Jbuch wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: Jbuch wrote:
::::: Roger Zoul wrote:
:::::: Opinicus wrote:
:::::::: "Utter Simpleton" wrote in message
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::::::::: Can you cook
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:::::::: I've seen this referenced a lot.
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:::::::: "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.
::::::
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::::: 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 guess I should have caught on when you mentioned the scapper thing...I
can't even find mine. I too start cleaning mine while it's still hot...but
I just use a soaked sponge to transfer hot soapy water from the sink to the
grill surface....using the trays to catch the spill. That works well enough
but I think it would still be much easier to just lift the grill off into
soapy water and scrub.
I don't make LC pancakes either....less than once a year, though I do have
some mix in my house that I got somewhere. They might make a treat with
some of that calorie-free syrup (which I don't use much either!) that
sitting in my frig taking up space.
Speaking of that stuff, the only "calorie free" Walden Farms products I
consistently use are the ranch dressing and the dips. The dips work for me
with berries and in my protein/sour cream dessert. Those jams I just don't
use....I still have almost full jars in the frig now. I like to put lots of
dressing on salads along with really spicy mustard.
I do remember once seeing the Chicken roaster thingie by GF. However, I
don't need another GF thingie in my house. Only one at a time!
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::: 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.
::
:::
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::::: 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