Sunday, January 16, 2011

If people only knew how good........

homemade potato chips are, they'd never by store bought again!
Since we have plenty of potatoes in the root cellar( 400+ lbs) and thinking ahead to the best ways to use them, today we made several batches of homemade potato chips, move over Lays and Ruffles these are the real thing made with skins on and fried in extra virgin olive oil.  The first few batches( pictured below) we got a bit browner than we'd intended, the rest of the batches looked more like home style potato chips.  We lightly salted them with sea salt and enjoyed them with mild Italian sausage, sauerkraut and green beans for our supper.


20 comments:

-Heidi said...

oh nummy!

Faith said...

Yummy!

~Faith

Buttons Thoughts said...

Looks delicious.

Just an Average American Mom said...

our family was just talking about this a couple of days ago.

Maybe the Lord is impressing this upon my heart.

They look fabulous!!

Mama Mess said...

We make homemade potato chips once in a while and they are delicious! So very crispy and full of flavor! Your supper sounds wonderful!

Anonymous said...

Saliva just filled my mouth just looking and thinking about your potatoe chips!! and, I liked your dinner. Yummo! it all sounds superlicious!! ...debbie

MarkD60 said...

I was thinking the other day, (not seriously thinking) about opening a potato chip factory.

small farm girl said...

That sounds so good!

forever growing said...

I was craving homemade chips a couple of weeks ago, and ended up making them and french fries. Love your page, my daughter wants to know what your dogs are. She said one is an Australian Shepherd and the other (blk.+white) I said was a border Collie. She said I am wrong!

Kelle at The Never Done Farm said...

Forever growing,
Welcome and thank you for your comment. You Dd is absolutely right our tri red " Casino" is a registered Aussie and tell her you are correct too. The block and white, " Tuffy" is a Border Collie crossed with a Healer. He looks like a border collie but has the temperment of a healer and he is VERY protective as well as a nautral herding dog. He amazes me still how he just seems to know what to do and listens to our comands like a pro. :o)

We make fries and hashbrowns more than we do chips, but as a treat they are fun. Kind of like homemade fried donuts, good but also a treat only made every so often( due to pounds added*wink*)
Hope to see you back again, we love company and enjoy everyone's comments.

Blessings,
Kelle

Elizabeth said...

Ooooh yum. You can send all those burned ones my way! LOVE them the best! I love your blog (just became a follower) and have recently started my own. www.dandelionsacre.blogspot.com. I'd love it if you stopped by sometime:)

Blessings,
Liz

Elizabeth said...

Oooh yum. You can send all those burned ones my way! LOVE those best! I also love your blog and have just become a follower! Thanks for sharing.

Liz @www.dandelionsacre.blogspot.com

Thistle Cove Farm said...

Oh my gosh...these look wonderful! I wish I could be home to make some now -smile-.

Mrs. Joseph Wood said...

They look wonderful! I like to make mine in coconut oil.. then I feel like we're eating healthy fried food! :-)

MarkD60 said...

I had an ex co-worker who lived near a potato chip plant as a boy. He told me how much better they taste fresh, compared to being in a bag for who knows how long.

Heather at Dusty Bay said...

They look delicious!

Kelle at The Never Done Farm said...

I did it myself this time. INstead of clicking on Publish, I hit Delete by accident, so here is a comment from.....

Mr. H. has left a new comment on your post "If people only knew how good........":

Those potato chips look wonderful, we will have to try this. Also, I just noticed those two wonderful dogs of yours, what a handsome pair.

Hopeful said...

hi from the rv, kelle! just hopping on the internet and wanted to check your blog. YUM!! amy wants to know how thick you slice the potatoes, what kind of potatoes, and what temp the oil is. we are gonna try it!! looks delish and i bet your supper was fantastic.

Lois Evensen said...

Yum! I so look forward to being home to cook again! Those look great!

Kelle at The Never Done Farm said...

Mr.H,
Hey, thanks for commenting. The chips are good, give them a try!
We love our " boys", the red tri is, Casino and the black and white Border Collie is Tuffy. Thanks for noticing them, we think they are very special.:o)



Hopeful,
I have a hand slicer and I set it pretty thin(1/4" thick), you can do thicker, they just take longer to get crisp.
The oil we use is virgin olive oil, but recently in the comments above it was shared that coconut oil works well too. I'm going to try that next time.
Typically our mainstay oils are virgin olive or grapeseed, although we do use coconut and pig lard( we render ourselves)
If you like potato chips, once you've had your own, you won't go back*wink* Homemade fried are the same, and we leave the skins on all potato dishes, unless it's for mashed then we peel them and save the skins. The skins we stir up with a little oil and add some seasoning and bake in the oven, another good treat!
Let me know what you think, if you try them.
Blessings,
Kelle

Lois,
I haven't been really good at following blogs, where are you? Hope you do give them a try, you won't go back to store bought. They keep in a ziplock bag in the frig for several days :o)

Blessings,
Kelle

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