Roasting potatoes

[Markymark]

Yeahbut @Markymark would have to pay London prices for chips, which would buy you an entire field of spuds in Lincolnshire.

Given the alternative, we'll worth the extra.

 

[Mr Celine]

'Cos it makes 'em taste yummy! Next daft question...

Sorry, didn't mean to raise your blood pressure.

It's probably high enough with all that salt.

 

[Chris S]

I use Aldi tinned potatoes. They already cooked so it's just a case of rolling them in salt and olive oil to make them go crispy.

 

[Paulus]

If I'm having them with roast beef, I'll add some of the juices from the roast to the pan before shaking.

You could cook them in the roasting tin with the beef, the fat and the juices make them taste wonderful. When the beef is cooked allow that to rest and turn up the heat to crisp the spuds off.

 

[Paulus]

Try it - you'll be surprised!

I tried it one Christmas as we had some vegetarian friend for dinner. I was surprised how good they were, the friends commented on how nice they were as well.

 

[swee'pea99]

I tried it one Christmas as we had some vegetarian friend for dinner. I was surprised how good they were, the friends commented on how nice they were as well.

I had always used lard, lika wotta momma useda do, but when I was advised to cut down on animal fats I decided to give the olive oil a go and it was a revelation. Never looked back. And I get many compliments on my roasties. Salt & all.

 

[nickyboy]

Depends. Sometimes I par boil, well mostly boil then in a very hot oven with oil for about 20 mins. Though this is verging on the roast potato. If I want proper chips I'd blanch at around 130 in oil, drain and cool, then crisp at around 190.

What a performance

Just pop down to the chippy and buy theirs

 

[mjr]

I tried it one Christmas as we had some vegetarian friend for dinner.

Cannibalism seems wrong for Christmas, no matter what you serve alongside

 

[Tin Pot]

***SUCCESS***

(It was heating the oil before roasting)

 

[smutchin]

You’ve got the tatties sussed, now to work on your meat carving skills...

 

[FishFright]

***SUCCESS***

(It was heating the oil before roasting)

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No gravy ? Philistine !! I adore a good gravy and a roast dinner isn't complete without it. Next it'll be wholemeal bread for a bacon doorstop

 

[Tin Pot]

You’ve got the tatties sussed, now to work on your meat carving skills...

I read an article once, then realised I didn't care.

 

[Tin Pot]

No gravy ? Philistine !! I adore a good gravy and a roast dinner isn't complete without it. Next it'll be wholemeal bread for a bacon doorstop

Well, gravy was produced to reheat food, not as a sauce. And I find Sauvignon Blanc is all the sauce I need with chicken...

 

[swee'pea99]

No pushing at the back there please...

 

[mjr]

I didn't know that there had been meteor showers!