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Effigy
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Posted: 06 October 2013 at 22:24 |
Sometimes its fun to make something special when kids are home with you all day, especially big teenage ones that need a few life skills before heading off to uni....
Thus how to make potato crisps, just in case there aren't any in the cupboard. Start with a Potato (Agria works best) and a potato peeler. Fill a bowl cold lightly salted water and after washing the potato start slicing it with the potato peeler. If you have a mandolin use that, but we are teaching kids here, the peeler teaches two skills at once, safely. How to peel a potato and how to slice a potato. Let the slices fall into the cold salted water. Now spread them out on a tea-towel or paper towels and thoroughly dry. Heat about 2.5cm canola oil to 160°C in a small pan and drop in the slices a few at a time. Wait until they stop bubbling and lift out onto paper towels to drain. Repeat in small batches until all are cooked, season to taste. Enjoy! |
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africanmeat
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if they taste 1/2 as good as they look they must be very yummy. great one Anne.
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HistoricFoodie
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Anne, have you ever tried these without peeling the spuds? A nice variation on the theme that, for some reason, tastes more differently than it should.
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Addtotaste
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Yum. Works well with parsnips and beets too :)
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Effigy
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Brook, I agree skins on is best, and I didn't peel the potato - I seldom do. I just use the peeler to make thin slices. Sometimes if I am peeling, I make chips out of the skins - delicious with garlic aioli.
I have recently been training my nearly 17 year old son to use a peeler to clean, peel, slice, chip etc, The purpose is to teach him basic food preparation so he wont starve when he goes to university in 12 months time.
Hila, I knew about parsnips, never thought to use beets! Thats a deffinate one to try, thanks. Chips can also be baked - You can also make delicious Kale chips in the oven, which is a great way to get kids to eat greens. I grow Cavolo Nero for that, when it is ready I will post pictures. Kale Chips Ingredients
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Actually this topic is quite big, I should knuckle down and do some writing. |
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Looks great to me - a few of those would make a very nice snack!
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