Should I go microwave free and buy an air fryer?

[Drago]

Im the only hot drink comsumer in the house. In the morning I boil the kettle, make my first coffee, and pour the remaining hot water into a Stanley flask. Thats gives me sufficient hot water for another coffee and a couple of cups of Earl Grey without having to consume more electrons.

 

[Dave7]

Accy.
I have read the book and got the tee shirt.
After my wife died I moved from a gaff with 4 beds, 2 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen and utility room to this very errhh compact flat.
Things i did (and should help you) are
1. Seriously de clutter. Get a friend/relative to help as they can be more ruthless than you eg 12 pairs of shoes....really?
2. Get extra sockets by adding to the existing ones. You don't need an electrician, just a handy man.
3. Put a shelf above the work surface, it really helps.
4. I don't have an oven (it won't fit). What i bought were........
A) a 2 draw air fryer. Dead easy. Google will instantly give you cooking times etc. I use mine every day.
B) a Ninja toaster/grill.......I can now do cheese on toast with one utensil
C) a single hob induction cooker plus 3 stacking pans =wok, fryer and 8" pan
D) microwave. Handy for many things in tandem with the air fryer.

Do get help to de clutter.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

We have a Ninja air fryer and it works well

main thing is that it has a temperature probe and you can set it up to cook to a certain temperature


which is great for things like chicken

 

[CentralCommuter]

Im the only hot drink comsumer in the house. In the morning I boil the kettle, make my first coffee, and pour the remaining hot water into a Stanley flask. Thats gives me sufficient hot water for another coffee and a couple of cups of Earl Grey without having to consume more electrons.

This is mental. You’ve worked hard, you are an accomplished man, at the very least you deserve freshly boiled water for your coffee and Earl Greys!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

This is mental. You’ve worked hard, you are an accomplished man, at the very least you deserve freshly boiled water for your coffee and Earl Greys!

No No No

for coffee you should really use water that is off the boil - slightly lower temperature

Personally, I set the kettle to about 80 degrees for it

clearly tea - of any kind - requires proper boiling water

Hope this helps

 

[Webbo2]

We don’t have a microwave or air fryer. When we had a microwave it tended only get used for defrosting things, so we haven’t bothered since we moved. As for an air fryer I’m not sure if you can get one big enough for the amounts I cook.😂

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Get two sticks and go cave man diet. Cheap, efficient, no electric required.

 

[CentralCommuter]

No No No

for coffee you should really use water that is off the boil - slightly lower temperature

Personally, I set the kettle to about 80 degrees for it

clearly tea - of any kind - requires proper boiling water

Hope this helps

You can set the temperature of your kettle?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

You can set the temperature of your kettle?

Of course - can't everyone????

Actually it has the on/off switch and 4 buttons
the buttons set it to switch off at 90 80 70 or 60 rather than the default of 100

I think it is for different varieties of posh drink
most of which don't need it

one if for Green Tea - my wife can deliver a 4 hours lecture on how Green Tea needs boiling water
give her a bit of notice and she will include Powerpoint slides!!!!

 

[AndyRM]

Accy.
I have read the book and got the tee shirt.
After my wife died I moved from a gaff with 4 beds, 2 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen and utility room to this very errhh compact flat.
Things i did (and should help you) are
1. Seriously de clutter. Get a friend/relative to help as they can be more ruthless than you eg 12 pairs of shoes....really?
2. Get extra sockets by adding to the existing ones. You don't need an electrician, just a handy man.
3. Put a shelf above the work surface, it really helps.
4. I don't have an oven (it won't fit). What i bought were........
A) a 2 draw air fryer. Dead easy. Google will instantly give you cooking times etc. I use mine every day.
B) a Ninja toaster/grill.......I can now do cheese on toast with one utensil
C) a single hob induction cooker plus 3 stacking pans =wok, fryer and 8" pan
D) microwave. Handy for many things in tandem with the air fryer.

Do get help to de clutter.

Cannot echo the decluttering thing enough. It helps clear your mind massively.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

give her a bit of notice and she will include Powerpoint slides!!!!

Your kettle does PowerPoint slides ? 😳

 

[Dave7]

Cannot echo the decluttering thing enough. It helps clear your mind massively.

Yes, I enlisted my daughters help.
There are (very) occasionally times when I think "i could do with xyz right now" but it did make life so much easier.

 

[Dave7]

No No No

for coffee you should really use water that is off the boil - slightly lower temperature

Personally, I set the kettle to about 80 degrees for it

clearly tea - of any kind - requires proper boiling water

Hope this helps

Some "experts" have a different opinion for coffee granules........as per the following.

No. Instant coffee is simply brewed coffee that has been specially dehydrated, often through freeze-drying, and has had some things added to enhance flavors and discourage clumping. The temperature of the water you use is largely irrelevant. Once you push the temperature past 200 (F) or so, you might prematurely drive off some aromatics, but I do not think anyone but a super-taster would notice (although, I do not know of a super-taster who would subject themselves to tasting instant coffee). If you make a cup at, say 201 degrees and one at 212 (boiling), and you let them cool down so you didn’t burn your lips and tongue, I do not believe you’d detect any difference in flavors.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Im the only hot drink comsumer in the house. In the morning I boil the kettle, make my first coffee, and pour the remaining hot water into a Stanley flask. Thats gives me sufficient hot water for another coffee and a couple of cups of Earl Grey without having to consume more electrons.

I could understand using the flask if going out, but not if staying in.

I simply boil what I need, pouring with ~10sec delay for coffee.

But where I don't follow convention, is I then refill to anticipated requirements with tap water, that then gets warmed by the warm element and so needs less electric to boil next time (typically in an hour or so, with last caffeine no later than 1700).

 

[wiggydiggy]

How about a fire pit and a spit roast?



Mind how you go searching for spit roasts online though!