Sometimes the work around saves me, sometimes it’s a big fat fail.
So you know we got an air fryer and I’ve been trying some stuff out in there. Sure, it makes awesome tater tots and waffle fries and probably chicken nuggets, I wouldn’t know, but I’m trying to master using it for real food. There is potential here, I know it!
Anyway, after only one misstep I stumbled across the warning online that you shouldn’t spray Pam nonstick spray into the basket because something in the aerosol damages the basket material. I kinda think that warning should have been in the air fryer manual – yes, I’m one of those dorks who actually reads the manual for new appliances – but bygones. Once I knew I looked for the work around.
I’d previously bought an olive oil mister that I figured would work, until I pulled it out of the cabinet and got a big fat nothing when I pressed the pump. Nada. Yikes. I knew I needed to buy a new spray bottle/mister thing except we’ve kind of had some stuff going on so things slip through the cracks. Big surprise, a new olive oil mister was one of them. So when I decided to make fried chicken in the air fryer and realized I still hadn’t ordered the new mister it was time to find work around #3. Enter the dollar store spray bottle.
You know those little plastic things you fill with water to spritz your plants with? Well, we typically use ours to train Gracie (bwahahahaha!!) or Mia (double bwahahahaha!!) but you might use them on plants. Anyway, that was my plan #3. Pour in some olive oil and spritz away. This should work, right? Well yeah…in concept. Except it turns out I had chosen a spray bottle that only had a stream function, not a spray function. No bueno.
So basically instead of a light mist of oil over the cooking surface and flour coated chicken I had a full on assault. Oil the basket – POW POW POW! Spray the chicken – POW POW POW! They say half the battle is having the right tool and boy, were they ever right.
Linda hosts Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This week’s prompt is “spay/splay/spray.” Use one, use two, use ’em all, it’s up to you. Have fun!
Ha, ha! Your posts are so animated! Thanks for the entertaining news!
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🙂 Thank you. Hope you’re having a good weekend!
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Years ago I was upgrading to Windows Me (so I guess it was 20 years ago), and I had a problem that I knew I could solve by doing a full install rather than an upgrade. Problem was, I didn’t know how to make that happen, so I read the manual over and over and couldn’t find how to do it. So, I called Microsoft and asked one of them. I told the guy I couldn’t find the instructions on how to do a full install rather than an upgrade. The guy was shocked to learn that someone actually read the manual…
Air fryers are great. One of the functions of our Breville oven is to air fry, and tater tots have never tasted better…
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Oh man, isn’t that the truth. Tater tots from the oven NEVER tasted like this or we would have had them at every meal! It’s nice to run across another manual reader. 🙂
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I worked in IT for most of my career, and learned “RTFM” early on…
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Best wishes on the air fryer. I will be interested in how it all works.
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Fingers crossed, John. I’m pretty stubborn about these things…
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😊
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And you can make smores in there too. … once you clean up the mess from the first three tries and figure out the timing and other ‘minor’ adjustments. Oh and find the internet reference that says “don’t try this at home ! “
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S’mores is an interesting thought…saw a video of a guy who put a Twinkie in there, too. 😆
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Haha! Fight on Laura. You’ll win in the end.
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Yep!
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😄👍👍👍
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You are my cooking guru. What you try and I will be only a few days behind…..
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What a wonderful compliment! 🙂
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Trying to hit the little wired probably improved your aim. “Dead-eye Laura, she can oil your nose from 20 paces.”
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Well, it improved my intentions anyway. “A little right there — whoops! No, right there — WHOOPS!” Let’s just say I’ve washed it three times and it’s still a bit oily in there.
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I admire how you are trying, to the best of your ability, to conquer your air fryer. With your can-do spirit and the right tools I’ve no doubt you’ll reign victorious… some day.
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Some day is right. Tempered expectations is the key to keeping a level head. 😉
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