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George Foreman

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
My sister was shopping in Glasgow today, and decided to buy me a surprise gift - my first George Foreman!

What sorta stuff do people like to cook on these?

I've got some sausages that I'm gonna christen it with later, but gonna shop tomorrow for lots of stuff I can cook on it. :yum:

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    JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Any meat is good.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I want one.

    We have one at home. You can cook allsorts on it. Steak is good to cook on it though :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    1983 got me one for Christmas about three years ago and it's still the handiest bit of kit I've got :yippe:

    You'll feel the real benefit the next time you're hungover and fancy a fry up.

    Please don't do what some absolute moron did at my work though. She thought you were meant to pour all the gunky stuff that goes in the drip tray over your food :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    HAHAHAHA. How funny.

    Does anyone know where you can get these at a nice price?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    They're great. I like to make cheese toasties in them. Also bacon...pretty much anything.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bri-namite wrote:
    Please don't do what some absolute moron did at my work though. She thought you were meant to pour all the gunky stuff that goes in the drip tray over your food :lol:

    "gunky stuff". Jesus, that's the best part :P
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I use mine everyday, anything I'd usually grill goes in it, sausages, bacon, toasties, steak, chicken, kebabs.

    Word of warning though, wash it before it cools.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Just don't try to do eggs.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fiend_85 wrote:
    Just don't try to do eggs.
    There's a technique to it. You have to level it up so that they don't drip off the bottom and join he gunk. I was sceptical but it definitely works.

    I cook anything on it. My fave thing though is sausages wrapped in bacon - for a Sunday roast. Cook the sausages a little bit first, then wrap the bacon round and cook some more. Voila. Soooo much better than those salty pre-prepared ones you get.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    *Snow White Queen* wrote:
    HAHAHAHA. How funny.

    Does anyone know where you can get these at a nice price?

    Baby georges are about £15 in supermarkets, thats what i've got and you can fit two chicken breasts or two tuna steaks in at a time which is plenty for me and my boyf.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I got a baby george from woolwoths for about £11.

    I don't have an actual grill so it's helpful for me, but I don't know why people would buy them when they already have a grill.

    I like to make fish on it or veggie sausages but they are a bit of a pain as you have to keep rotating them. Also, if you marinade something the sauce tends to burn. I don't use it very often to be honest.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    PussyKatty wrote:
    I don't have an actual grill so it's helpful for me, but I don't know why people would buy them when they already have a grill.
    The drip tray means that the fat is less likely to catch fire. It also saves on smoke. Two very important things for anyone in halls - grill pans used to set our alarms off all the time!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    PussyKatty wrote:
    I don't know why people would buy them when they already have a grill
    My grill is in my oven so I cant use both at once, whatever Im georging usually has something in the oven to go with it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fiend_85 wrote:
    Just don't try to do eggs.

    They are wicked for eggs... they come with a set of feet you attach to the front and it levels the whole thing out so you can cook that kinda thing...

    Then you can let it cook and lower the lid a bit to finish it off.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    no way! awesome. I was just trying to make a really lame joke. But that's it, I'm buying me one of those.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If the drip tray actually worked, and collected the grease, they'd be great.

    But it doesn't:(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My housemates did last year, what's broken with yours?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It doesn't just do meat. I've somtimes cook those giant mushrooms on mine .... yummy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I got one for Christmas but have so far only cooked lamb chops on it - only thing I found was as all the fat ran off, it made the meat a little tasteless... it did have seasoning on it but perhaps not enough?

    To do eggs, am I presuming you leave it open?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Swear by Foreman

    Chicken breasts!
    and sliced courgette with some cracked pepper and garlic salt.

    10 minutes...done and done.
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