I have just purchased....

[AnyaMarx]

A proper old fashioned chip pan with basket

I'm going to stick some blocks of beef dripping in it and have chips like I had as a kid

I'll have the damp tea towel on stand by and out a new filter in my extractor Dan but omg am I looking forward to the taste test !!!

Be careful

Also, be prepared for the cleaning

My mother would use ammonia to clean the grease from the kitchen surfaces, at least once a week.

It was like walking into a bottle of smelling salts

I used to have chip chips
Round chips
Cubed chips

Ooooooo proper chips deep
Fried in beef dripping

Not often like I don't want to end up a blimp but oh my .....

£12 ! On Amazon! Proper chip pan and basket .

Not to be recommended when pissed .

I used to cook for myself from age 11 . I'm 51 now and used to wield the chip
Pan with no issues .

Can't see why you'd need to use ammonia ?

Beef dripping sets hard - so you melt it slowly , get it to high heat (drop one chip in to test )

20 mins . Bobs your uncle .

Then you let the dripping set hard , lid back on , store away .

It's no worse than a deep fat fryer and much nicer than oven chips .

I rarely eat them tbh but I figured if your gonna do chips - do chips !

You drain the chips on kitchen roll on a plate - no mess

Ammonia, like sodium hydroxide (main ingredient in a lot of drain cleaners) is alkaline and saponifies grease

Cuts through grease far faster than some of the best detergents

I'm not planning on throwing the dripping round the kitchen .....

First rule of a chip pan :

Never wash the chip pan ! Sounds awful but you don't wash them . Same as Yorkshire pudding tins . You never wash them either .

Maybe when I change the dripping I'll spin it through the dishwasher. But I'm not planning on chips for breakfast lunch and dinner .

It will be an occasional treat .

No, but when you use it a layer of beef fat will go all over your kitchen surfaces. A fine layer granted, but it'll need cleaning off.

Oh, cubed chips! Haven't had those since I last owned a chip pan, <blurred> years ago. You may have been pissed, but I applaud your decision! There really isn't anything quite like properly, freshly-cooked chips 😋