Potato Chip Perfection : The secret I did NOT Expect...

Director, Author, Host & Camera : Alex
Editor and Co-Author : Joshua Mark Sadler
Producer : Eva Zadeh
Editor and 2nd camera operator : Lou Assous
Second Editor : Josh John
Assistant Editor : Sean Miller

Salut,

Alex

[crazykaspmovies]

What a bittersweet conclusion to the video, to have obtained the ideal potatoe chip only to run out of the principle ingredient. If only potatoes had some sort of self duplicating property, some mechanism by which one would be able to obtain more of the genetically identical potatoe. Some arcane or agricultural ritual that could give rise to an indefinate amount of said potatoe merely by investing time and minimal energy.

[groknartheterror]

Would love an additional mini episode to see if you can find an equivalent/close to potato that gets similar results from the market.

[jakobrosenqvist]

I know a local farmer that grew a variety called Saturna wich is used as the main potato by a local potato chip factory. So what I did was after they harvested the potatos from the field I took a little stroll and picked up a bunch of the ones the macines had missed or that had been dropped or that was simply to small, I stored them in our cellar over the winter and next year I grew myself a pretty good harvest of chip making potatoes. I kept the strand for a couple of years before I decided I prefered some other varieties.

[danielsantiagourtado]

It was the potato! It reminds me of the problem you had with Robuchon's three michelin star mashed potatoes!

[vi-ynss]

Lady Claire is of the crisping variety. In Europe, the seeds can be purchased from Mejir potato. There are several other varieties with similar characteristics. E.G. Agria, Almera, Colleen, Courage, Fianna, Horizon, Lady Claire, Lady Jo, Lady Rosetta, Markies, and Mayan Gold.

In the US, Yukon Gold and Russet are in the crisping variety.

[quasimodobraun]

Great series with fantastic insights. Buuuut: Where is Alex who fights for an alternative that could be done with what is available? Finding potatoes with less starch, trying to wash them more often and drying/pre-cooking the in the oven, before frying them?

[DtWolfwood]

The key to a potato chip is a proprietary potato breed. Got it. 😂

[simosayt]

Now I would expect at least one more episode for this mini-series, where Alex opens his laptop, gets to read more about this Lady Claire potato variety, and then hunt around markets in Paris for other types of potatoes that have similar characteristics to Lady Claire, but are available to the general populace.

[AMPMReviews]

the way you say "crunchy" and "crispy" gives it extra meaning. :)

[rogats]

The first video - then I followed through - was recommended to me after I posted my chips on a FB group. The ones I made at home were absolutely perfect and I made them in a microwave oven following chef John's directions. It did cost me a new capacitor for the oven, but until the device worked, I produced the best chips I've ever had!

[Ojus_M]

I think you need to continue this series. This version is only possible with that specific potato variety.

My grandma made chips at home by drying the chips first. Like actual drying, putting it out in the sun and naturally dehydrating them. Then she would package them and give to family members. You’d then fry them, add salt, red chilli pepper, cumin, cilantro, and mix. It was perfectly crispy! I think that might be a much more reasonable method to try that is more attainable as compared to a specific potato variety. :)

[InTeCredo]

@05:34 This reminds me of the guys who drove around Boulder, Colorado, collecting the disposed cooking oil from the restaurants. The cooking oil was to be distilled into the vegetable-based diesel fuel. Many restaurants gladly gave it away as they did not have to pay the disposal fee. The guys admitted that the cooking oil from the Chinese and Thai restaurants tended to be so rancid and had so much food particles and stench that they couldn't use it for distilling. They knew which restaurant to avoid based on how the cooking oil looked and smelt.

[jonstenSE]

Fahrenheit!?!?? Common, what happened to Celsius, didn't the French come up with that!!!!

[kenchilton]

You can buy Lady Claire potatoes. They are sold commercially and you can grow your own. There are other varieties that work too, like Lady Rosetta, Saturna, Hermes, Verdi, Agria, Premiere, Endeavour, Ranger Russet, Atlantic, etc. If you like sweet potato chips (crisps), you might try Black Vine variety sweet potatoes.

[codingjoe]

I am feeling like this was a good intro into the potato series. Peruvian people will expand your concept of a 🥔

[yeefaQLatifa]

Behold, the first time anyone ever had a full bowl of whole chips. No crumbs in the bottom. It is truly magnificent

[logtothebase]

I wonder if you can improve a regular variety with some processing up front, say vacuum or partial vacuum desiccation, something that would be too much for a factory but possible on a small scale. That is select the nearest variety with similar properties and dry them, and fry twice (or some such) similar to the triple cooked Chip (fry)

[WhatAboutZoidberg]

Since I got a house and space to garden, I've learned SO MUCH about varieties of each plant and its wild. There's hundreds of varieties of each fruit and veg and they have qualities that suit so many applications and unique flavors. Such a fun rabbit hole.

[LazarusWilhelm]

DO NOT introduce prawn cocktale flavouring to this guy or we're going to get a 23 episode series 😳😳😳

[ilfavolosomondodicali]

I found myself smiling the moment you put that potato in your mouth and everything looked perfect. You’re videos are magic!