Making crisps!

jobbingmusician

Really really delicious. Someone mentioned making crisps from butternut squash, and it brought it right back to me, how my dad used to make potato crisps and how wonderful they were.

It's a slightly....ummmm.eccentric recipe, but it does work.....

Don't bother to peel the tatties, they are wonderful in their skins. Just turn the deep fryer on to pre-heat, or put the oil on and get the servant to watch it

PUT THE POTATOES INTO THE SPIN DRYER OR WASHER, AND SPIN DRY FOR 2 MINS. (If you really can't be bothered, just pat them really well dry with a clean t-towel - but spinning works best and is the authentic 'daddy' recipe).

Deep fry, salt and enjoy!!!!!

Don't eat them more than once a month as they are EXTREMELY moreish and very bad for you

I guarantee your kids will love them! And yes, you can do this with parsnips, squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes... a good but not particularly healthy way to get your kids to eat different veggies

Pink.

Hi jobbingmusician,

Thank you for reminding me of memories that I had forgotten.

My mother used to make home made crisps and they were delicious. I make crisps with my own children occasionally, but not too often as I can't stand the smell of frying in the house.:o

Mum also used to spin dry salad leaves after washing them. I remember thinking at the time that she was mad! I didn't appreciate all the old style things that she taught me at the time, I just wish she was still here so that I could say thank you.

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RAMBLER

Oh I'm feeling hungry now... You can buy vegetable crisps in the shops, but what's the point when they taste nicer homemade.

I do mine in the oven - I use beetroot, sweet potatoes and carrots to make that perfect flavour. Cut up thin slices and I mean 1-2mm of the veg and put in the oven with a vegetable oil / water mix (can buy it in the shops but easy to make) sprayed on. Cook for 25 - 30 mins on 200 oc until golden brown. Yum.....

Gingham_Ribbon

I would be tempted to make them if I thought I could cut them thin enough. Do they go throught the food processor okay?

ti1980

I bought some parsnip crisps the other day. They were extremely tasty so I imagine they would taste even better homemade.
I don't even really like parsnips normally but these sounded nice as they had salt and black pepper seasoning on them which I love in crisps.
I would be tempted to try and make some myself if I thought it would work in the oven? Anyone tried it? I don't have a deep fat fryer. Or could they be shallow fried?

Grateful for any tips as usual.

black-saturn

Anyone got a recipe of doing them in the oven? When I do them they just end up too dark.

silverfoxdude

mmm, this is making me hungry now.... would the best way to get them thinly sliced be to used the veg peeler??

squeaky

I think we have another thread about the place with links to useful site...

..watch this space and I'll edit in if I can find it

squeaky

squeaky wrote:

I think we have another thread about the place with links to useful site...

..watch this space and I'll edit in if I can find it

Sorry, I was wrong. There are three handy threads


posh crisps from root vegetables
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=15453

vegatable crisps
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=95316

HM crisps
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=82543

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silverfoxdude wrote:

mmm, this is making me hungry now.... would the best way to get them thinly sliced be to used the veg peeler??

I use my potato pealer to slice the veg finely when making hm crisps.

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magentacafc

Hello all :wave:

I love spring onion crisps. Love them. M&S used to sell big 100g bags which were gorgeous, but they seem to have stopped doing them. The only place I can find them are in the multipack bags in Morrisons with prawn cocktail & beef & onion. Does anybody know anywhere else that sells them?

Failing that, is there ANY way I could make some that were just as tasty as the shop ones? I've done salted crisps before but I don't know how on earth I would get the spring onion flavour?? Any help appreciated!