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how do you cook your chips

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bubbly1973 · 06/04/2005 15:38

i cut mine up into thick chips and then cook them on full gas, cook them in lard

how do you do yours? some people par boil them, ive done that and they taste scrummy! but i am lazy and just deep fry them without boiling them first

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Blossomhill · 06/04/2005 15:38

Lard So, so bad for you!!!!

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Merlin · 06/04/2005 15:39

Chips? Chips? naughty things never have them in my house!

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sweetmonkey · 06/04/2005 15:39

i have weight watchers ones. they are ok but my brother who is thin anyway and doesnt need to diet absolutly loves them, says they are best oven chips ever and always nicks mine when i cook them.grrrrrrr

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nutcracker · 06/04/2005 15:40

I have oven chips.

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lou33 · 06/04/2005 15:42

deep fry in sunflower oil

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tiffini · 06/04/2005 15:42

i dont have chips often, but when i do they have to be cut from real potatoes, and deep fat fried.

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bubbly1973 · 06/04/2005 15:43

blossomhill...i know, know

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crunchie · 06/04/2005 15:44

I have never deep fried anything in my life I cook them in the oven or make potato wedges

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bubbly1973 · 06/04/2005 15:44

lou, what do you do with the oil...do you leave it in the fryer?

i am thinking of changing from lard to sunflower oil

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bubbly1973 · 06/04/2005 15:45

crunchie...do you mean you cook chips from scratch or do you mean cook ready made chips in the oven which are from the shop?

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Furball · 06/04/2005 15:45

I cut potatoes into wedges mix them in a bowl with a spoonful of olive oil, spread them out on a baking tray and cook them in the oven for about 40mins. Yummy, and DS loves them as well.

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northerner · 06/04/2005 15:47

Ooh Furball I'm going to try that - sounds yummy!

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northerner · 06/04/2005 15:47

Ooh Furball I'm going to try that - sounds yummy!

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bubbly1973 · 06/04/2005 15:47

mmmm furball, i like the sound of that...do you leave the skin on the potatoe?

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crunchie · 06/04/2005 15:48

Oven chips or like furball or v.v occasionally parboil 'chips' and then oven bake.

My mum never deep fried anything

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pixiefish · 06/04/2005 15:48

Par boil them and then cook them in the oven for 20 minutes with a spray of spray oil

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Blossomhill · 06/04/2005 15:48

Sorry bubbly I just have a thing about fat. I mean cod's duck thread nearly toppled me over....

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vict17 · 06/04/2005 15:49

we have oven chips rarely, also chip shop chips every so often, but never make them. My dh used to have a deep fat fryer but when i moved in I threw it out!!

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Furball · 06/04/2005 15:50

Yup, skins and all. I don't parboil them either.

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bubbly1973 · 06/04/2005 15:51

blossomhill

i didnt realise so many people are anti-deepfat fryers...interesting to see..

i as you can tell am not, we do eat healthy the rest of the week, rice, pasta, cous cous etc etc, but i do love my chips once a week done in deepfat fryer...perhaps i should change my fat though from lard to sunflower oil

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Titania · 06/04/2005 15:52

deep fried in sunflower oil!!! YUM YUM!!

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crunchie · 06/04/2005 15:54

Kids like making them too

I cut mine up, put them in a little freezer bag with a slug of oil, the kids then squich them around a bit, sometimes adding flavourings like paprika, or mild spices, then plonk them on an oven tray.

They go great with the chicken nuggets too

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lou33 · 06/04/2005 15:55

depends how clean the oil is afterwards really bubbly.

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crunchie · 06/04/2005 15:55

Bubbly1973 I am not aginst deep fat fryers I just wouldn't know what to do with one I have never used one, nor did my mum.

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lou33 · 06/04/2005 15:56

i don't have a fryer, i just put the oil in a big saucepan

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