Chips?

LETHAL LADY

Can't stomach them at all. Why are they so popular here?

andekwarhola

Good drugs?

KungPao

They taste nice in fairness.

Immortal Starlight

Hot salty vinegary chips = gorgeous

freshpopcorn

I suppose people like myself just like them.
They are also not expensive and are easy and fast to prepare.

ShatterAlan

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Can't stomach them at all. Why are they so popular here?

If you were locked and holding a steaming bag of chips, doused in salt and vinegar, and I was gnawing on your neck and clasping your bum as you waited for a taxi .... I would imagine, yes, you're hatred of chips would be understandable.

nails1

My mate thinks McDonald’s chips, or should I say tench fries, are nicer than Burger King chips. What an idiot. Burger King have best chips in the country!!

FanadMan

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Can't stomach them at all. Why are they so popular here?

Ya musta be trippin


....or some urban crap-speech.

Why don't you like chips? Proper homemade chips are so beautiful. Lightly crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. A sprinkle of salt on top and pure heaven.

Sam Quentin

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Can't stomach them at all. Why are they so popular here?

HUH

Mellor

nails1 wrote: »

My mate thinks McDonald’s chips, or should I say tench fries, are nicer than Burger King chips. What an idiot. Burger King have best chips in the country!!

Well you're both wrong.

Charlie19

You can't beat proper chipper chips with batch bread and butter.

FanadMan

Mellor wrote: »

Well you're both wrong.

100% correct. They are both mass produced ****e sticks.

s1ippy

I honestly don't miss takeaways and restaurants any more. Even if the dinner is middling, we're eating whatever dessert we want foookin FRESH

First one is Apple and rhubarb crumble pie from today. My nana used to make it the same and it's her 96th birthday.



Second one is homemade ice cream sandwich. The biscuits are calamondin orange and the ice cream is banana and chocolate.

Two more things I'm never again going to be interested in purchasing instead of making. We used to spend probably 200 quid a week on fast food or restaurants.

Home cut oven chips are the business, the fried yokes are absolute heart attacks.

Ficheall

s1ippy wrote: »

First one is Apple and rhubarb crumble pie from today. My nana used to make it the same and it's her 95th birthday.

s1ippy wrote: »

Bottom one is Apple and rhubarb crumble pie from today. My nana used to make it the same and it was her 96th birthday yesterday.

Hmm..

s1ippy

Ficheall wrote: »

Hmm..

She is very old, it gets hard to remember which birthday we're on now!!

bassy

The op needs some ganja then serious case of munchies for chipssssssssssssssss

Badly Drunk Boy

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Can't stomach them at all. Why are they so popular here?

Personally, I'd say the same about cheese, pasta, burgers, eggs, peas, mushrooms, etc. but other people love them! What's the deal?

Or are you just Daddy over chips person?

skooterblue2

Charlie19 wrote: »

You can't beat proper chipper chips with batch bread and butter.

Gospel! Go sing it on the mountain Bother.

skooterblue2

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Or are you just Daddy over chips person?

Chips never ate my Daddy!

Optimalprimerib

Chipper chips are disgusting. Soggy, undercooked and tasteless. That was not always the way, but slowly the art of the chipper was lost.

The nicest I had was in Belgium where they fry them twice making them extra crispy.

JohnnyFlash

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Personally, I'd say the same about cheese, pasta, burgers, eggs, peas, mushrooms, etc. but other people love them! What's the deal?

Or are you just Daddy over chips person?

Few things worse than a fussy eater.

Badly Drunk Boy

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Few things worse than a fussy eater.

But one would be those obsessed by all things scatological...

Deja Boo

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Can't stomach them at all. Why are they so popular here?

Trigger Happy

The chippy chips in Ireland are a bit undercooked to my liking. In the England they cook them a little longer so they are a tad crispy. Much much nicer.

Dravokivich

Charlie19 wrote: »

You can't beat proper chipper chips with batch bread and butter.

You're missing a smoked cod and a litre of chilled milk to wash it down!

cj maxx

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

Chipper chips are disgusting. Soggy, undercooked and tasteless. That was not always the way, but slowly the art of the chipper was lost.

The nicest I had was in Belgium where they fry them twice making them extra crispy.

I do mine in the air fryer.
Brush with oil, 160% then up it to 180/200. Grand.

branie2

They're very tasty

Feisar

cj maxx wrote: »

I do mine in the air fryer.
Brush with oil, 160% then up it to 180/200. Grand.

I throw in a lock of Frytex

branie2

They also go well with cheeseburgers

stevek93

OP your local chipper must be sh**e to be fair

world class wreckin’ cru

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Can't stomach them at all. Why are they so popular here?

They're versatile - can be cooked in a number of ways using different oils and they're a fine accompaniment to many dishes. They also hold their own as a meal in themselves and most people seem to like them.

