Chips?

PsychoPete

s1ippy wrote: »

Home cut oven chips are the business, the fried yokes are absolute heart attacks.

Oven chips can feck off with themselves

thomas 123

We also love spuds. 🥔

And chips are made from spuds.

Spuds.

stevek93

The family had chippers all over the place up until the late 90s so I know how to make a good chip

SEPT 23 1989

PsychoPete wrote: »

Oven chips can feck off with themselves

disgusting things

JohnnyFlash

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

disgusting things

Aldi sells these. They are by far the best oven chips I’ve tried. They come almost fully cooked in beef dripping, and you just throw them into a very hot oven to crisp up.

Feisar

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Aldi sells these. They are by far the best oven chips I’ve tried. They come almost fully cooked in beef dripping, and you just throw them into a very hot oven to crisp up.

+1

fleet_admiral

Dravokivich wrote: »

You're missing a smoked cod and a litre of chilled milk to wash it down!

And real butter, none of that marg crap

dastardly00

I think I'll have some chunky maris piper frozen oven chips for lunch today and douse them in either salt & vinegar or some Frank's

ablelocks

s1ippy wrote: »

We used to spend probably 200 quid a week on fast food or restaurants.

da ****! that's €10k a year.

you didn't really, did you?

ablelocks

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Aldi sells these. They are by far the best oven chips I’ve tried. They come almost fully cooked in beef dripping, and you just throw them into a very hot oven to crisp up.

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was only looking at these last night, but got their frozen, potato skin still one ones to try instead. they were very nice, as oven chips go.

but will try these tomorrow with our bbq

dastardly00

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

Hot salty vinegary chips = gorgeous

You know you have the right amount of vinegar when it starts leaking out of the bottom of the brown bag

Hamsterchops

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

Chipper chips are disgusting. Soggy, undercooked and tasteless. That was not always the way, but slowly the art of the chipper was lost.

The nicest I had was in Belgium where they fry them twice making them extra crispy.

We also find it hard to get proper brown & crispy chips here, and even when we ask, it seems to be a major effort to get them the way we like em (not white wet & soggy).

We holiday in Wales quite a lot and they have it sussed, always brown and crispy instead of white & soggy, might be something to do with our chip shops soaking the chips in bucket of water before cooking?

RWCNT

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

Chipper chips are disgusting. Soggy, undercooked and tasteless. That was not always the way, but slowly the art of the chipper was lost.

The nicest I had was in Belgium where they fry them twice making them extra crispy.

Can any of the culinary wizards explain what makes some chips go super soggy?

There's a chipper near me that does the frying them three times thing and they're lovely and crispy.

Hamsterchops

... I've just answered your soggy question above^

JohnnyFlash

RWCNT wrote: »

Can any of the culinary wizards explain what makes some chips go super soggy?

There's a chipper near me that does the frying them three times thing and they're lovely and crispy.

The oil isn’t hot enough and firing them into a foil lined brown paper bag causes the steam to make them go soggy almost instantly.

Most of those Macari type places just aren’t that nice.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

s1ippy wrote: »

I honestly don't miss takeaways and restaurants any more. Even if the dinner is middling, we're eating whatever dessert we want foookin FRESH

First one is Apple and rhubarb crumble pie from today. My nana used to make it the same and it's her 96th birthday.



Second one is homemade ice cream sandwich. The biscuits are calamondin orange and the ice cream is banana and chocolate.

Two more things I'm never again going to be interested in purchasing instead of making. We used to spend probably 200 quid a week on fast food or restaurants.

Home cut oven chips are the business, the fried yokes are absolute heart attacks.

Seriously? :eek:

I like my takeaways because they are an infrequent enough treat for us. Probably averages out at 1-2 per month. We go through bursts but that would be the average. I think takeaways generally don't represent good value for money. Restaurants are different. You are paying for extras like not having to wash up plates and getting out and about.

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branie2

Classic!

tabby aspreme

Hamsterchops wrote: »

We also find it hard to get proper brown & crispy chips here, and even when we ask, it seems to be a major effort to get them the way we like em (not white wet & soggy).

We holiday in Wales quite a lot and they have it sussed, always brown and crispy instead of white & soggy, might be something to do with our chip shops soaking the chips in bucket of water before cooking?

The reason they soak them in water is to remove some of the starch, which causes them to stick together when cooking, it also stops fresh cut chips from discoloration.
Will be chipping here later as its FRIDAY, always cooked twice, until the ends start to turn light brown, with beans eggs and a few bottles of beer.

ablelocks

Hamsterchops wrote: »

might be something to do with our chip shops soaking the chips in bucket of water before cooking?

this - potatoes shouldn't be kept in water for any length of time, once peeled and cut, they should be rinsed to remove excess starch and then dried and cooked

r93kaey5p2izun

I've never actually met someone who doesn't like chips :eek:

Chips are the absolute best food. No contest. Just about to have some home made ones now.

I love chipper chips but only have them about once a year, usually at the seaside. I think it's the first thing I'll do when it's safe to go about again, regardless of the weather.

Hamsterchops

ablelocks wrote: »

this - potatoes shouldn't be kept in water for any length of time, once peeled and cut, they should be rinsed to remove excess starch and then dried and cooked

Ah ha, so maybe there is some merit in my observation, whereby our local chip shop keeps buckets of chips in water for God knows how long?
They seem to be pre cut during the day, the water is then drained as an when they pour the chips into the fat...
I don't know the system in Wales (holidays) but their chips are always much browner & crispier, than our white-waterlogged mushy chips :cool:

Rubberchikken

Just having crispy oven chips now with southern fried chicken done in oven too.
Perfect.

Do love chipper chips just can't justify price at the best if times so very happy with SuperValu oven ibes.:)

Homelander

Can't believe someone in this thread said Burger King have the best chips in Ireland.

I don't eat proper chips from the chipper very often, but they're unbelievable with a bit of vinegar.

Oven chips are nice enough too if you make them yourself. Frozen ones are grand, but wouldn't eat them too often. Must try those Aldi ones someone mentioned.

PsychoPete

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Just having crispy oven chips now with southern fried chicken done in oven too.
Perfect.

Do love chipper chips just can't justify price at the best if times so very happy with SuperValu oven ibes.:)

How much are you paying for chips ? They are €2

r93kaey5p2izun

PsychoPete wrote: »

How much are you paying for chips ? They are €2

Exactly. Chips are great value I think, especially compared to other takeaway food. It's the calories I can't justify, not the price!

Deja Boo

cj maxx wrote: »

I do mine in the air fryer.
Brush with oil, 160% then up it to 180/200. Grand.

I tired ths once, but they came out very dry.
Maybe I did not brush enough oil on them.

Feisar

Apparently there is something intrinsically nyom nyom nyom about a fat and carb combo.

JohnnyFlash

PsychoPete wrote: »

How much are you paying for chips ? They are €2

I wouldn't be a huge fans of chipper chips, so I order 2 battered sausages, a cheese burger, and a can of coke after the pub. They tend to fire in a shovel of chips into the top of the bag anyways.

Borgo

McCain Triple Cooked Gastro Chips. That is all.