Homemade Crisps - anybody make them and how?
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Following on from the 'who makes the best' thread I can't find my ideal crisp which basically need to be fried (or at least done with oil) and much darker than shop bought. Much like the 'overcooked' few you'd find in the bag years ago before the conformity police on shape size and colour took over 
Never made them before other than thick scallops which I prefer with my ham and egg as opposed to chips.
Done a bit of research and it seems that Russet Potatoes are the ideal variety for dark crisps (no idea why but that's the route I'm going) and managed to find what looks like the only supply in the UK? and ordered 5Kg from Amazon at an eye-watering price..........
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BXTD2F5M/ref=pe_2706...
My favourite flavours are Cheese and Onion and Tomato so did a drunken order the other night and got these...........
All set for a dummy run before my Russets get delivered.
So any tips?
Never made them before other than thick scallops which I prefer with my ham and egg as opposed to chips.
Done a bit of research and it seems that Russet Potatoes are the ideal variety for dark crisps (no idea why but that's the route I'm going) and managed to find what looks like the only supply in the UK? and ordered 5Kg from Amazon at an eye-watering price..........
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BXTD2F5M/ref=pe_2706...
My favourite flavours are Cheese and Onion and Tomato so did a drunken order the other night and got these...........
All set for a dummy run before my Russets get delivered.
So any tips?
Plenty of youtube videos about making crisps. I have thought about doing it myself. For instance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLucnDbe8Qk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLucnDbe8Qk
dickymint said:
Colonel Cupcake said:
Those crisps look fantastic.
Cheers CC my next mission is to emulate my other no longer made favourite Potato Puffs 
As a result of your crisp making, I have stop procrastinating and asked Mrs Cupcake to get a mandolin and I am having a go myself.
At that money for Russet Burbank I ll look into posting you! we grow them.
They re long so make chips rather than crisps commercially (crispers prefer rounder varieties)
Came on here to say homemade crisps for us was just the skin peelings before we made the chips!!
They re long so make chips rather than crisps commercially (crispers prefer rounder varieties)
Came on here to say homemade crisps for us was just the skin peelings before we made the chips!!
Edited by AndyAudi on Wednesday 7th January 16:11
There is a really good 3 part series on YouTube looking at this. This is the final 'how to' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=504iV6_BCRE The 2 other videos cover failed attempts and a visit to a crisp factory to find out how they do it successfully at scale.
Blimey. I'm a bit of a cooking fundamentalist but making my own crisps is something I'd never try.
They used to make them at my primary school served with 'salad' ie a webbs lettuce leaf slice of tomato, cucmber and egg. God knows what oil they used but they were cold greasy, slightly thicker than a real crisp, cooked to that point where they are brown , hard and have an unpleasant chemical taste (acrylamides?) which I can easily conjour 55 years later
They used to make them at my primary school served with 'salad' ie a webbs lettuce leaf slice of tomato, cucmber and egg. God knows what oil they used but they were cold greasy, slightly thicker than a real crisp, cooked to that point where they are brown , hard and have an unpleasant chemical taste (acrylamides?) which I can easily conjour 55 years later
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