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Spreadie
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Including oven/home made chips, maybe twice a week.
Rice or pasta feature just as often.
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timark_uk
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My girlfriend makes wonderful home-made chips in the oven, but we have these about once a month.
Other than that, whenever we go to the seaside we always get chippy chips. A visit to the seaside just isn't right without finishing the day with some chippy chips.
Haven't been to the beach in ages though, likely due to my weird awake time and the dark evenings, but now lighter nights are on their way we'll be going more.
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big_D
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We made oven crisps out of various different vegetables a while back. That was interesting.
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Zippy
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No chip shop chips ever any more due to the absence of gall bladder. We have sweet potato fries cooked in the oven maybe once a month. I'll sometimes cook oven chips for the Mister if I'm having mushrooms on the side, but not often.
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oceanicitl
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Being single I have a bag of oven skinny fries in the freezer which I'll have occasionally for a convenient dinner during the week.
One of my specialties is home made chips with the skins on done ala Nigella Lawson. She gave the best advice on how to make perfect chips at home and they come out great every time but I don't make them very often - in fact the last time was probably in 2014.
I also use her tips for roasting potatoes.
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cloaked_wolf
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I recently found a great way to do roast potatoes that I'd never done before - parboil the potatoes, let them cool down, preheat oven and make sure oil's hot, then rotate them around every ten mins. Twice came out perfect and third time I'd essentially boiled the potatoes so they were ready to mash!
Prior to this, I used to just coat them in oil and stick in the oven.
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oceanicitl
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Far too much effort involved in that one... you'll learn! _________________Still the official cheeky one
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John_Vella
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Has anyone else here tried fondant potatoes? Very nice.
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oceanicitl
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Yes at The Park restaurant in Bruges IIRC _________________Still the official cheeky one
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cloaked_wolf
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Don't recall ever having fondant potato. Always like the look of them on Masterchef Professionals.
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MrStevenRogers
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we always parboil spuds before roasting it just seems to make a near perfect roast spud. then use the water and any meat juices for the gravy all our home made chips are always cut and soaked in salted water in the morning, drained about an hour before frying then deep fat fried along with home made bread to make the chip butties we normally have preplanned meals for the week so we can not only prepare but budget without waste please bear in mind that this is for 6 adults and 3 children ...
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veato
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Shake the parboiled potatoes in a colander to rough them up before putting them in the oven
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hifidelity2
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..and if you have it sprinkle a bit of either seasoned flour or semolina for exrea crunch Oh yes and use Duck / Goose fat or beef dripping instead of oil - its better (tasting) than oil
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oceanicitl
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But oil makes them crispier and you don't need flour or semolina to make them crunchy _________________Still the official cheeky one
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hifidelity2
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I would disagree - I think the Duck / goose fat is better
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