Friday, September 17, 2010

POTATO CHIPS - Grandmother's Potato Chips

Cressie Elizabeth Maynard Pittendreigh

Mother ran a boarding house for a while up in Leakesville, NC. She would cook these potato chips and they were always delicious. (Bill Pittendreigh)

  • Cut potatoes into slices as thin as possible.
  • Place them in cold water and let them stand for an hour before frying.
  • Remove the water and place between towels to absorb as much moisture as possible.
  • Get the frying pot ready with sufficient grease
  • Test grease by putting in a piece of stale bread which should turn brown in 40 seconds.
  • Place potatoes into a basket and lower the basket carefully into the grease.
  • Lift the basket up and down until excessive bubbling stops.
  • Stir potatoes while cooking.
  • Let brown - about a minute and a half.
  • Avoid frying very many at a time, because this cools the grease quickly.
  • Drain in basket and then on paper.
  • Salt at once.

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