Best Potato For Chips

reeree

Has anyone tried any of the new potatoes around for making chips we usually have fish and chips on a saturday night but it dosent matter what time we go the chips are getting mankier every week so lve decided to make my own and just buy the fish which is usually nice, the supermarket potatoes seem watery (ie king edward maris piper desiree and dont seem to make great chips like they do at the beginning of the season, so just wondered if anyone had tried any new ones for chip making

hilstep2000

Our chip shop use Maris Piper, but are frying charlottes at the moment.

Lynsey

I'm surprised you didn't get good results with Maris Piper, one of the better ones.
Generally old potatoes give better results (I find) and floury potatoes seem to be generally preferred.

Rooster potatoes also make good chips and one I buy only now and again makes excellent chips - they are called Spunta (Italian potato) - a waxy potato and well worth a try.

Good luck.

Lynsey

reeree

Lynsey wrote: »

I'm surprised you didn't get good results with Maris Piper, one of the better ones.
Generally old potatoes give better results (I find) and floury potatoes seem to be generally preferred.

Rooster potatoes also make good chips and one I buy only now and again makes excellent chips - they are called Spunta (Italian potato) - a waxy potato and well worth a try.

Good luck.

Lynsey

did you get them in the supermarket, lve never heard of them but will look out for them and give them a try

Raksha

I like Estima for baking and chips, but then I don't like a 'fluffy' chip, most a soft one. If I can't get Estima, then I'm happy to experiment with any white potato with pink eyes.

Lynsey

reeree wrote: »

did you get them in the supermarket, lve never heard of them but will look out for them and give them a try

Spunta?? I buy from the market, but not always available - normally about 30p per lb.
Rooster, yes in supermarkets.

Lynsey

IenjoyAbargain

My friend,who owns a chippy, moans about potatoes this time of the year, the old potatoes are on their last legs and the new ones are not quite here yet. He uses Maris Pipers and can`t say I ever had a bad chip from them, though sometimes they fry darker and don`t stand as good, which is not essential in our house where they dissapear long before they have the chance to 'stand' :rotfl: