We shouldn't, but we love french fries. I've only tried to make them from real potatoes once and they were a soggy, greasy mess. Since then, I've thrown frozen fries in the oven. I saw an Alton Brown Good Eats episode where he said the secret to crispy fries was to double fry them. I gave it a try last week and he is right. I used my handy dandy mandolin to cut the potatoes...oh mandolin, how I love thee. Then I fried the potatoes at 320 until they were floppy. I drained them and let them cool while the grease heated up to 375. I fried them again until golden brown (well, mine were a little darker than that but I was going because my frying pan and the burgers on the grill). They were crispy and while not healthy, definitely healthier than what comes out of a bag or comes from McDonalds. They were so good, as a matter of fact, they are again on my menu tonight to go with pulled pork sandwiches. Normally I fry maybe once every couple of months and now twice in two weeks. Bad, bad, bad, but good, good, good!
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