"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 8/18/2017 4:43 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 18 Aug 2017 12:25:18p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> 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
>>
>
> A lot of used oil retains flavors I don't like so I rarely keep any.
> If I do, it goes into the refrigerator.
>
I don't use enough oil (aka deep frying) to have to store it. Bacon
grease, NEVER. My apologies to those who like to cook with it.
I seem to recall melting some Crisco to make the fries in the Revere
Ware stainless steel skillet. And yes, it was 2AM. When I was 17.
After watching a movie on a small B&W TV in my bedroom. No, I wasn't
smoking pot. I got hungry.
Russet potatoes make really nice french fries. Even at that age I knew
all you needed was potatoes, a sharp knife and a cutting board.
It's a nice memory because Mom heard me, came into the kitchen asked
what the heck I was doing. I'm making french fries! She was
astonished. We sat down at the kitchen table and ate my first ever home
cooked french fries. And, BTW, they were delicious.
Jill
==
When I was 14 I regularly used to make chips (fries) in a pan on the gas
stove. The pan had lard in it.
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