On 8/18/2017 2:45 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:37:18 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I agree with that. Although you can make good french fries at home.
>> With the right potatoes and cut them just right... without a deep fryer,
>> fried in a cast iron skillet.
>>
>> I know this because I first cooked fries this way when I was about 17.
>> I'd been up watching old movies on a small TV my parents gave me for my
>> bedroom. It was likely film noir. The people in the movie cooked
>> french fries in a skillet and I got hungry for french fries.
>>
>> My mother woke up, wondered what I was doing in the kitchen. I'm making
>> french fries. (Russet potatoes, cut with a knife into fries.) They
>> turned out very well for a 17 year old first try. Drain on paper
>> towels, sprinkle with salt.
>
> Oh, c'mon Jill - admit it. You were high on that marijuana.

Sorry, but I didn't have access to marijuna when I was 17. 16, yes. LOL
No, I'd just been watching an old movie on TV. There were no potato
chips in the house so I decided to make some.

> I once made popcorn when I had the munchies. My mom said she didn't
> think we had any oil, only the used oil (which she poured back in the
> bottle for storage). I said "Nah. This is fresh oil." I was
> munching out on that popcorn and my mother and brother came to get
> some and spit it right back out. It was used oil. But it tasted fine
> to me since I was stoned, dammit!
>
> -sw
>
Okay, that's an interesting tale. One thing I never had to deal with
was rancid oil.

Jill