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Post by dredmorbius »

slothtrop wrote: post #430
kragen wrote: post #418

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> Is there ever an instance of this happening? your question betrays a level of callousness unworthy of a human being > the issue veers into ptsd/trauma territory if one somehow finds themselves incapable of feeding themselves yes, that is one of the numerous psychological disorders that can give rise to such serious levels of dysfunction due to anxiety there are innumerable cases of people dying as a result, includi…

> your question betrays a level of callousness unworthy of a human being It's not rhetorical, but your feeble projection onto others tells me a lot about you. Yes, how dare one question a person talking out of their ass, only a monster could do that. > kurt goedel Refused to eat food not prepared by his late wife. Obsessive irrational fear is not merely tantamount to "anxiety". Touch grass and take a break from the i…

Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

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Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by dredmorbius »

ghaff wrote: post #335
TeMPOraL wrote: post #119

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On that note, I've been wondering about the recent hype about "air fryers", which - best I can tell, after looking into it repeatedly - are basically countertop, underpowered version of fan ovens that have been, in my life, a standard appliance in every kitchen I've ever seen. But maybe it's a sign of worsening economical prospects of the generation - people no longer own, only rent, increasingly worse quality apartm…

I have an older "convection" wall oven which I think probably has something like a $10 fan added to a regular oven BOM. From what I can tell if you put the item to be cooked on a cooling rack set in a baking tray, you have something close enough to an air fryer to be no different. Of course, people in small apartments have had toaster ovens forever so maybe an air fryer is just the modern replacement for that.

You can find convection toaster ovens which are effectively air-fryers.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by slothtrop »

dredmorbius wrote: post #441
slothtrop wrote: post #430

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> your question betrays a level of callousness unworthy of a human being It's not rhetorical, but your feeble projection onto others tells me a lot about you. Yes, how dare one question a person talking out of their ass, only a monster could do that. > kurt goedel Refused to eat food not prepared by his late wife. Obsessive irrational fear is not merely tantamount to "anxiety". Touch grass and take a break from the i…

Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >

You respond to my reaction yet not the one who projected "callousness unworthy of a human being". I can't take your criticism seriously.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by dredmorbius »

slothtrop wrote: post #443
dredmorbius wrote: post #441

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Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >

You respond to my reaction yet not the one who projected "callousness unworthy of a human being". I can't take your criticism seriously.

Both criticisms may be fair.

And the HN guidelines stand regardless.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by wtfrmyinitials »

amluto wrote: post #148
doctor_eval wrote: post #78

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Just want to second this. My family of four have been waiting for more than a year for our new kitchen (long and boring story) and we’ve managed fine after buying two of these to get by. And we enjoy cooking. So if you’re just starting out this is a great buy. A full size stove will have a larger element and better heat control but you won’t notice. And they are way better than a gas camp stove.

If you upgrade to a Breville Control Freak (not cheap, but cheaper than your new kitchen) and you get used to it (it require recalibrating your concept of how to use a stove a bit), you might find that you never use your new stove in your new kitchen. The Control Freak has: Better heat control. (That’s the entire point. It smokes essentially everything else in the market.) Painless preheating. Put on your pan, turn i…

It also doubles as a (very silly) rice cooker! Add a program to bring the pan to 230 F on slow intensity followed by a 2 minute timer. This will slowly simmer the water then stop cooking right after the water is all evaporated, which is exactly the process of dedicated rice cookers.
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