Chips, French Fries, Wedges and Any Other Hot Stick Shaped Potatoes

[karadekoolaid]

Wait--do you mean you cook 2kg of potatoes at Christmas, but are there no leftovers? They don't actually eat all of them, right?

You might be amazed at how people devour roast potatoes. About 15 years ago, when my kids were still here, we used to do a Xmas lunch. I distinctly remember peeling 15 kgs of potatoes for about 25 people and my wife hiding a portion so I could at least eat some.
We'd do a huge roast turkey, Brussels sprouts, carrots, roasted beetroot, and a pile of desserts.. but the potatoes were sacred!

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

You might be amazed at how people devour roast potatoes. About 15 years ago, when my kids were still here, we used to do a Xmas lunch. I distinctly remember peeling 15 kgs of potatoes for about 25 people and my wife hiding a portion so I could at least eat some.
We'd do a huge roast turkey, Brussels sprouts, carrots, roasted beetroot, and a pile of desserts.. but the potatoes were sacred!

Yep if roast potato competitions were a thing here we’d have some Olympic level athletes

 

[JAS_OH1]

Yep if roast potato competitions were a thing here we’d have some Olympic level athletes

Ok they're just potatoes. What kind of crack are you putting in them?

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Ok they're just potatoes. What kind of crack are you putting in them?

It’s the power of Sunday Roast

 

[TastyReuben]

Ok they're just potatoes. What kind of crack are you putting in them?

Duck fat.

 

[TastyReuben]

Yep if roast potato competitions were a thing here we’d have some Olympic level athletes

Growing up here, it would have been a combination of skillet-fried potatoes and mashed potatoes, depending on the meal.

I still think back with awe and appreciation at how much work my mom put in cooking for us all when we were kids, anywhere from 7-10 people a meal, three meals a day for a lot of that, every day - and we ate potatoes every single meal.

My biggest memory of my youth is trudging up and down the small hill to and from the root cellar with a 5-gallon plastic bucket, muling potatoes up from cold storage.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Growing up here, it would have been a combination of skillet-fried potatoes and mashed potatoes, depending on the meal.

I still think back with awe and appreciation at how much work my mom put in cooking for us all when we were kids, anywhere from 7-10 people a meal, three meals a day for a lot of that, every day - and we ate potatoes every single meal.

My biggest memory of my youth is trudging up and down the small hill to and from the root cellar with a 5-gallon plastic bucket, muling potatoes up from cold storage.

I’ve considered buying a mechanised potato peeler for my family’s potato needs but 7 everyday, well I would’ve just cried

 

[karadekoolaid]

Ok they're just potatoes. What kind of crack are you putting in them?

That comment, oh my dear...
You need to visit the UK and see how people devour roast potatoes!

 

[JAS_OH1]

That comment, oh my dear...
You need to visit the UK and see how people devour roast potatoes!

What's wrong with these people? Here in the USA we like potatoes but would rather load up on the roast beef.

 

[karadekoolaid]

What's wrong with these people? Here in the USA we like potatoes but would rather load up on the roast beef.

And the British like their potatoes.

 

[JAS_OH1]

And the British like their potatoes.

Apparently. SMH.

 

[badjak]

I love roast beef, but there is something special about roast potatoes....

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Hey no dissin the Brit roast potato culture!
We love ‘em just like other cultures have their food loves that no-body else really gets.

For the record the French call us “roast beefs” because we love that too

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Felicity Cloake the journo who’s prepared to spends a lot of time wading through different variations of recipes always has something interesting to say. Her take on how to cook the perfect chip is an interesting read (if you’re really into chips), her recipe if you can’t be bothered with the long read is at the bottom of the article!

How to fry perfect chips

 

[karadekoolaid]

How to fry perfect chips

My only issue with that (because Felicity is generally painstaking in her research) is that: 1) rinse the chips thoroughly 2) blanch the chips 3) fry at 120C until soft 4) remove, pat dry and refrigerate 5) finish until crisp and golden 6) thermometer required.
Waaaayyy too complicated!