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A Veggie Venture emailed the UK's bloggers yesterday in an attempt to discover what this 'Made in England' piece of kitchen equipement is.
I have no idea at all. It has a funnel thing in the middle that looks like some sort of steam-type thingie; but then it's in a frying pan. And where does the water go?
I have just re-checked the Veggie Venture post. The answer is there if you need to look, posted by some kind soul who actually owns one. Wonder if she uses it?
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7-11-2006 @8:14PM wicks said... i have seen ceramic steamers like that, and i would assume you use it ala the double boiler and the internal vent shaft is for allowing steam to enter the chamber.
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7-12-2006 @4:50AM Multi said... As I recall as a child, this used to be on tv as an infomercial as a 'steam fryer' I think. I always wondered how on earth it was supposed to work, but apparently the infomercial would try to get you to believe that by convection or something, steam would perfectly fry your food, like fried chicken, without any need for oil. Only water. It doesn't make any logical sense, which is probably why you don't see the commercial anymore.
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7-12-2006 @12:06PM rainey said... I was going to post the same thing as Multi. I wasn't paying much attention to those infomercials but I think that center column was supposed to be a venturi that created the convection effect on food "fried" without oil. Those infomercials haven't aired in the US for *years*.
Interesting that in England where it was made they had a different application that sounds much more convincing and useful.
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7-12-2006 @2:03PM Don said... I seem to vaguely remember these from infomercials too.. I don't remember it using any water tho. You just set it on top of your burner and convection would 'fry' all your foods without oil (or water)
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