Can someone tell me why my roast potato wedges are foaming???!! [shock!]

[DANCESwithDumbledore]

It's the first time I've used a new baking tray to cook potatoes (have cooked biscuits on it already) it's metallic rather than non-stick tray. Is that anything to do with it?

rabies?

no idea I'm afraid

What kind of oil are you roasting them in? Some oils foam.

just olive oil....weird eh?!

Mrs B...how long now?

Yep - weird

Butter would foam, but olive oil shouldn't.

did you wash them in fairy liquid?

The tray hasn't got unrinsed washing up liquid or something on it, has it?

x-post!

CD / rb - PMSL!

are they mc cains or a frozen type? sometimes these are coated in oil or butter which can foam up as they are cooking.

three weeks, dances, three weeks...
[lumbers]
[puffs]
[pants]
[snacks]

Ah...well...I think I figured it out (washing liquid it was not...) I had them on the same tray as some sausages and I think the fat from the sausages (bleurgh) was what was bubbling round the edge of the potatoes. Honestly, I buy those 'nice' butchers choice sausages with the cheeky chappy Oliver promise of 'no knobbly bits' and then the damn things start foaming!

THREE WEEKS! NO WAY!!!!! I can't believe it...

massages shoulders
makes cup of raspberry leaf tea
passes over mahoooosive bar of chocolate

[politely hands back raspberry leaf tea and refrains from mentioning it tastes FOUL]

HA! Never tried it. I had jasmine tea (also utterly foul) on the monday I was 37 weeks and on the Thursday my waters broke...didn't wanted to presume ...just wanted to strengthen your uterus or whatever it does