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I am a 31 year old working mom. I have two children ages 6 & 8. I am newly remarried (two years and counting) and enjoy spending time with the hubs! Even though life is busy I try to take a little time to show what is going on in my world. This blog is mainly for daily happenings, finances and such. I have created a whole new blog at Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker to chronicle my creative sides. You will find recipes, cooking adventures, crafts and a whole lot of digital scrapbook layouts.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Money's Worth on Kitchen Appliances.......

Right now we are considering buying a deep fryer. Not that we plan on frying alot of food for health reasons. However I love fried fish and the kind you get at the restaurants are usually very greasy. I recently fried up some catfish fingers at the house and loved how they turned out. So for an occasional fish fry is it worth getting a fryer? And then what kind of fryer? The cheap one or one that we can invite friends over and have a party? How do you balance weather or not you get your money back on an appliance?


Here is the cheap-o one. It is $19.99.

Here is the nicer, two basket fryer. It is $64.88



So which one would you get?

3 comments:

Dianna said...

If I got one, it would be the nicer one. Cheaply made appliances always make me mad because they don't work well. I'm always happy when I break them because I can get a new, nice one.

I think America's Test Kitchen did reviews of deep fryers once. I don't know if they're online, or you may be able to find them in The Best New Recipe.

Kim said...

Me? If I planned to have people over for fish-fries and such, I'd get the nicer one. If it's just for you and hubby mostly, then I'd get the cheaper one! Good luck on your decision.

Lauren in GA said...

I hate to say it but, a lot of times it is better to get the more expensive appliance.