I hope mine come out well
any handy tips (they're currently doing the boiling thing)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:21, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Boiling them lots first makes em good and fluffy
Then all you have to do is turn them up high in the oven to crisp the outsides. I think!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:27, Reply)

this
Par-boil them, drain them then shake them in the pan with the lid on to make the outsides all fluffy. You can add a tablespoon of flour and parmesan if you want. Put your fat/oil in the oven to heat and tip the potatoes in when it's sizzling hot. They need about half an hour at 200, I think.
(berk, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:37, Reply)

sprinkle a bit of semolina on them before roasting them.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:37, Reply)

Cheating!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:41, Reply)

How is that cheating?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:47, Reply)

It's not, in my book
But perhaps roota's mum is some kind of roast-potato-genius-purist.
(berk, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:49, Reply)

I like your book more than Roota's book.
Roota's book is full of spud-based-rubbish.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:50, Reply)

My mum's spuds speak for 'emselves
The woman's insane but her spuds are genius
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:52, Reply)

You've still not told me how using semolina is cheating though.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:54, Reply)

mine, too
But she doesn't even have potato-cooking abilities to make up for the window licking.
(berk, Sat 25 Dec 2010, 16:00, Reply)