Jigjag
Thanks for the crossword championship update. Any report from you will be greatly received.
Thanks too for the chips info... though thanking you for actual chips would be even better, I quite fancy some now!
Grunger
The first cooking of chips results in totally uncoloured, but cooked through chips. These should be then left to cool - I put mine in the fridge, my mother simply set them aside for five minutes. The cooking oil, fat, lard, whatever then gets heated to a higher temperature - the chips probably need only another three or four minutes to turn crisp and golden.