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Does Anyone Still Cook Chips the Old Fashioned Way?

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Daddima Mon 17-Feb-20 16:30:50

I still have a chip pan, and use beef dripping from the butcher and Golden Wonder or Cyprus potatoes to make chips.

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Marydoll Mon 17-Feb-20 16:30:19

We also have homemade chips, cooked in a chip pan and sunflower oil, once every two or three weeks. It's a special treat.
I too have an extractor above my cooker to take away most, but not all of the smells.
I then have to light a candle, which doesn't help my chest!! .

I also have a deep fat fryer, but it's such a hassle to use, so is in a cupboard out of sight, as I grill everything. No frying in our house . (Despite what DH would like. wink)

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GagaJo Mon 17-Feb-20 16:28:27

I have never owned a chip pan. If I do make them (the last time was well over 2 years ago) I do them in the biggest pan I've got in grape seed oil.

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Callistemon Mon 17-Feb-20 16:24:15

DH has oven chips and I don't eat any unless I go to a pub which serves triple cooked chips!

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janeainsworth Mon 17-Feb-20 16:22:35

I have a chip pan but I don’t use lard, I use sunflower oil.
I’ve got an extractor fan above my hob & it takes most of the smell away. By the next day it’s gone. We don’t have chips very often, once every 2 to 3 weeks maybe.

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Framilode Mon 17-Feb-20 16:17:07

When I was growing up nearly everyone had a chip pan filled with lard on the cooker all the time. The chips were delicious.

I was wondering if anyone still uses one or do we all use oven chips now? I used to have a deep fat fryer but it was messy and made the place smell. I wonder if in the 'olden days' all the kitchens smelt of chip fat.

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