July 04, 2007
Nothing Comes Between Me...
... and my 
bag of potato chips.
OH MAN! This article is totally making me hungry. Here's an excerpt: "The crunch of that first salty chip, crisp and unblemished by moisture and oxygen, is one of life's most underrated great food moments." I feel an instant kinship with this author, and I'm so grateful for people like Mr Herman Lay.
I tried making my own chips a few weeks ago, and they turned out pretty well. The trick is to fry them until the sizzling stops because that means that all the moisture's been cooked out of the chip. Good heat control is imperative, because you don't want the chips to burn, but you need to fry them until all the water's gone not just to get them crispy but to get them to stay crispy after the chips cool.
You can make chips out of most root vegetables, not just the plain ol' (but super yummy) potato. I made mine out of sweet potatoes since I had some on hand, and since I didn't have a mandolin to slice them very thinly, my chips turned out to be something like kettle chips: a bit thicker and as crispy and crunchy as regular potato chips. Just toss them with some seasoning (I did a simple salt and black pepper mix) and chow down on yummy, home-made chips.
So so so hungry now... And, isn't this one of the best sights ever?
And since this is a food-related post, I made peanut butter and chocolate chip ice cream over the weekend. Yummalicious! Thanks to Cheng for carting back peanut butter from the Netherlands, where the peanut butter is supposed to be world-best. I have to say, this is one of the best flavours I've done so far... Unfortunately it doesn't look like much, just a tan-coloured ice cream so I didn't bother to take any photos.
Next up, some kind of sorbet featuring lemongrass and mint or basil (I haven't yet decided) and then ice cream with gula melaka instead of sugar. Yippee :D
Posted by scrabbyfoo at July 4, 2007 05:58 PM