Cold Oil Fries and Birds in the wind


 
Bob Correll

Bob Correll

R.I.P. 3/31/2022
Didn't know if any of you had ever tried the cold oil method for french fries.
http://www.food.com/recipe/easier-french-fries-cold-oil-method-cooks-illustrated-415262

I wanted to try doing these on the grill last night, but snow was predicted and I wasn't sure if the kettle would cool enough for the cover.
I started using this method in 2010.

The recipe calls for gold potatoes, but I used russets, rinsed, soaked, drained, and semi dried them first. (a little wet is no problem with this method)

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I could have let them brown up a bit more, but they tasted great.

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Not super crisp, but not greasy in the slightest.
A bonus is that they do not splatter oil everywhere.

We woke up to very heavy winds and snow this morning.

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Cardinals were hanging on for dear life.

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Thanks for the visit!
 
I've been frying a good bit these days. Thanks for introducing something new.

I'm not really a bird person, but those cardinals are gorgeous!
 
Thanks for sharing the fries recipe, going to give that a try. That's the most cardinals I've seen since our football team was playing, great pictures.
 
Bob... You live in bird paradise. I swear, your photos are best. That shot of that little guy holding on to his twig for dear life is priceless. Every year at Christmas I buy my wife a small calendar that she hangs on the fridge. Last couple of years, I've gotten one with birds. Without exaggeration, your photos are better than the calendar shots. You probably could do well selling your shots to various markets. Oh yeah, and those fries are gorgeous. Thanks for the link. I know what you mean about the oil splatter.
 
Nice fries Bob. We did give that way a try several times. They are guud.
Love to see your pics of the birds. Nice pics of them.
 
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