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To: Fungi

Blanch your fries in a baking soda and sugar solution.

Using baking soda promotes the breakdown of pectin, whereas vinegar promotes the maintenance of its integrity; thus baking soda chips will have a softer, fluffier interior due to the potato flesh being broken down more completely during the blanching step, and vinegar chips will be more durable for handling and frying but not as tasty. In addition, alkaline conditions also favor browning via the Maillard reaction and the sugar enhances browning as well as complementing the potato taste. Acidic conditions tend to inhibit browning.


13 posted on 04/15/2020 10:09:10 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (Our parents/grandparents were called to war. We have been called to sit on the couch. We got this!!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Heston Blumenthal has been honored as the world's best chef and his restaurant, the Fat Duck, was named the world's best. One of his early recipes that made his reputation were his Triple cooked fries
19 posted on 04/15/2020 11:03:25 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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