Today I asked my children..what will you miss the most when we make THE MOVE (simplifying back to the homestead etc.). Their answer wasjunk food especially potato chips..this reminded me of when I was a young girl my mother had a potato chip maker..looked kind of like a potato ricer on legs with blades etc. I remember her making these great chips with great seasonings, garlic , chives etc. anyone out there make potato chips today? How?

-- sandi (msjazt@aol.com), August 24, 2001

Answers

I make them occasionally. I just take one of the large Idaho potatoes, scrub it good and remove any bad spots. I then use the potato peeler to slice off the chips that fall right into the hot grease. They're not as uniform as the chips you buy but much tastier and fresher.

-- Grannytoo (jacres40@hotmail.com), August 24, 2001.

You can use a V Slicer (not too expensive) or a mandoline (very expensive, but will do waffle cut veggies also. The trick is not to use a lot of pressure so that your chips come out nice and thin

-- GT (nospam@nospam.com), August 24, 2001.

hi sandi, my kids make home-made potatoe chips by scrubbing the taters and carefully slicing them (as thin or as thick as you want), then dip them in whatever (they've tried: parmesan cheese, garlic powder, Harley's seasonings, onion powder and parsley, or plain). Then they put them on a baking sheet and cook in the oven (325*) until slightly brown. Cool then eat. The 'chips' have to be moist to hold the powder on or spray lightly with Pam.

-- yancee in texas (rnanning@comwerx.net), August 25, 2001.

Lynn made me some grease free seasoned ones on the dehydrator last year.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), August 25, 2001.

Hi Sandi,

I make chips all the time. I use a mandoline that I bought at Kitchen's Etc. for $10. I don't peel mine, just slice them thin. The secrets are to soak the potatoes in cold water for at least an hour then dry them off really good and fry them twice. Once to cook them, and then to crisp them up. It is a little time consuming but they are really good. I do french fries the same way. Try sweet potato chips sometime. They're delicious too. Enjoy.

Wishing you enough.

-- Trevilians (Trevilians@mediaone.net), August 25, 2001.

I had some at a Christian Music Festival this year. They were terrific. They peeled them with a spiral apple slicer and fried them in hot oil. They were crispy and delicious. I haven't tried to do it myself, but it didn't look like it was hard. I suspect making sure you had enough oil would be important to make them crispy. They salted them with really fine granulated salt afterward; it was almost a salt powder. Ummmm, maybe I'll go give it a try!

-- Sharon (spangenberg@hovac.com), August 25, 2001.