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You don't have ventilation above your stove? Where I live cheap frozen pommes frites costs about the same per kilo as washed good quality fresh potatoes, and p

by cess11 2y ago

You don't have ventilation above your stove? Where I live cheap frozen pommes frites costs about the same per kilo as washed good quality fresh potatoes, and personally I think slicing and putting them in the oven with butter, salt, black pepper and herbs is much tastier than fries. To me it's worth the effort.

javawizard 2y ago
> You don't have ventilation above your stove? My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Anecdotally maybe 75% of friends whose stoves I've observed do the same thing. It's a travesty as far as I'm concerned, but there you are. (I live in an apartment; otherwise you can bet I would have done something about it before now.)
- cess11 2y ago
  That's insane. There aren't regulations around this where you live?
  - vultour 2y ago
    I really doubt there are regulations around this where you live. Recirculating vents are only going to grow more popular as they're now often built into your electric/induction hob.
    - cess11 2y ago
      OK, here's a portion of it: https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-byggande/boverkets-byggregler/ventilation/koksventilation/ https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-bygg... Not leading away moisture from the kitchen when cooking doesn't sound like a good idea to me but I'm just a child of a craftsperson working with these kinds of things, not one myself. Except if you live in like a hut with a lot of openings or something, but I'm kind of assuming this is about apartments and houses with isolation and so on.
- seszett 2y ago
  Recirculating ranges are all the rage these days for cheap installations, but they're only usable with lightly smelling cooking. They just have a metal grid that filters and stops grease (which you have to wash often enough) and a carbon filter that lasts a random amount of time. If you didn't check and put one yourself, you might not even have a carbon filter at all. But in all cases this setup is totally insufficient for frying things without stinking the whole place.
- adolph 2y ago
  > My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Yes, unless you have equal amounts of outside air entering your domicile, a vent leading outside is not effective. A recirculating vent, however, still has a filter. Hood filters capture airborne grease, smoke, steam, heat, odors, and other substances that are produced during cooking under the hood. Without the proper hood filter, your kitchen will be filled with airborne particles you don’t want your staff breathing! [0] 0. https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html
seszett 2y ago
I do, and frying things is not a problem for me. I was explaining why people don't do it: not everyone has a perfect kitchen and in fact, most people have impractical and inadequate kitchens with bad ranges, little space, too much clutter, etc. Here in Belgium people just go to the nearest fry shop for their fries, they're better than home fried and it's easier and faster. Since I'm not Belgian myself, I cut my potatoes into cubes and fry them in duck fat with rosemary instead. It's a whole other level of stink though.
- cess11 2y ago
  If the landlord doesn't provide a safe, adequate kitchen there ought to be a legal way to force them. In case the legal way is lacking there are other forms of force.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
    There's nothing unsafe about a recirculating "vent." It's an annoyance, nothing more.
    - cess11 2y ago
      If you read the comment I responded to you'll see that it specifically is about unsafe, inadequate kitchens. Bring your complaint there instead.
masfuerte 2y ago
Do you mean this kind of thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasselback_potatoes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasselback_potatoes
- cess11 2y ago
  No, I meant swedish style wedges, but hasselbackspotatis is quite tasty too. Takes a bit more preparation however. Something like this: https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-side-dishes/537-potato-wedges https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-side-dishes...

by cess11 2y ago

javawizard 2y ago

> You don't have ventilation above your stove? My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Anecdotally maybe 75% of friends whose stoves I've observed do the same thing. It's a travesty as far as I'm concerned, but there you are. (I live in an apartment; otherwise you can bet I would have done something about it before now.)

cess11 2y ago
That's insane. There aren't regulations around this where you live?
- vultour 2y ago
  I really doubt there are regulations around this where you live. Recirculating vents are only going to grow more popular as they're now often built into your electric/induction hob.
  - cess11 2y ago
    OK, here's a portion of it: https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-byggande/boverkets-byggregler/ventilation/koksventilation/ https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-bygg... Not leading away moisture from the kitchen when cooking doesn't sound like a good idea to me but I'm just a child of a craftsperson working with these kinds of things, not one myself. Except if you live in like a hut with a lot of openings or something, but I'm kind of assuming this is about apartments and houses with isolation and so on.
seszett 2y ago
Recirculating ranges are all the rage these days for cheap installations, but they're only usable with lightly smelling cooking. They just have a metal grid that filters and stops grease (which you have to wash often enough) and a carbon filter that lasts a random amount of time. If you didn't check and put one yourself, you might not even have a carbon filter at all. But in all cases this setup is totally insufficient for frying things without stinking the whole place.
adolph 2y ago
> My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Yes, unless you have equal amounts of outside air entering your domicile, a vent leading outside is not effective. A recirculating vent, however, still has a filter. Hood filters capture airborne grease, smoke, steam, heat, odors, and other substances that are produced during cooking under the hood. Without the proper hood filter, your kitchen will be filled with airborne particles you don’t want your staff breathing! [0] 0. https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html

seszett 2y ago

I do, and frying things is not a problem for me. I was explaining why people don't do it: not everyone has a perfect kitchen and in fact, most people have impractical and inadequate kitchens with bad ranges, little space, too much clutter, etc. Here in Belgium people just go to the nearest fry shop for their fries, they're better than home fried and it's easier and faster. Since I'm not Belgian myself, I cut my potatoes into cubes and fry them in duck fat with rosemary instead. It's a whole other level of stink though.

cess11 2y ago
If the landlord doesn't provide a safe, adequate kitchen there ought to be a legal way to force them. In case the legal way is lacking there are other forms of force.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  There's nothing unsafe about a recirculating "vent." It's an annoyance, nothing more.
  - cess11 2y ago
    If you read the comment I responded to you'll see that it specifically is about unsafe, inadequate kitchens. Bring your complaint there instead.

masfuerte 2y ago

Do you mean this kind of thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasselback_potatoes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasselback_potatoes

cess11 2y ago
No, I meant swedish style wedges, but hasselbackspotatis is quite tasty too. Takes a bit more preparation however. Something like this: https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-side-dishes/537-potato-wedges https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-side-dishes...