So yesterday I decided that I wanted to use up the last of the potatoes before they wrinkled themselves into my garbage can. Now what better way than to make potato chips, right? I've been craving salt and vinegar (my favorite flavor) kettle cooked chips. Mmm, there goes the drool. Sorry 'bout that.
Anyway, I wanted to try something new. So I put on the oil, sliced 'em up nice and thin (The Husband got an amazing knife from Cutco that I highly recommend, and no I'm not getting paid to say that) and started deep frying.
Three burned fingers later, I had potato chips! But, silly me, I didn't think through it enough to realize that if you put vinegar on a crisp chip, it gets soggy. D'oh! So I had soggy salt and vinegar chips. They still tasted good, and satisfied my craving. And now I know for next time, soak the chips in vinegar first, then fry them. Of course, I'll still end up with burned hands. When the book you're reading says things like, "Warning! Hot oil burns!" and, "Use caution when placing chips in hot oil!" several times throughout the recipe, you maybe oughta listen. And by you, I mean me. I got distracted by the pushing going on in the living room and didn't pay attention to pulling my hand out of the kettle before the droplets landed on it. Nice red mark.
Oh, and cleaning oil off your stove? Not fun. Not fun at all. :-P
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