Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:56:22 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <25f4ce0df00f34ba0ff392f4feee9c6f@www.novabbs.com> <3quLP.2615039$TBhc.2226724@fx16.iad> <3vzLP.2654068$TBhc.2504012@fx16.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="550488"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="AavXjt7AwjWvm7VrkwNeBrMN1GfzJEBOXDiOe+uL+k4"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: 963adf60b7845d20201794d96a50d19bb0e3bdf4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$SV.HXvQLiYWPm8HpN27TIOZcm7NG89sXH5Cf2mwPPaF2D6uvL0YMK On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 1:36:20 +0000, Dave Smith wrote: > On 2025-04-15 5:15 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote: >> >> On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:40:32 +0000, Dave Smith wrote: >>> >>> After heart surgery I had a session with a cardiac dietitian who told me >>> I should never eat wings. She explained about the about of fat in the >>> wings, the fat they are fried in, the likelihood of trans fats. >>> >>> >> I'd think doing them in the air fryer would pretty much >> eliminate the fat in the wings plus they'd only get a >> spritz of fat to crisp and brown them.  Any fat in the >> wings would drip off and this is assuming no breading >> on the wings as well.  Just do them like the ones in >> Leo's photo.  Naked but spiced up. >> > > The thing about fat and chicken wings is that the fat in chicken in > under the skin and there is a lot of skin for unit volume. Maybe > pricking them would render fat out to help crisp it up. Maybe I should > try it in my new air fryer. There is more room to spread them out than > there had been in the old one. > > I would think pricking the skin would release the fat under the skin. If you do this method, report back and let us know if you can detect any less fat. --