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Subject: Re: Reheating. Microwave vs Air Fryer
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 20:04:46 -0000 (UTC)
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Ed P wrote:

> On 2/27/2025 9:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2025-02-27 8:52 p.m., Ed P wrote:
> > > We bought our first microwave about the mid 1980s.  Nifty cooking
> > > machine, great for veggies and, of course, reheating leftovers.
> > > 
> > > About a year ago, I bought an air fryer.  I hesitated, not know
> > > if I'd  really use it and like it.  Turns out, I use it a couple
> > > of times a  week, including reheating.
> > 
> > We held off on getting an air fryer because I thought we wouldn't
> > use it  much. It ended up staying out on the counter because we
> > used it 3-4  times a week.  We bought one for our son for
> > Christmas. I got the  Cuisinart model that my friend liked. He
> > loves it and uses it almost  every day. He told be we should get
> > rid of our not so  old one and get  the same on we bought for him.
> > 
> 
> The one I have is the basket type.  Some look more like a toaster
> oven. I don't know which is better but unless mine breaks, it works
> for me so no reason to change.

Same here, basket type.  Super small size.  Since it's normally just
the 2 of us, it's fine.  Right now it's on the floor under the claw
footed china cabinet as the verticle rotisserie is in it's space.

A 4.75lb whole chicken spinning about.  It's making planned leftovers
after first dinner, so expect a lot of chicken to sneak in the recipes
for a bit.