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Old February 2nd, 2007, 08:23 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb,rec.food.historic
Jbuch
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Default ... a George Foreman grill?

Roger Zoul wrote:
Jbuch wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: Opinicus wrote:
::::: "Utter Simpleton" wrote in message
::::: . ..
:::::: Can you cook
:::::
::::: I've seen this referenced a lot.
:::::
::::: "George Foreman himself has made over $150 million from the sales
::::: of the grills"
::::: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman_Grill
:::::
::::: What exactly was the relationship between this pugilist and a
::::: cooking device?
:::
::: After Foreman got beat down by Ali, he got really angry & went into
::: depression for many years. After that, he reemerged with a big
::: smile. His entired attitude changed. He became a ring-side expert
::: commentator at HBO boxing events. People noticed that smile.
::: Because he was well known and had that smile, IMO, he was picked
::: to help market those grills. Of course, you could see the fat
::: rolling off the grill into the little tray, so that naturally meant
::: that it had to make eating a fat steak more healthy. Of course,
::: college students like grills and so do many of us. Lots of us here
::: own or have owned one of these, I'd bet. I rarely use mine now
::: because it's such a damn pain to clean.
:::
:::
::
::
:: There are newer George Foreman grills which are easier to clean.
::
:: They feature grilling plates that detatch from the unit for cleaning.
:: So, you can unclip them and wash these teflon coated corrugated
:: aluminum plates very easily.

Yeah, I've heard of these....I take it (from below) that you'd recommend
this item?



I guess I mislead you. I only have the old George Foreman grill, not
the new. My cleaning instructions below were for the Old Grill. It is
pretty easy cleaning with the moistened - soaped paper towels used just
after shutting off of the grill. And the spray soap and water. (and a
plastic "scrubby")





I do like how easy it is to cook with them....just set the timer and temp
and let it go...kinda nice, and if clean up isn't bad...it could be useful
for us meateaters. Of course, one can put veggies on there too.

Have you tried cooking a LC waffle on it? Hmm.....


I barely dare to cook LC pancakes. They go down so goood. And it is easy
to cook and eat too many.


::
:: PROGRESS
::
:: In the 1940's, after WWII, my Dad bought my Mom an electric
:: grill/waffle maker.
::
:: The waffle plates were detachable from the electric grill for easy
:: cleaning in the sink.
::
::
::
:: These "NEW" EZ To Clean George Foreman Grills use technology and
:: basic designs over 50 years old.
::
:: All kinds of old things get rediscovered, don't they?
::
:: :-)
::
:: While still hot, I would take maybe 4 layers of paper towels
:: saturated with soapy water and lay them into the just unplugged
:: grill. The heat, water, soap and steam would make the grill almost
:: EZ to wipe clean when it had cooled down.
::
:: If you had a empty nice sink or a shallow dishpan, you could do final
:: fast cleaning with a spray of soapy water over the grill surfaces
:: while it was in the dishpan or sink. You would never get enough
:: waste water buildup to short circuit any of the insides.
::
:: Almost never did I have to use that teflon grooved scraper thing.
::
:: I use it mostly in the summer when I don't want to heat up the
:: kitchen with the overn or gas burner flame.
::
:: Did you know there was also a George Foreman Chicken Roaster? Worked
:: nicely, didn't heat the house, but was a bitch to clean because it
:: didn't have removable heater plates - that 50+ year old technology.
::
:: Jim