Fryin' the air

Amazon has a new thing where they love to deliver during the hour and a half/two hours I'm at the pool. (Meaning before 9:30am) The whole rest of the day, I'm here - or at the very least by my phone to buz them in the door. But, lately, when I get out of the pool, my phone says I missed a call from the Front Door which is, of course, Amazon. So far, they've managed to find a way into the building so they can leave the package so no biggie. But, weird.

Today my new air fryer was waiting for me in a gynormous box. I haven't unpacked it yet but I'm worried about how big it's going to be. All these things - the ice maker, the air fryer - look so nice and small in the pictures :)

Monday Night Football does not travel cheap. The stadium parking lot is full of semi trailer trucks all loaded up and ready to head out to where ever next Monday night's game. What an operation. Wow.

There are no clouds today at least not so far. They sun was blinding in the pool today. I really need to find me some sunglass type goggles.

I think I'll go unpack that fryer. It's not getting any smaller. But, my kitchen counter seems to be. The toaster oven may have to retire.

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I'll start with a correction. All those semis were not the Monday Night Football crew. They, apparently, snuck away in the middle of the night. The semis are for the auto show which starts Thursday and is a PIA of unloading. And will be again when the show is over (Sunday?). But, what evs.

I discovered this when I made a run to the grocery stores for fryables. I had some frozen breaded okra in the freezer and I used those to test out the new fryer at lunch. WIN!! I tried them naked for 12 minutes. I think they need a splash/spray of oil and maybe 10 minutes. But, the concept is solid. And easy. And... really most importantly in my case... NOT smelly! I love fried foods. I hate the smell of food frying. Plus, I have no outside vent in my kitchen so the smell makes itself at home and stays for days.

I went to the Cash and Carry, which is where delis and small cafes shop for groceries. And I got more breaded okra, some breaded calamari and some frozen potstickers. Then on to Grocery Outlet which is nearly next door where I got frozen fries and popcorn chicken. I'm going to run this thing through its paces!

The gynormous box turned out to house not only the fryer which is big but not nearly as big as I thought PLUS six large boxes of Klenex. I was relieved. It is nicely purple (it looks blue here because the cabinet under mount lights are blue) and does fit under the counter. So I think the toaster oven is safe for now. (And the nugget ice maker has a permanent spot. I love it!



This is the exact one I got. I'm not at all sure it's the best OR that it even matters. I couldn't find any reviews/comparisons with any really strong recommendations.

I did get a couple of dolls done but it got hot back in the sewing room because it's hot out today! WTF? Sun and hot? Somebody's pulling a fast one and it's not at all amusing. At least now that I've given up TV news I don't have to watch the local TV twinkies squeal about what a beautiful day it was.

Tomorrow is house cleaner day and I think I'm going to take at least some of that time to make a Costco run. My toilet paper stash is getting perilously low.

air fryer update

I fucked up both the french fries and the calamari but even so, they were great! Crispy on the outside and nice on the inside. The trick to this fryer is figuring out timing.

Frozen French Fries take about 10 minutes I think as does calamari. Maybe everything takes 10 minutes. More testing to come. But, clearly I have stumbled over yet another miracle! I love kitchen tech.