The Best Potatoes For Chips?

[mastercraft]

Bought a new deep fryer today and chipped some left over Vivaldi spuds from Xmas... they were awful! I reckon I've chosen the wrong potato to chip as apposed to a rubbish deep fryer. King Ed's? Piper's?

[B00]

*palavar all that sounds*

[teregram]

Wilja

[Retrochic]

cut potatoes into chips dry in a tea towel and plunge into hot oil -par boil? why? its like roasties -since the cheffies have decided you have to par boil roast potatoes everyone is doing it -my roasties are legendary - and not parboiled just shoved it hot fat. getting back to the OP any potato that is not described as 'waxy' works great.

[mastercraft]

Thanks all, your input has been very informative.

[craft1948]

Maris pipers for chips........Roosters for jackets.

[-Talbot-]

The ones from the chip shop

Already chipped, cooked and bagged!

[Hopkirk]

Aren't you supposed to double fry them?

[Hopkirk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/thebestchipsyouhavee_93121

[-Talbot-]

Thrice fried now, Hoppy.

[EDDIE51]

'Chippie ' chips are disgusting, a soggy wet lump!.they are cooked at far too low a temperature and so steam in fat rather than fry. IF I ever do have to eat them I brown them after I get them home, 3 or 4 mins in a deep fryer at 180 deg improves them to the point where they are at least edible !

[rodders123]

Desiree best all round spud, super chips. The only reason chippies switched to Maris Piper was that they soaked up less fat and less "eye" work when peeling. Nowadays chippies have them ready peeled/chipped and always Maris Piper, because commercially most profitable. Try some Desiree in your fryer and if no good, take it to the tip!

[EDDIE51]

^^ Maris piper are the best simply because they soak up less fat ! The less fatty the crisper the chips!

[mastercraft]

I'm going to put on a few pounds trying out all these options!
Now where is... that... gym membership card!

[RATTER15]

Chip shop chips are divine, even if a little soggy. we been testing them that way for donkey's years, and yes even better when wrapped in paper.

[bhg481]

rodders123 "Try some Desiree in your fryer and if no good, take it to the tip! ".

We did and we did. But we still use Desiree, Marie Piper and Wija in our chip pan.

[janbee]

Sorry, but I just HAVE to tell my potato joke. I KNOW it an oldie, but then so am I ! Daddy potato has 3 daughters and he tells them all to go out and find a good husband. He gives them a year. After a year, they come back. Daddy to 1st daughter. "tell me my daughter, who have you decided to marry?" she says "I'm going to marry a KING Edward." Daddy is very impressed by the thought of a KING in the family and says so. To daughter 2 he asks the same question and she says "I'm going to marry a Jersey Royal". Daddy is again very impressed at the thought of a ROYAL being in the family. He asks daughter 3 and she says "I'm going to marry Desmond Lynam". Daddy is appalled and says "but you can't marry Desmond Lynam, he's a common tater"!!! Ok ok, I know ...I'll get my coat !

[EDDIE51]

Another 'chip' joke
A boy runs into the chip shop just as it is about to close.
''Have you got any chips left?'' he asks. '' yes plenty'' says the shop assistant.
the boy looks up at him and says ''serves you right for cooking so many''

[bhg481]

Eddie - when I was at school my friend actually tried thay one. He was chased down the street by the shop owner.