Potato Cheeps

Yes, I've scoffed at those "REDUCED FAT (!!!) Ruffles", so what am i doing preparing to blog about virtually oil-free chips? well. i dunno. the main reason why i decided to make these was cos it sounded so fun/easy, and it was a good excuse as any for me to practice my slicing skills. I can't remember where i got the recipe from, but it's basically, slice as thinly as you can, place on baking tray/dish, salt, then bake.
i tried that the first time, and it was somewhat of a, shall we say, MONUMENTAL flop, since, contrary to what the recipe said, my potatoes stuck to the (nonstick) tray like barnacles, and were basically inedible. so i bid the kitchen a momentary adieu, since mother was preparing for the mothers' day lunch the next day, but inside, i had not given up!!!!!! yeah.
so that night, after dinner, i was back again, this time with plans to use the (nonstick) frying pan instead. have i mentioned how much i love nonstick? i loveitloveitloveitLURRRVE IT. er. right. back to tatties.
so i sliced (not very well), until my mother could not stand to see slice after uneven, thick slice fall from my knife, anymore, and told me to hand. her. the. knife.
so she took over slicing, but halfway decided that halving the potato would be easier. hence, i ended up with many semicircular chips. but what can you do right? it looked like instead of honing my slicing skills, i would be working on my patience instead, watcing the chips turn from white, to transparent, to yellow-brown, to gold.

So, the end product. They were an odd texture, half chewy and half crispy, with none of the shiok-ness that comes from eating artery-clogging, fat-drenched potato chips that have been fried in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. but as an experiment they were mightily interesting.
and they don't look toooo bad here, do they?
heh. who am i trying to kid.
it sucks that i only really cook at night, since by that time there is no more natural light for me to snap my pictures by. plus, a lousy camera. pffts. they don't look like chips at all! they look like...mini quiches? fried egg-tofu? some kind of round vegetble gone wrong? overcooked eggwhites? pfft.