen potatoes and they would only take half hour. But fresh are sn much better
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Nah mate i only eat fresh stuff, usually buy fresh stuff then freeze it, how much u spend on eleccy a week mate?
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around 10 a week on lec and 5 on gas at moment
in winter its usually closer to 10 a week on gas |
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Thats a lot mate,
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average monthly bill for a flat is £57 so it seems fair enough
How much are u in total? |
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About 45 - 48 depending how often i go on the pi ss lol, If im on the drink id only be watching tv and listening to tunes if home,
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