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Title: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Nick on December 19, 2010, 06:27:02 PM
Well goose fat obviously  ::),  but for a long time I have been coating them in semolina  cloud9:  My big sis uses grated parmesan, which I tried this week and can pronounce to be yumster.

Oh, and Heston Blumenthal can fook off, though he has a point about sharp corners IMHO.
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Snoopy on December 19, 2010, 07:16:56 PM
I go for the par'boil and then bash 'em about in the saucepan (lid firmly on) before tipping them into smokingly hot goose fat. Always bring the fat to heat on the hob and once the spuds are in, sprinkled with sea salt from Geurande (Fleur de sel de Guerande), and basted pop the roasting tin into a hot oven until spuds are golden brown..... Perfick!
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Just One More on December 19, 2010, 08:09:01 PM
Prety much the same as Snoopy. Parboil for ten minutes (Wilja spuds are unbeatable for roasters IMHO), swish them around in the metal colander so that the metal edges on the holes rough the spuds up a bit, into the minimal amount of hot goose fat, turn after 15 mins, again after 30 mins, and done after 45 mins. I too have a large bag of Fleur de sel de Guerande so will give that a try as I enjoy cracked sea salt on mine once on the plate
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on December 19, 2010, 08:14:13 PM
Pretty much the same here.  I sometimes score the tops of the potatoes for extra crisp factor. Drool:
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Barman on December 19, 2010, 08:14:45 PM
Take out of freezer, open bag pop contents in microwave...  whistle:
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Pastis on December 19, 2010, 08:15:49 PM
Take out of freezer, open bag pop contents in microwave...  whistle:

I thought you were going to say chips   ;)
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Barman on December 19, 2010, 08:20:02 PM
Take out of freezer, open bag pop contents in microwave...  whistle:

I thought you were going to say chips   ;)

In the chipper like... Drool:
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on December 19, 2010, 08:20:56 PM
Take out of freezer, open bag pop contents in microwave...  whistle:
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Philistine. noooo:
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Barman on December 19, 2010, 08:21:46 PM
Take out of freezer, open bag pop contents in microwave...  whistle:

Philistine. noooo:

No, Aunt Bessie...  cloud9:
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on December 19, 2010, 08:33:37 PM
 lol: lol:
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Just One More on December 19, 2010, 09:18:12 PM
Pretty much the same here.  I sometimes score the tops of the potatoes Drool:
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Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Barman on December 19, 2010, 09:19:16 PM
Pretty much the same here.  I sometimes score the tops of the potatoes Drool:
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Shouldn't you be shovelling snow or summat...?  ::)
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Just One More on December 19, 2010, 10:02:14 PM
Pretty much the same here.  I sometimes score the tops of the potatoes Drool:
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Shouldn't you be shovelling snow or summat...?  ::)

I have people that are doing just that right now, so I am doing summat instead of shovelling snow

If I had a two-way radio I'd be "Snowflake One" or similar

Here's some snow clearing they did earlier, bloody clever these ploughs 

I'll let others post the other pics ;)


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Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Snoopy on December 20, 2010, 05:51:00 AM
In the RAF runway snow clearance was always known as "Operation Blacktop".
It usually consisted of a line of 'Erks' armed with shovels and brooms. ::)
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Barman on December 20, 2010, 06:06:52 AM
In the RAF runway snow clearance was always known as "Operation Blacktop".
It usually consisted of a line of 'Erks' armed with shovels and brooms. ::)

And you're still suffering with that bad back aren't you...? happy100
Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Snoopy on December 20, 2010, 06:09:46 AM
First to the NAAFI Wagon everytime that was me  razz:

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Title: Re: Perfick roast potatoes
Post by: Barman on December 20, 2010, 06:10:28 AM
 lol: lol: lol: