Spring Spoiling

[rik_uk3]

Ain't semantics wonderful?
OK Your "chips" are our "French Fries", or simply in context: "fries."
Next, your "crisps" are our "potato chips" but you can start a fire with dried buffalo chips.
I've made crisps from carrot, yam and parsnip. Never a need to contemplate keeping qualities in my house.

I believe there's a great deal of cultural stodginess here = yam/parsnip/carrot all beat the hello out of fried potato products.
One winter, I took it upon myself to learn to make extremely excellent yam fries (trendy in the pubs).
Since done this with both carrots and parsnips = major dinner surprise.

1tbs flour, 1 tbs mixed herb/spice seasoning as you wish, in a large plastic bag.
Seasoned salt+pepper+garlic powder, etc. . . . . even curry powder if you dare.
Large cake rack over the sink, 1" oil coming up to 370F in a deep pot on the stove.
Put all the cut yam fries into the bag and bounce them around to coat evenly.
Dump on the cake rack to shed the excess.
Into the oil for 3min30sec. 4 min is too long. Drain and eat, a seasoned mayonnaise is nice.

'French Fries' are those bloody awful things you get dished up in McDonald's and Burger King (and many places in France). Chips are real fries, preferably cooked in pork or beef fat, often twice fried for a nicer crispy exterior. Swede (veg not the people) make good chips as are older carrot and parsnips.

 

[bilmo-p5]

+1 for yam/sweet potato, carrot and parsnip crisps.

Beetroot also makes tasty crisps,

 

[tommy the cat]

Similar if not as large a problem here today .

 

[Robson Valley]

I don't eat at Dirty Ronnie's. Booger King if I have to. A&W fries are the best of the store-bought, I need a dose every 3-4 months.
Other than that, I make my own yam/potato/carrot fries with a seasoned coating. Same with pizza = my crust, my sauce, from scratch.
Scratch mixes for all bread, pie crust, pasta, waffles, tortillas, chepati, pita, pakora and pancakes. I know what's in it. No. Big. Deal.

I learned my lesson long ago: the best and only way to get what I want to eat is to start with a bowl and a stick and make it, myself.

 

[British Red]

I learned my lesson long ago: the best and only way to get what I want to eat is to start with a bowl and a stick and make it, myself.

No, the best way is start with a handful of seed, a wheelbarrow of rotted manure and some well dug dirt.

 

[British Red]

Similar if not as large a problem here today .

I planted this years crop today

 

[Robson Valley]

If I could grow pasta and pie crust in my garden, I would!
End of May, will get some purple carrots, peas and green beans in the ground.
Maybe some beets. Not much of a garden space, couple 16' rows of each but that's OK.

 

[British Red]

If I could grow pasta and pie crust in my garden, I would!

You can



Snowed Wheat by British Red, on Flickr

 

[British Red]

What's wrong with parsnip wine?
Come on guys, get a grip!

Done sir

Parsnip Wine by British Red, on Flickr

Surprisingly good, in fact a very pleasant taste. Should be superb after a year!

 

[bigbear]

Yup, looking forward to drinking mine, on lst years blackberry at present, makes a lovely light fruity spritzer.
which I feel to have earned after the last few days, planting, transplanting, replacing a gate and posts, hedge trimming, weeding, oh yes, its good to be off again.