tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post4774504041486058169..comments2024-03-06T09:43:09.476+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Fries or Chips?The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-25334830753153762972012-12-11T05:32:00.811+10:002012-12-11T05:32:00.811+10:00Hi Shay - sounds like a fun. I must try to find it...Hi Shay - sounds like a fun. I must try to find it and put it aside for a lazy afternoon!The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-76667762731261356652012-12-11T05:31:08.856+10:002012-12-11T05:31:08.856+10:00Hi Eric - thanks for your kind comments, and make ...Hi Eric - thanks for your kind comments, and make sure you keep coming back!The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-31893269781982742212012-12-02T06:04:56.044+10:002012-12-02T06:04:56.044+10:00I have an unfortunate fondness for vintage Western...I have an unfortunate fondness for vintage Westerns and one of my favorites is B. M. Bowers' "Chip of the Flying U."<br /><br />Who got his nickname because of his fondness for Saratoga chips.<br /><br />(On Google Books - http://books.google.com/books/about/Chip_of_the_Flying_U.html?id=D_EOAAAAIAAJ) Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-86463236402718598152012-11-29T05:51:09.035+10:002012-11-29T05:51:09.035+10:00Wonderful articles - always enjoy seeing what trea...Wonderful articles - always enjoy seeing what treasure you unearth next. Thanks always for your work!Eric Collearyhttp://www.americantable.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-63494397138037629422012-11-28T14:14:11.323+10:002012-11-28T14:14:11.323+10:00Interesting, Piet. The old hoary tale of the origi...Interesting, Piet. The old hoary tale of the origin of Saratoga chips stresses the thinness, not the ice-water technique. I have seen this in other fried potato recipes and suspect it has its origins in the necessity to put cut up potato into water to keep it from browning, until it is ready for use. I dont know when it became ice-water that was recommended though. <br />yet another thing to look into!<br />The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-40407832362572250242012-11-28T11:40:22.639+10:002012-11-28T11:40:22.639+10:00The rules that I've read for Saratoga chips in...The rules that I've read for Saratoga chips include a step not mentioned in the other recipes, which was to soak the sliced potato in ice water for a time, then dry it thoroughly before dropping it into the fat. Would the removal of exterior starch make a crisper product?Piet Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-46640374882244937812012-11-27T23:36:23.683+10:002012-11-27T23:36:23.683+10:00Useless but entertaining information.
Oddly enoug...<br />Useless but entertaining information.<br /><br />Oddly enough, yesterday I was working with a chap who taught me that 'Chips' in Welsh are 'sglodion'.<br />Commonly known as 'sglods'<br /><br />In Cornish, they are 'scubmaw', which sounds more like a peasant-y soup.Yubba Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-84619569214661805842012-11-27T10:37:51.038+10:002012-11-27T10:37:51.038+10:00I've never heard of frying peels of potato bef...I've never heard of frying peels of potato before. I'll have to try it. Now I wonder if ancient South Americans, who gave us the potato, ever fried them. Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-11368434739914062072012-11-27T08:44:44.365+10:002012-11-27T08:44:44.365+10:00I've seen an updated version of the long thin ...I've seen an updated version of the long thin curly strips at markets. They use those gadgets that peel and spirally cut apples. I think though that the potatoes were also battered.Liz + Loukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041957231286910198noreply@blogger.com