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Default Making oven-baked potato chips.

On Jan 12, 8:22 am, "cybercat" > wrote:
> "MilwaukeeConnaisseur" > wrote in message
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> > In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make
> > oven baked potato chips. As a first experiment I tried to just make a
> > vanilla batch. They mostly came out OK. One potato made three
> > batches, The first batch i forgot that my oven bakes unevenly, and
> > didn't rotate them until late in the cooking. The third batch, I
> > burned my hand putting them in and spilled them all over.

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> > They were great, and I could see them replacing most potato side
> > dishes except for one thing. It seems a lot of work to make them on a
> > per chip basis.

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> > The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't
> > overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put
> > them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.

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> > Suggestions?

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> Get off of potatoes altogether, unless it's an occasiona baked potato.
> Their glycemic index is off the charts. You might as well just apply them
> to your ass.


I second that.

--Bryan