George Foreman

nobodythere

Trying to increase protein, reduce fat intake. So I've started cooking things like rashers and sausages in the George Foreman grill. It seems to be too good to be true though. I mean, they still taste delicious, but supposedly the fat is drained out of them. Is this a healthy way to reduce my fat intake, or is there still a load of fat in it?

joc_06

sausages and rashers in general are the worst of the worst cuts of meat. leftovers for dogs consumption only imo. are you a dog? then id not touch them only if they were from our own pigs and i made them. (which i often do...)

GF grills are excellent ways to prepare food but try to eat lean quality cuts of lamb pork beef chicken tuna salmon etc.
All are good sources of protein and have natural iron and nutrients that otherwise you'd have to get out of a bottle.
personally im a chicken and tuna man and maybe a lean small steak once a week.

Upto you. GF'ing saus and rashers improves them but you're still eating dirt so why bother...

stagolee

must work , look at george foreman , thin as a rake he is

banquo

The George Foreman grill rocks. best kitchen accessory i've ever used.

nobodythere

I see... did read stuff about eating chicken and tuna. Tuna makes me barf... So I guess I'm a chicken man from here on in.

dudara

Why spend your money on a GF? Really!

Get a griddle pan. Does the same job. Anything that lifts the meat out of it's own fat while cooking will do the business here. I know tonnes of men who've bought this and suddenly have turned into gourmets in the kitchen just because of this gadget. It amuses me that they couldn't cook the food in a pan.

Mind you, I'm not knocking it. I just find it amusing how many people think it's the best thing ever.

And to be honest, cooking the meat in it's own fat just makes it tastier. Just don't have buckets of it.

rubadub

There still is going to be a good bit of fat in them. I got some ham yesterday, never read the nutritional data before, just a little over 100kcal per 100g and only 2% fat, better quality cut than sausages too.

now you have the george forman grill you should think about getting the delia smith punch bag for some excercise.

GreeBo

how is a george foreman better than the regular grill that my mammy used?
I mean all the grease/fat runs out of a normal grill and ends up underneath aswell

JackieChan

GreeBo,
I suppose they are easier to clean.
Of course you can place some tin foil under a grill to catch the run off and then simply bin it after one or two uses.
No washing is then required.

Sarsfield

And the weight of the lid on top squeezes more fat out. I have a Tefal machine that does the same thing and it has a good heavy top part.

[someguy]

Funny, i never liked the taste the george forman gave food, give me a frying pan and some olive oil anyday. Just drain the excess oil out of the meat at the end

Dellgirl

The bettter cuts of meat get ruined in the GF. Its not hot enough to seal it properly and it ends up being tough. I think its grand for chichen and rashers etc but not the better cuts of meat. Thats my Monday morning two cents!

Glipmac

my family has one and they are brilliant (the formans not the family) we were thinking about gettin one of those bbqs are they any good?

and another question, why is there a gorge formans kettle? has water got any fat in it?

nobodythere

Well if his George Foreman kettle made him world boxing champion then why not:)

GreeBo

JackieChan wrote:

GreeBo,
I suppose they are easier to clean.
Of course you can place some tin foil under a grill to catch the run off and then simply bin it after one or two uses.
No washing is then required.

I used to find them a pain in the ass to clean, now I just basically scrub it under the tab and its fine...
I agree with them ruining good cuts of meat
I tried to do some nice steaks a while agoa and ended up with show leather and that was using the "Steak sear" setting :rolleyes:

Dellgirl

Steak sear" setting

Mine does not have that. I dont think so anyway.

GreeBo

Blingarella wrote:

Mine does not have that. I dont think so anyway.

ahh well mine isnt a GF, got this instead as its better value and appears to be better made (i.e not a plasticky as the GF, also has a clip on tray, which is nice )
(it was cheaper and does more)

Dellgirl

I keep reading these posts as "my girlfriend" for the GF!
Is that hotter than the GF?


It does some veggies well and toasted sarnies are great from it. Although nothing beats the shell shapes your ma made you, stuffed with cheese so they scald the mouth off you when you take a bite.

What foods does it do really well besides this to justify all the space it takes up in my teeny galley? Is it going to be the "teasmaid" of the noughties?