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French Fried Potatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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French Fried Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash, peel, and slice the potatoes into strips 1.5 inches long, 0.5 inches wide, and 0.25 inches thick.

  2. Soak the potato strips in cold water until ready to fry.

  3. Heat the lard or drippings in a frying pan.

  4. Remove the potatoes from the water, dry them with a cloth, and fry quickly until light brown.

  5. Use a perforated skimmer to remove the potatoes and place them in a deep dish lined with a napkin.

  6. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and serve hot for crispiness.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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