Mother used to make something which us kids just loved. Looking back I think it may have been mostly lard. Probably horrible for us.
She would slice potatoes thin but not as thin as potato chips. She would then fry them in lard. After that, near as I can remember, all she did was dump a lot of flour in it and stir it until it was about the consistency of thick soup.
It was delicious but please someone tell me that we weren’t eating lard and potatoes with a bit of flour.
I’m sure there were salt and pepper ;-)
That sounds like a typical old-fashioned way to cook potatoes.
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Guck!!!
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