I am starting to get really frustrated at trying to find suitable potatoes for chips. Looking round our local supermarkets there are bags labled "Baking Potatoes" that cost well OTT and don't go brown when you deep fat fry them.
All the other varieties seem to have a maximum diameter of about 2". I like my chips to be at least 3".
I'm beggining to think that this is some new EU legislation that specifies the size that a potatoe should be, as they are also suspiciously uniform in size. Or perhaps Harry Ramsden has a deal where he gets the big ones from every crop?
I never used to have this problem. I'd buy a sack of spuds, select the small ones when I'm having mash or roast, and save the big ones for my chips. Just lately, every bag I can find is full of small ones, EVEN the Maris Piper.
All the other varieties seem to have a maximum diameter of about 2". I like my chips to be at least 3".
I'm beggining to think that this is some new EU legislation that specifies the size that a potatoe should be, as they are also suspiciously uniform in size. Or perhaps Harry Ramsden has a deal where he gets the big ones from every crop?
I never used to have this problem. I'd buy a sack of spuds, select the small ones when I'm having mash or roast, and save the big ones for my chips. Just lately, every bag I can find is full of small ones, EVEN the Maris Piper.