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> On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:21:26 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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>>On 8/19/2017 2:32 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >>>>
>>>> On 8/18/2017 4:43 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> On Fri 18 Aug 2017 12:25:18p, jmcquown told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/18/2017 2:45 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:37:18 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I agree with that. Although you can make good french fries at
>>>>>>>> home. With the right potatoes and cut them just right...
>>>>>>>> without a deep fryer, fried in a cast iron skillet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I know this because I first cooked fries this way when I was
>>>>>>>> about 17. I'd been up watching old movies on a small TV my
>>>>>>>> parents gave me for my bedroom. It was likely film noir. The
>>>>>>>> people in the movie cooked french fries in a skillet and I got
>>>>>>>> hungry for french fries.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My mother woke up, wondered what I was doing in the kitchen.
>>>>>>>> I'm making french fries. (Russet potatoes, cut with a knife
>>>>>>>> into fries.) They turned out very well for a 17 year old
>>>>>>>> first try. Drain on paper towels, sprinkle with salt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, c'mon Jill - admit it. You were high on that marijuana.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry, but I didn't have access to marijuna when I was 17. 16,
>>>>>> yes. LOL
>>>>>> No, I'd just been watching an old movie on TV. There were no
>>>>>> potato
>>>>>> chips in the house so I decided to make some.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I once made popcorn when I had the munchies. My mom said she
>>>>>>> didn't think we had any oil, only the used oil (which she poured
>>>>>>> back in the bottle for storage). I said "Nah. This is fresh
>>>>>>> oil." I was munching out on that popcorn and my mother and
>>>>>>> brother came to get some and spit it right back out. It was
>>>>>>> used oil. But it tasted fine to me since I was stoned, dammit!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay, that's an interesting tale. One thing I never had to deal
>>>>>> with was rancid oil.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A lot of used oil retains flavors I don't like so I rarely keep any.
>>>>> If I do, it goes into the refrigerator.
>>>>>
>>>> I don't use enough oil (aka deep frying) to have to store it. Bacon
>>>> grease, NEVER. My apologies to those who like to cook with it.
>>>>
>>>> I seem to recall melting some Crisco to make the fries in the Revere
>>>> Ware stainless steel skillet. And yes, it was 2AM. When I was 17.
>>>> After watching a movie on a small B&W TV in my bedroom. No, I wasn't
>>>> smoking pot. I got hungry.
>>>>
>>>> Russet potatoes make really nice french fries. Even at that age I
>>>> knew all you needed was potatoes, a sharp knife and a cutting board.
>>>>
>>>> It's a nice memory because Mom heard me, came into the kitchen asked
>>>> what the heck I was doing. I'm making french fries! She was
>>>> astonished. We sat down at the kitchen table and ate my first ever
>>>> home cooked french fries. And, BTW, they were delicious.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> When I was 14 I regularly used to make chips (fries) in a pan on the
>>>> gas stove. The pan had lard in it.
>>>
>>> My husband makes the 'special Daddy Fries' now and again. Preferred is
>>> russets but he'll use whatever I have. Most of the time the deep fryer
>>> after coating in egg and a flour mix with some minimal spicing.
>>>
>>> I make home fries too and the difference is mainly mine are thicker cut
>>> wedges.
>>>
>>Potatoes are so wonderful. You can do so many things with them and cook
>>them many different ways. Sliced thick or thin. Frenched, quartered,
>>cubed. Baked, fried, fanned...
>>
>>Potatoes are a staple in my house. But I don't "make" potato chips.
>>
>>Jilll
>
> Me neither, there are always potato chips BOGO. Lately I'm seeing
> potato chips buy one get three free... I need to use restraint not to
> indulgse... potato chips have to be the most valuless 'food'. But I
> like potato chips, still I buy them only 3-4 times a year.

I seem to buy a lot of them but I rarely eat them myself. I'm not even
actually sure who is eating them because we have so many kids in and out of
here.