French fries and other fritters

I've recently learned how to do french fries (potatoes) in the oven. It's so simple and they come out crispy and taste so good. Some people complained that theirs didn't turn out to suit them and tasted too starchy. The secret is that after cutting the potatoes in the shapes you want; wedges, sticks, or the really thin sticks, soak them in a bowl of cold water for about thrity minutes. Drain. Line a baking sheet with paper towels and dry the potatoes with more paper towels. Then add salt, pepper, and sugar and oil. Toss it all in the bowl and then put 'em back on the baking pan and bake for 15-20 minutes at 450-475 degree oven. You'll have to turn them half way through. After doing the potatoes, I've done other veggies; mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, and even rutabaga and parsnips with onions and bell peppers. Shake different spices on it all; garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, rosemary....whatever strikes your fancy. I started doing things this way because I was becomiing concerned about all of the fried foods I'd been eating. I love 'em. But I'd like to live long enough to enjoy all kinds of food. So I've changed my cooking methods quite a bit.

Hello Marguicha. In my home country for one hundred and fifty pounds or more it is possible to buy an air dryer. In you have one you put in a spoon full of cooking oil before doing home cut french fries. If you use frozen french fries you don't have to an any cooking oil. I did consider buying one but it would have been an expensive stretch financially. I was given a microwave chip plate. I put a hand full of frozen chips on it after preheating it for 2 minutes. The chips come out and my kids or guests eat them up readily. In my home country in a supermarket it is possible to buy a pack of four boxes of microwavable chips. They come in straight cut and crinkle cut. I like to cook small round things which are made from potato and onion. I keep frozen ones in my freezer and then cook them in my oven. I like some of those and a mixed salad. I eat fried chips occasionally and add plenty of vinegar. I wish to keep my weight the same or lose more weight.

hi marguicha oh es I just d o not think french fires would taste as good not fried in oil as that gets them that crispy golden brown that we all love. I know too much oil is not good for us but it sure does make fries taste delicious. here at Gold Crest retirement Center they oven bake them and sometimes they are really tasty and sometimes they are not and just limp which is not crispy like I like them lol

I'm not an incredibly big fan of deep fried food but for certain food it is really the only way to cook it. I remember seeing those cooking chamber things that you are talking about that gives you deep fried style food without using any oil. I think that it is a great idea because even though people know that deep fried food is bad for them they still want to eat it so they need an easy way around the bad part of eating bad food. I don't really like fried food because I know that it is bad for you. Not only is there a lot of fat in it but there is also other toxins from how hot the oil is heated up to as well.

I love to eat fried food that's why I'm overweight..LOL.I really wanted to change my food intake style for health reasons but I really can't help not to try fried food.. It is really hard to switch to a healthy food intake.. really hard.. Hope I can do it also...

I do eat fried food, but i cant really say am the greatest fan.Instead i really like baked foods especially cakes and bread i don't know how to avoid them because i crave them badly.

I like french fries very much. Sometimes I made french fries at home .

Hi marguicha, it is always better to take oil free food. Oil free foods are healthy. Oily foods are the main reason for heart disease and diabetes. You need not to have machine to cook oil free food. First you put a pan on a oven with some slices of tomatoes and onions. Then water will come out. Then you put food items on your pan. Food items may be vegetable or meat(not red meat}. When water dried up pour few drops of water on the pan. Do it continuously till the food is prepared. It is easy to fry all sorts of food by same way. But without tomatoes and onions.

The fat is something that I avoid but I do love fried foods. I must get some discipline and stop eating them as I have put on weight

Actually some food taste when they are made through some old ways so if something is to be fried it is to be fried for the real taste..I do eat fried things sometimes not always because I am also conscious about managing weight and do not want to accumulate much flabs..But yes we I mean our family eats french fries the fried way some times ..

I love fried food such as French fries, bread fries, fish fries ect...However, I also worry about my weight. So, I try to eat them as little as possible.

for me when i have something to fry of course oil is the best way to use for cooking of fry food,and the amount of the oil is also strictly depend upon the food that i cook,if it is pork of course its minimal only but if it is vegetable i put a little bit of oil.

is it more on psychological thing.. I mean if you just thought that if it fries it should be deep fried. I think it is something your brain is telling you it is better tasting when it is deep fry. I don't know am not sure. but yes French Fries who will beat that.

I can't avoid it

hi marguicha. as much as possible i try to stay away from fried foods. i usually eat grilled food or steamed food. if i do eat fried food, i usually use olive oil to fry it. sometimes i use the food natural oil to cook it and i do not add anymore oil. i agree that there are certain foods that should be fried. otherwise, it wouldn't taste as good. i'm very much like you, i eat fried food once in awhile usually during weekends which are my cheat days. cheers and happy mylotting. cheers!!!

Honestly, I'm not the type of person that really eats all that much fried food simply because of the fact that it isn't something that I'm a big fan of. I mean there are some times that I will get an order of french fries or I might enjoy some fried mushrooms or something like that, but for the most part I would rather have the foods that I want to enjoy baked. Now this contraption that you are talking about your niece having does sound like something really interesting.

I do love friend food but I try to control myself in eating and preparing food for my family cooked that way. I can just imagine how it must have tasted the way it was being not fried at all. Although, I do place in an oven hotdogs and nuggets to get rid of using oil. Those food, my kids can tolerate.

that is great to eat and also with the great range of taste and delicious content ,i am always in for french fries with hot sauce

I can't handle fried foods. They look so good, but when I eat them, they do not agree with me. The most I love are fries and onion rings. Sometimes, I like to just bake things in a toaster oven and then pour oil on them when they come out. That is actually better for you, as raw oil is better for you than oil that has been heated in a fryer, or at least that is what I was told. But I just do not feel healthy after eating fried foods so do not, but I will say they do smell heavenly!

I am interested in what this "big machine that fried things without oil" is? It sounds interesting as I have had the little household deep fryers before and they do the job alright, but are really more of a hassle then they are worth. Do you know what it was that she was using to cook with?