French Fried Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Select long, medium sized potatoes.
Cut them lengthwise into finger-sized strips.
Drain the potato strips well.
Heat deep fat to very hot.
Cook the potato strips in the hot fat until tender.
Drain the potatoes and sprinkle with coarse sea salt before serving.
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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