I noticed when shopping today that potatoes were marked as "ideal for" boiling, baking, mashing, or roasting.
This made me wonder why none were marked as ideal for chips. Is the proper deep-fried chip no longer socially acceptable?
I remember one of my son's friends saying he loved the fact that I made " proper old lady chips" ( I'm sure there's a compliment in there somewhere!)
So, my chips;
Golden Wonder or Cyprus potatoes.
Peel, chip, and soak in cold water for 1 hour.
Heat ( ideally) beef dripping or oil, and fry until soft, but not coloured.
Remove from " real" chip pan ( none of your deep fat fryer nonsense!)
Keep for a while.
Just before you're ready to eat, heat the dripping/ oil till dead hot, plunge in the par- cooked chips and enjoy.
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Proper chips in dripping!!
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Chips at my local taverna are real Cyprus potatoes, ( the only ones available in Cyprus funnily enough ) done in oil crispy and hot. Unfortunately as I am on a low carb diet I can only look.
Chips! You have just reminded me that I have chips in and I have gone and ordered a take away because I can't be bothered to cook and am too tired and in pain. But chips, yummy. 
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