When was the last time you made chips (frys) from scratch?

[purplepoppy]

"They call me Chip, I'm cheap and easy, go with anything, and go down well." I'm sure all guys here have been approached with that chat up line.

But when was the last time you made chips from scratch? Not bought them from the chippy or opened a bag of frozen oven chips. Actually peeled, chopped, and deep fried chipped potatoes.

Here's yesterday's tea, slices of gammon, egg and chips covered in some Polish cheese I can't pronounce.

I've never cooked chips from scratch

I remember my mother's chip pan but I've never attempted it

Ages ago

I do it a lot

That meal looks like I've time travelled to 1970s Ireland

A total of 33 votes were cast: 10 girls and 23 guys. See detailed results

[FreyaRed]

A long time ago. Only French fries made on fresh oil or beef tallow taste good.
- issue one: fat recycling. With old fat or oil I had to drive to recycling center
- issue two: it's easy to overheat fat or tallow without steady temperature control. Oil fryer with temperature control could be a solution but they need at least 1-1,5 L fat every time.

[MrOracle]

It's been a while. If I'm going to take the time to fry something at home, it's far more likely that I'm making fresh onion rings. You can get great fries easily, but great onion rings are hard to find, and it's hard to find better than the ones I make at home.

Of course I can't take credit for the recipe because I certainly didn't create it, but it's so good that I've never found anything that can begin to compete.

Here’s the link to the recipe for anyone who wants to make them:

https://www. stevendifranco. com/recipes/best-crispy-onion-rings/

[WhiteSteve]

I’ve never tried yet, but I did somewhat recently buy a mini home fry-o-lator, just like 1-2 person serving size version of the big deep fryers you’d find in a standard restaurant kitchen. Got the little baskets and all, haha. Found it at a thrift shop for about ten bucks, figured “what the hell?” Just haven’t gotten around to trying it out because it was leading up to and during beach season, lmao; now I can get a little fatter for the winter😝 I want to try cooking them in beef tallow; I hear that’s good.

[katiesmuff]

We make them every single day at my restaurant. Customers love-um we've seen a larger demand for them than our French fries as we offer either one on our sandwiches.

[AI Opinion]

Last time I made chips from scratch was about two weeks ago, on a rainy Sunday 🌧️
I used big floury potatoes, double-fried them in a pot of oil on the stove, first low and slow, then hot and fast for crunch.

Served them with homemade garlic mayo and a soy-glazed fried egg, kind of a bridge between British comfort and Japanese vibes 🍟🍳

[AviatorTom]

If an AI makes chips, are they virtual chips?

[Chazmatazz269]

I never have. The closest i’ve come is frying frozen store bought fries in a Fry Daddy vat.
Later in life, i didn’t have my own Fry Daddy, and i wasn’t silly enough to attempt pan frying frozen goodies. So i started baking my taters. To this i question, are they still “fries” if they’re not fried?
I rarely give the UK the leg up, but in this case “chips” might be more suitable terminology.

[AviatorTom]

When my daughter was young, there was a school project where the students were asked to prepare food from scratch. Her mother and I helped her buy the potatoes, peel and cut them, and fry them to make French Fries, which she then took to school to share with her classmates.

That's the only time I've made fries from scratch.

[Ill_made_Knight]

I've tried to make them on impulse a few times in my life but never really been happy with the results... fellow at the chip shop in Stowupland told me they've got to be fried twice to be "proper" chips. I've vowed to try this at some point but have yet to.

[mstbooblover]

It's really a very long time ago, in my early teen years, when at home chips where always home made from scratch. First we peeled and cut the patatoes by hand with a knife, and later we had a hand driven device that cut the chips neatly. Then of course the classic boiling 2 times in oil or fat.

Since decennia meanwhile, when I want chips, I go to a "frietkot" (chips shop), and buy them freshly made by a cook.

[MrChinaski]

The only Heston Blumenthal recipe I've ever attempted. And they are bloody good.

I use kipfler potatoes because they have a nutty yumminess, not withstanding Heston's scientific research on the best potato for the task.

https://bigspud.co.uk/heston-blumenthals-triple-cooked-chips/

[Iron_Man]

Those are french fries we’ve made them from a bag but not from scratch. You can get those anytime at Burger King or McDonald’s or at Shorty‘s barbecue. They’re pretty good. These are chips.

[purplepoppy]

They're crisps not chips

[Iron_Man]

But that’s for the English, not for the Americans we call
them potato chips

[Iron_Man]

Anyway, if you would like to chitchat sometime, come on by

[NathanDavis]

down here... we make them from scratch almost every time and that's the normal thing to do

fries from a place... that's a side dish you get with other stuff

[exitseven]

I usually cut up potatoes into disks and fry them that way. I have not done it in a year or so but my wife did it last night.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I've never made so called french fries, only fried... Thin slices of potato in a pan with a layer of oil. I tried cooking that in an oven also, I think.

But it's a rather long road to get to my meal so I've done that a few times only

[LiamS95]

I do it all the time. After cutting them up I just spray a bit of oil on them and cook them in the air fryer and they turn out great. Crispy on the outside and soft and creamy on the inside.

[ohsheeT]

I definitely want to come to your house and eat sometime you always make me so hungry

[Nikki1989]

I might make them once every 10 years. Not really a fan.

[FunkyMonkee]

Back in the late `60's. Or, was I supposed to just say, "Back in the day" and expect you to know exactly when that was?

[lightbulb27]

I bake those things or steam, that's not healthy to fry. But I had some the other day.

[goaded]

Years, but not ages ago.

I just inherited a crinkle cutter, so the chip pan will come out soon!

[Abbycado]

It has been a while since I actually cut a potato and friend them like that.

[browsingthroughthe]

I voted last 1970 lol 🍳🥚 and never

Most I've made is cookies 😁 🍪 🍪 poorly

[LBD04]

Ages ago I only eat fries when I go out. Not at home.

[xawyx-3]

I kinda prefer to buy it, but I do know how to make it.

[TonyMetal___1986]

What a traitor you are, saying chips!
You're an English girl, you say Crisps 😂😂

[purplepoppy]

No I mean chips, crisps are completely different

[TonyMetal___1986]

My fellow female friend from England told me that they doesn't say chips, they say crisps... she's from Sussex or Essex, can't remember which one...

If crisps isn't chips, then what are the chips? French fries?

[Shiprex]

Ready cut and cooked is easier and often tastier

[jamesgoldman]

Never, even in the restaurant we were deepfrying McCain's at £3.95 a bowl

[douride2]

I would hazard a guess at with in the last 2 years I made fries from scratch.

[Paige2006]

I usually get frozen ones (French Fries) and cook them.

[pierre7i]

Looks so delicious @purplepoppy !

[queenofcardio]

Maybe a few months ago, I can't remember

[robocop666]

i eat lots of chips

[KostasKouvalis]

I don't know. Few years ago

[Agape93]

A couple days ago