2019 Fall Home & Garden

Page 8 2019 Fall Home & Garden Video Magazine Lincoln Daily News Sept. 26, 2019 Our grandma’s used pressure cookers, but with less precision. The concept is to create pressure within the pot through heat. On a gas-fired range, regulating heat is sometimes challenging. With the newer electric versions, you have the choices of cooking times and the amount of pressure in the pot based on the push button options for meats, soup, rice, etc. In addition, you can tell the pot what pressure to use manually with a pressure setting key. So, is the new technology better than the old? Probably. But decide for yourself with this video. Is the Instant Pot worth it? — The Kitchen Gadget Test Show The air fryer has been around for a while now, and once you learn how to use it properly, they are a great little appliance to have around the house, especially if you are on a low fat or no fat diet. With an air fryer one uses little or no fat to produce, hopefully, a product similar to that created with a traditional skillet or deep fryer. Don’t be fooled. There are differences in the end product, but if you are making that dietary adjustment you will find that the food coming from the air fryer is doable and even good. But, like every other appliance in the world there is room for improvement. A new generation of air fryers are now on the market, and they combine that fat free technology with something we’re a little more familiar with, the toaster oven. Larger than the typical air fryer, these appliances offer a variety of cooking methods in one place, and they appear to be the next big thing. Of course the Cadillac version of any kitchen tool is Cuisinart. The company has come up with an air fryer toaster oven and the following video will give you an idea of what it can do in the kitchen. Continued n