Monday, February 27, 2006

SUCESS!!!

I just made The Best Fries Ever. Yes, they deserve capitalization. They are THAT GOOD and healthier (not healthy, but better) than most others. Especially compared to most sold here (restaurants or frozen in bags) as most here are fried in palm oil, which is so unhealthy. These fries are the best I've had since I had to give up McDonalds last summer (when I couldn't trick myself about their use of beef oils anymore lol) Especially good after my failure with home fries.

These are so easy to make too:
peel and slice potatoes into fry shapes (I used a HUGE potato and a small one)
parboil potatoes until almost cooked, still firm
put them on a pan and brush oil over them (I used canola oil mixed with garlic powder)
bake at a high temperature until golden (flip when they start to crisp)

Mmmmmm fries :)

And in non-food news, because, yes, I DO have a life beyond food, schoolwork is going ok. I checked online and my first math unit has been received. I just have to wait for them to mail it back to know what my mark was (wish me luck!!). I finished all my English units with marks of 85, 97, 100, and 100 and great comments from my teachers, so I'm just waiting to write the exam. I dropped my accounting course (yesss!). And I'm almost finished my first unit of history, writing this is my last bit of procrastination.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

way to not tell me!

xsparklerx said...

I DID tell you lame-o! You said you already ate french fries and didn't want any of mine. Your loss... they were delicious...

smelly_cat said...

those look yummy! hehe
my cats usually dont use their cat house much...they like to sleep on my bed...i have black bed sheets so my bed always gets covered in hair :P

Anonymous said...

McDonald's fries have dairy in them, just to point out. The issue of them using beef in the oil was three years ago and they supposedly stopped that... though the dairy sucks too... :( Your fries look better than theirs anyways. ^.^

xsparklerx said...

I know the dairy thing is weird! I heard about it a couple months ago and was like whaa-?
It's so weird to see ingredients for fries that go beyond potatoes oil and salt.
This is the list of ingredients for McDonalds fries (still containing beef too) in the US at least:
Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef, wheat and dairy sources), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Contains derivatives of wheat and dairy.

It's crazy... Stupid McDonalds.