Frozen chips......may I recommend these.

[stephec]

For the past couple of months I've been getting Aunt Bessie's from Quality Save, they also had Albert Bartlett's Crispy Fries, and though I don't normally like the thin ones they were lovely.

When I worked out the pence per grammage equation they're both cheaper than big supermarket prices.

 

[Threevok]

I'm finding that, chips I previously hated in the oven, I love when cooked in the air-fryer.

Iceland's £1 fries are on par or better than anthing that McD or KFC have, when cooked in the air-fyer

 

[vickster]

mmmm beef dripping.

🤢

 

[ianrauk]

I'm finding that, chips I previously hated in the oven, I love when cooked in the air-fryer.

Iceland's £1 fries are on par or better than anthing that McD or KFC have, when cooked in the air-fyer

Agree about the air fryer cooking method. Not just with chips though, everything seems to cook and taste better when done in the air fryer.

 

[MontyVeda]

Tried various without being happy. Aunt Bessies were nice but my local store has ceases stocking them.
Anyway.......I noticed these in Aldi so tried them. Chunky Maris Piper.
They really are nice. I normally go for thin chips so these do take a bit longer but well worth it imo.

My 'go to' Aldi chips are the triple cooked beef dripping chips when i want something chunky, or the skin-on fries when i want thinner chips. If i fancy a middle of the road McCain type chip, it's the Homestyle... and Wedges when i want an all together different chip.

The ones to avoid (IMO) are straight cut, steak cut and crinkle (what's the point?)

 

[tom73]

The best chip as we all know are and will always be ones your mum use to make.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I'm finding that, chips I previously hated in the oven, I love when cooked in the air-fryer.

Iceland's £1 fries are on par or better than anthing that McD or KFC have, when cooked in the air-fyer

I didn’t really like oven chips as they were a faff as you are supposed to turn them half way through cooking, and the results were always mediocre. The airfryer has changed all that. The chips are excellent, ours has a paddle attachment that gently tumbles them to ensure they are evenly cooked.

 

[Dave7]

I didn’t really like oven chips as they were a faff as you are supposed to turn them half way through cooking, and the results were always mediocre. The airfryer has changed all that. The chips are excellent, ours has a paddle attachment that gently tumbles them to ensure they are evenly cooked.

Tefal Actifry

 

[Tenkaykev]

Tefal Actifry

That’s the one. We purchased it before the recent surge in demand. It was on sale at John Lewis at the time, but our local JL had no stock, and they weren’t available for either delivery or click and collect. I spotted one in stock in Leeds so asked my daughter to pop in and get it if it was still available. When she got there they’d reduced it by a further £10 😎
It cost £7.50 for a next day delivery so I got a real bargain👍

 

[Dadam]

The best chip as we all know are and will always be ones your mum use to make.

Yes! Proper chip pan* jobbies. I used to love it when 2 or 3 weren't properly chopped and were cooked together, so the inside was slightly undercooked! Yum

*I think we only had 2 fires and we knew the rigmarole with the wet tea towel so no harm done.

 

[ianrauk]

*I think we only had 2 fires and we knew the rigmarole with the wet tea towel so no harm done.

I think those of us over a certain age and above remember those days.
But then again it probably still happens.
Do people still use a massive pan of heated oil for chips these days.

 

[Threevok]

The best chip as we all know are and will always be ones your mum use to make.

Actually, the best chips were made by someone elses mum

There was a lady in Moffat who (still in her 90's) ran a chip shop, where the chips were cooked in lard.

Sadly, she's no longer with us and the chippy changed hands some years ago.

That was one of the main highlights of visiting the town and four of my minus five a day, on many occasions

 

[The Crofted Crest]

Did anyone else have a "mystery chip" as a kid? A chip cut into a funny shape or with a hole in it. The suspense of looking for it among your chips and finding out who the lucky recipient was was the best part of the near-daily egg and chips for tea.

 

[Dadam]

I think those of us over a certain age and above remember those days.
But then again it probably still happens.
Do people still use a massive pan of heated oil for chips these days.

Very few I imagine. The oil is too inconvenient to store between uses, too expensive to not use multiple times, too awkward to dispose of when it's too far gone for chip use.

 

[Reynard]

Do people still use a massive pan of heated oil for chips these days.

Me!

Although my pan is an electrically heated one.

The best chips I ever had were made by an elderly Belgian lady who was a family friend. She had been in service as a teenager, and still made chips the way she'd been taught by the household's cook back in the 1920s. They were bloody superb.

Actually, she was a damn good cook all round, she could make the simplest things taste so good.