Chips are the best. Next.

PsychoPete

s1ippy wrote: »

Home cut oven chips are the business, the fried yokes are absolute heart attacks.

Oven chips can feck off with themselves

thomas 123

We also love spuds. 🥔

And chips are made from spuds.

Spuds.

stevek93

The family had chippers all over the place up until the late 90s so I know how to make a good chip

SEPT 23 1989

PsychoPete wrote: »

Oven chips can feck off with themselves

disgusting things

JohnnyFlash

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

disgusting things

Aldi sells these. They are by far the best oven chips I’ve tried. They come almost fully cooked in beef dripping, and you just throw them into a very hot oven to crisp up.

Feisar

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Aldi sells these. They are by far the best oven chips I’ve tried. They come almost fully cooked in beef dripping, and you just throw them into a very hot oven to crisp up.

+1

fleet_admiral

Dravokivich wrote: »

You're missing a smoked cod and a litre of chilled milk to wash it down!

And real butter, none of that marg crap

dastardly00

I think I'll have some chunky maris piper frozen oven chips for lunch today and douse them in either salt & vinegar or some Frank's

ablelocks

s1ippy wrote: »

We used to spend probably 200 quid a week on fast food or restaurants.

da ****! that's €10k a year.

you didn't really, did you?

ablelocks

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Aldi sells these. They are by far the best oven chips I’ve tried. They come almost fully cooked in beef dripping, and you just throw them into a very hot oven to crisp up.

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was only looking at these last night, but got their frozen, potato skin still one ones to try instead. they were very nice, as oven chips go.

but will try these tomorrow with our bbq

dastardly00

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

Hot salty vinegary chips = gorgeous

You know you have the right amount of vinegar when it starts leaking out of the bottom of the brown bag

Hamsterchops

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

Chipper chips are disgusting. Soggy, undercooked and tasteless. That was not always the way, but slowly the art of the chipper was lost.

The nicest I had was in Belgium where they fry them twice making them extra crispy.

We also find it hard to get proper brown & crispy chips here, and even when we ask, it seems to be a major effort to get them the way we like em (not white wet & soggy).

We holiday in Wales quite a lot and they have it sussed, always brown and crispy instead of white & soggy, might be something to do with our chip shops soaking the chips in bucket of water before cooking?

RWCNT

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

Chipper chips are disgusting. Soggy, undercooked and tasteless. That was not always the way, but slowly the art of the chipper was lost.

The nicest I had was in Belgium where they fry them twice making them extra crispy.

Can any of the culinary wizards explain what makes some chips go super soggy?

There's a chipper near me that does the frying them three times thing and they're lovely and crispy.

Hamsterchops

... I've just answered your soggy question above^

JohnnyFlash

RWCNT wrote: »

Can any of the culinary wizards explain what makes some chips go super soggy?

There's a chipper near me that does the frying them three times thing and they're lovely and crispy.

The oil isn’t hot enough and firing them into a foil lined brown paper bag causes the steam to make them go soggy almost instantly.

Most of those Macari type places just aren’t that nice.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

s1ippy wrote: »

I honestly don't miss takeaways and restaurants any more. Even if the dinner is middling, we're eating whatever dessert we want foookin FRESH

First one is Apple and rhubarb crumble pie from today. My nana used to make it the same and it's her 96th birthday.



Second one is homemade ice cream sandwich. The biscuits are calamondin orange and the ice cream is banana and chocolate.

Two more things I'm never again going to be interested in purchasing instead of making. We used to spend probably 200 quid a week on fast food or restaurants.

Home cut oven chips are the business, the fried yokes are absolute heart attacks.

Seriously? :eek:

I like my takeaways because they are an infrequent enough treat for us. Probably averages out at 1-2 per month. We go through bursts but that would be the average. I think takeaways generally don't represent good value for money. Restaurants are different. You are paying for extras like not having to wash up plates and getting out and about.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHA4-5N5AzA

branie2

Classic!

tabby aspreme

Hamsterchops wrote: »

We also find it hard to get proper brown & crispy chips here, and even when we ask, it seems to be a major effort to get them the way we like em (not white wet & soggy).

We holiday in Wales quite a lot and they have it sussed, always brown and crispy instead of white & soggy, might be something to do with our chip shops soaking the chips in bucket of water before cooking?

The reason they soak them in water is to remove some of the starch, which causes them to stick together when cooking, it also stops fresh cut chips from discoloration.
Will be chipping here later as its FRIDAY, always cooked twice, until the ends start to turn light brown, with beans eggs and a few bottles of beer.

ablelocks

Hamsterchops wrote: »

might be something to do with our chip shops soaking the chips in bucket of water before cooking?

this - potatoes shouldn't be kept in water for any length of time, once peeled and cut, they should be rinsed to remove excess starch and then dried and cooked