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    Perfect chips

    Otherwise known as Covid chips because this is the only occasion you'll ever have enough time to make the fuckers.



    They're currently in the fridge after simmering them in the first stage. If they're half as good as the chips we used to have in Holland and Belgium, who also follow a similar but not so arduous method, I might even devote another Saturday to them.

    Watch this space.

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    ^^ Over prepared, IMO, and probably very oily.


    The perfect chips: Cut, wash/soak, par-boil, dry, fry.

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    Its all in the spuds aint it? Do you have Russets in South America?

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    ^ apples?

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    King Edwards make a decent chip.

    Agee with Nev about best way to cook them.

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    South America is where potatoes originated strangely enough.

    Give me spuds any day over rice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    probably very oily.
    Absolutely not.

    They were really crispy on the outside and light in the inside.

    But it did take the best part of an afternoon!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    ^^ Over prepared, IMO, and probably very oily.


    The perfect chips: Cut, wash/soak, par-boil, dry, fry.

    Indeed.
    Those that make too much of a simple food, and it's preparation, are probably easily fooled by many things of like promotions.

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    Preparation is the key to success.

    ~ Alexander Graham Bell

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    Feast your eyes on these. As per the video, parboiled and twice fried.

    Perfect chips-chips-jpg


    As good as anything I've ever had in Holland and Belgium.

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    They look awesome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    Its all in the spuds aint it? Do you have Russets in South America?
    Apparently, there are 800 types of potato here, so I imagine we do. The one I used was called pastusa.

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    they do look good.

    dillinger would trade you his last dose of penicillin for them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    They look awesome.
    If you've got a bit of time this weekend, give it a go. You won't be disappointed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raycarey View Post
    dillinger would trade you his last dose of penicillin for them
    Nope, chips are chips

    8 minutes from frozen to plate via the air fryer.



    My mutton rendang arrived shortly after and was plonked on most of those, with a nice piece of fried chicken that you'd have appreciated Ray.

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    They look shite mate.

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    We put frozen chips in the air fryer and they came out tasting like cardboard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Absolutely not.

    They were really crispy on the outside and light in the inside.

    But it did take the best part of an afternoon!
    I'm glad you liked them, hal. That's the only thing that counts.

    As for me, they look just like I imagined they would. Awful. Over-crispy and full of oil. I don't like them that way, but each to their own. Glad you liked them.

    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Feast your eyes on these. As per the video, parboiled and twice fried.


    Perfect chips-chips-jpg


    As good as anything I've ever had in Holland and Belgium.

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    A bit harsh Nerv, They look great and Hal is a Northerner and knows his chips.

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    They do look rather orange. What are they coated in? Cayenne?

    They need dressing, like these from KGB


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    Fucking hell
    That looks appetizing


    TBH the box on the left is interesting

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    They do look rather orange. What are they coated in? Cayenne?

    They need dressing, like these from KGB

    There's no coating. That's just the crispy outside.

    What the fuck is that thing on the left?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack meoff View Post
    A bit harsh Nerv, They look great and Hal is a Northerner and knows his chips.
    Innit

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    I'm more concerned about the thing on the right

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