Oven Fries/Chips: Making oven-baked potato chips.

Subject: Making oven-baked potato chips.
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: MilwaukeeConnaisseur (doctlo-icfp at yahoo.com)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:09:55 -0600
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In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make oven baked potato chips. As a first experiment I tried to just make a vanilla batch. They mostly came out OK. One potato made three batches, The first batch i forgot that my oven bakes unevenly, and didn't rotate them until late in the cooking. The third batch, I burned my hand putting them in and spilled them all over.

They were great, and I could see them replacing most potato side dishes except for one thing. It seems a lot of work to make them on a per chip basis.

The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.

Suggestions?
From: JoeSpareBedroom (dishborealis at yahoo.com)
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:36:58 GMT
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Try baked whole potatoes. It's a new thing and recipes might be hard to come by.
From: Ron Kelley (ron at never.org)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:39:32 -0800
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At one time there was a handy little gadget called the Micro Chip that made potato chips in the microwave. A google search turned up a lot of hits, but I don't know if any were the actual manufacturer. Check out

http://www.as-seen-on-tv-products.ws/store/html/MICRO_CHIP_MAKER___HWCM1-.html [archive.org]

Several other people told of using the maker and offered suggestions for various flavors to add to the chips. We had one once and as I recall it made passable potato chips.
From: Janet Baraclough (janet.and.john at zetnet.co.uk)
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:52:49 GMT
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The message from MilwaukeeConnaisseur contains these words:
>In my quest to improve my diet and lose weight, I have tried to make
>oven baked potato chips.

>Suggestions?

Buy frozen low-fat oven-chips?
From: Janet Bostwick (nospam at cableone.net)
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:40:15 -0700
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
> Buy frozen low-fat oven-chips?

I think terminology is a problem here. I think the OP is posting about making crisps or potato chips and you are thinking of chips or French Fries. I think. . .
From: Janet Baraclough (janet.and.john at zetnet.co.uk)
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:25:09 GMT
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The message from Janet Bostwick contains these words:
> I think terminology is a problem here. I think the OP is posting about
> making crisps or potato chips and you are thinking of chips or French Fries.
> I think. . .

Yes, I was, thanks for the post
From: Mark Thorson (nospam at sonic.net)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:22:01 -0800
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MilwaukeeConnaisseur wrote:
> The main problem is that until the chips become dry, they can't
> overlap ( or they'll stick ). Once they are dry though, I could put
> them in a cake pan and let them bake the rest of the way no problems.
>
> Suggestions?

Buy a convection oven. This is exactly what a convection oven does best -- drying stuff out while baking it.
From: cybercat (cyberpurrs at yahoo.com)
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:22:44 -0500
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MilwaukeeConnaisseur wrote:
> Suggestions?

Get off of potatoes altogether, unless it's an occasiona baked potato. Their glycemic index is off the charts. You might as well just apply them to your ass.
From: Bobo Bonobo® (CLASSACT at brick.net)
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:35:14 -0800 (PST)
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cybercat wrote:
> Get off of potatoes altogether, unless it's an occasiona baked potato.
> Their glycemic index is off the charts. You might as well just apply them
> to your ass.

I second that.

--Bryan