Does Anyone Still Cook Chips the Old Fashioned Way?

I rarely cook them in a pan nowadays, usually making my own 'oven chips'. A few weeks ago, though, I fried some in rapeseed oil, doing them the proper way (twice) and they were really delicious.

When the kids were small, we had an electric fryer but I really hated sieving/staining the oil and cleaning it out was a nightmare.

I've always got oven chips in the freezer, but mainly for the DGDs. If I want chips, I will stick a large potato in the microwave for a couple of minutes, let it cool down, cut it into wedges, spray with oil and bake. Delicious!
My DM used to make delicious chips in a chip pan with lard, and I did the same many years ago, but not any longer.

I really dislike oven chips. We rarely ever eat chips anyway, so it doesn't present a problem.

I love home made fried chips but don't make them because of the faff of owning a chip pan. So I have oven chips which aren't as nice.

I never cut or cooked chips during nearly 50yrs of married life. My late DH was always in charge of chip pan on a Saturday night. Prepared the chips earlier in the day and left them soaking to get the starch out of them then drained them and dried them off with a tea towel he kept specially and then they were "twice cooked" in lard. I must admit they were very tasty!! When that phrase started appearing on restaurant menus we used to laugh.

My first husband was Spanish.

Lived over there and they used to fry chips in a frying pan, filled with oil.

The most delicious chips on earth

I loathe oven chips