That would certainly improve the odor issue

I used to have one but (a) it never contained the fry oil smell, so my whole place reeked of fryer, and (b) the convenience was making it too easy and I was eating way too much deep fried food.

It’s pretty close. There’s probably something to being closer to the heating element. But as far as I can tell, my “air fry” setting is just radiant dry heat and a convection fan, i.e. a convection oven.

They are 100% tiny convection ovens, if you have a convection toaster oven you do not need an air fryer whatsoever. If you do not have a countertop size convection oven, they’re useful tools. But they’re not necessary by any means.

There’s probably a tremendous number of people who haven’t heard that ridiculous (and ridiculously amusing) song. Are you allowed to link to it?

In 15 years of non-commercial cooking, I too made mozzarella sticks from scratch precisely once. They were good, but they weren’t better, and if they’re not better why not use the frozen ones?

I find they are if you deep fry them. Like the restaurant does. Which I do. Because having perfected this process in a cast iron pot, I can never go back.

Every one of these points is true. The sheer number of buffs and debuffs you have to manage for your stamina to do anything are, in my opinion, a little much. If night weren’t quite so punitive, or if stamina regen was always at the rested level, or if better foods increased your stamina regen and not just your pool,…

If you chuck it into the ocean it disappears immediately

Is it the “right” thing though? Your points about EA and Microsoft moving back to the Steam store illustrate the tremendous marketing and distribution value that the centralized major app platforms offer to the partners. EA and Microsoft are textbook examples of companies more than big enough to directly distribute…

Because the experiential data shows that the marketing and exposure value of Google’s Play store is wildly important. Epic tried JUST what you’re describing—offering a direct download link to install Fornite on Android—and got miniscule user adoption. They relented, put it in the Google Play store, and suddenly…

A staggeringly high percentage of legislation starts that way, yes. Industry groups, whether registered lobbyists, trade organizations, “think tanks,” or whatever, will draft a bill they want proposed, then go to legislators whose politics are friendly to that bill.

“My opinion is relevant here” “Yours is not”

Whatever you have that’s closest to how it originally cooked. So, baked on stone or steel is great; cast iron skillet covered on the stove is a MUCH easier way to simulate baked-on-metal environment if you’re just heating a slice.

you know what, just forget it

It’s sourdough, it was always sourdough.

I often use tomato paste (from a tube cause you only need a little) as a condiment to italian themed sandwiches if I do not have fresh tomatoes on hand. Tomato paste and some italian seasoning will take a normal turkey and cheese sandwich and make it absolutely POP. Works killer with mozzarella and prosciutto as…

This has always been my thought too—that a much lower price point would have many, many more legal customers.

In ME2’s end, if all your companions eat it (heh), the only person left is Joker—the happy-go-lucky jokey type turned deeply solemn by grim circumstance, lamenting the death of literally all of his friends. Only thing that’s missing is the cupcake head.

I absolutely love that they still have standard rechargeable batteries. A four-pack of Eneloops means my controller is never dead, ever. Can’t say that about any other cordless electric device in my house/life anymore.