The oil is important but
I'd say the potato is just as important. King Edwards make for the best roasties IMO
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Wed 17 Sep 2008, 13:21, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I wholeheartedly endorse this comment
Kind Edwards ftw
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 19 Sep 2008, 13:35, Reply)

Nope - it's Maris Piper
Parboil them in salted water, drain them and let them dry a little then shake them a little to rag up the edges. So the semolina thing if it moves you., Use groundnut oil in a heavy roasting pan, put it in a hot oven for 15 mins and get that oil really hot. Take it out the oven and pit it ona big gas flame. Roll each potato in this very hot oil. Put it back in the oven for an hour. If you are really sharp, then weeks before you will have bought your Maris pipers in bulk from a nice organic place and spent a happy evening parboiling, drying, fluffing and then freezing them into bags. this saves a LOT of hasles and starchy mess on a Sunday which you need like another hole in your ass if you have people coming round and got up late. Straight from frozen into hot oil as above...
(Fredwestie, Fri 19 Sep 2008, 20:56, Reply)