My new mandolin

Here is my birthday present from David and Amber. This was the first time I used a mandolin..it was great! The slim slices of potato piled up ever so quickly and quietly under the device.

You have to soak your potatoes to get the excess starch out. I put them in a bowl of cold water for 2 hours, then drained them and blotted them dry.

Here are some of the potato chips I made. After paying 4.00 for the peanut oil, and standing over the hot  stove over bubbly hot oil, waiting for them to fry nice and crisp, I decided I would rather buy potato chips!

 The rest of the thin sliced potatoes were used a different way: I smothered them in cheese sauce and microwaved them...two 4.5 minute sessions in the microwave. Then I sprinkled chipotle Mrs. Dash on them...Yummy!