Forum getting too popular?

[gnif]

I love how you think our fish and chips are the best... Ill say I like chips, one of my favorite foods, but after I started making them myself from scratch (none of this frozen McCains rubbish), I have never once bought hot chips from anywhere since, I can't stand them. What we get from takeaways is absolute junk, prerolled in flour partially cooked and then frozen to have a final cook by the shop.

My EEVBlog DMM gets a good run each time I cook some chips as I use the thermal probe to monitor the temperature. The goal with chips is to drive the water out of the potato, water will not exceed 100C at room temp, and the oil wont get much hotter either until the water has been driven mostly off. Once it hits 120-130C they are pretty much done, take them and drain them, apply some salt to taste and you have your perfect chip. If you are like me or my wife and you like them real crunchy, wait a little longer till the temperature hits ~140C.

@djos - I am sorry but its simply true, and when I traveled to Europe a few years back I had store bought chips on a few occasions and found they are identical to what we have here, pre-cut pre-cooked chips rolled in flour then deep fried. The only difference was in what they considered tomato sauce.

Define what you mean by "Europe" - it's a collective, not one country. Current members:

I am fully aware what Europe is, I traveled around and visited many countries, to name a few England, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France. And yes, I do know that England is no longer part of the collective.

[avrishuvorlaz]

I love how you think our fish and chips are the best... Ill say I like chips, one of my favorite foods, but after I started making them myself from scratch (none of this frozen McCains rubbish), I have never once bought hot chips from anywhere since, I can't stand them. What we get from takeaways is absolute junk, prerolled in flour partially cooked and then frozen to have a final cook by the shop.

My EEVBlog DMM gets a good run each time I cook some chips as I use the thermal probe to monitor the temperature. The goal with chips is to drive the water out of the potato, water will not exceed 100C at room temp, and the oil wont get much hotter either until the water has been driven mostly off. Once it hits 120-130C they are pretty much done, take them and drain them, apply some salt to taste and you have your perfect chip. If you are like me or my wife and you like them real crunchy, wait a little longer till the temperature hits ~140C.

@djos - I am sorry but its simply true, and when I traveled to Europe a few years back I had store bought chips on a few occasions and found they are identical to what we have here, pre-cut pre-cooked chips rolled in flour then deep fried. The only difference was in what they considered tomato sauce.

Define what you mean by "Europe" - it's a collective, not one country. Current members:

I am fully aware what Europe is, I traveled around and visited many countries, to name a few England, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France. And yes, I do know that England is no longer part of the collective.

So where in Europe were these chips bought? You can't just say "Europe" - that's not a place. 

[djos]

I love how you think our fish and chips are the best... Ill say I like chips, one of my favorite foods, but after I started making them myself from scratch (none of this frozen McCains rubbish), I have never once bought hot chips from anywhere since, I can't stand them. What we get from takeaways is absolute junk, prerolled in flour partially cooked and then frozen to have a final cook by the shop.

My EEVBlog DMM gets a good run each time I cook some chips as I use the thermal probe to monitor the temperature. The goal with chips is to drive the water out of the potato, water will not exceed 100C at room temp, and the oil wont get much hotter either until the water has been driven mostly off. Once it hits 120-130C they are pretty much done, take them and drain them, apply some salt to taste and you have your perfect chip. If you are like me or my wife and you like them real crunchy, wait a little longer till the temperature hits ~140C.

@djos - I am sorry but its simply true, and when I traveled to Europe a few years back I had store bought chips on a few occasions and found they are identical to what we have here, pre-cut pre-cooked chips rolled in flour then deep fried. The only difference was in what they considered tomato sauce.

Like most things there's some variance but I've always been fortunate that there's always been at least 1 Fish & Chip shop near my residence that makes decent chips - the oil used makes a pretty big difference imo. It also makes a big difference if the shop keeps chips and fish etc to separate fryers.

As for chips rolled in Flour, I've never come across these, what state do you live in?

[Simon]

Am I the only one that finds this whole fish and chips thing absolutely hilarious?

Nope, but Aussie fish and chips are still better.

I can beleive it, I have not had a take away here that does not turn my stomach. Like I said if someone makes it for you to order it can be very nice but local chippies will use the cheapest fish they can get and don;t give a care how well it's made because here takeway food is sold on the basis of how much you get for how little and most people love a pint of oil in their meal.

[Gromitt]

And yes, I do know that England is no longer part of the collective.

To my knowledge England hasn't sailed away to another continent so it is still belongs in Europe. 

[Simon]

We still have not left either we are still talking about it.

Sent from my phone so mind the autocorrect.

[Gromitt]

We still have not left either we are still talking about it.

Sent from my phone so mind the autocorrect.

No, you are talking about leaving EU, that's not the same thing as leaving Europe, which you can't.

[Simon]

true, geograhically we are going nowhere,

[NivagSwerdna]

I do know that England is no longer part of the collective.

Firstly I think you will find England is part of the United Kingdom so best grouped with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  You will also find that geographically we remain in Europe, in fact we are on the same tectonic plate as the mainland of Europe, the English Channel being a mere puddle between us (although very historically useful for keeping people out).
Secondly, we are yet to extricate ourselves from the clutches of the "European Union", we haven't even started the Article 50 legal proceedings yet... but that time will hopefully come soon.

[BradC]

true, geograhically we are going nowhere,

Despite the best efforts of Graeme Garden.

[avrishuvorlaz]

Thread title change request: "Fish and chips getting too popular in Oz"

[raspberrypi]

I know it's a good thing...
But is it just me, or has the volume of posts increased a lot recently?
I now commonly see 3-4 pages of posts when I hit the Unread Posts link, and that's only after like an 8 hour sleep or something.
I couldn't keep up before reading all the posts, and now it's shifted from simply too hard, to impossible! 

Dave.

Crank up that ad revenue money! I'm helping by increasing the number of worthless posts.

[Simon]

not quite how it works.

[avrishuvorlaz]

not quite how it works.

I think he knew that

[Simon]

not quite how it works.

I think he knew that

I know

[gnif]

So where in Europe were these chips bought? You can't just say "Europe" - that's not a place. 

So what is your problem with using it as a geographical generalization to direct people to the rough area of the world? Its the same as saying that Australia has the best chips, but it is a huge area, what state? what city? what suburb?, it is a generalization. One shop to the next can be wildly different in what is produced, doesn't matter how far or close they are to one another.

And to answer your question, if you had read my post, I stated on various occasions I bought them, and mentioned some of countries as a general idea of where I visited.... put two and two together and you would realize that I listed the countries where I bought chips.

[avrishuvorlaz]

So where in Europe were these chips bought? You can't just say "Europe" - that's not a place. 

So what is your problem with using it as a geographical generalization to direct people to the rough area of the world? Its the same as saying that Australia has the best chips, but it is a huge area, what state? what city? what suburb?, it is a generalization. One shop to the next can be wildly different in what is produced, doesn't matter how far or close they are to one another.

And to answer your question, if you had read my post, I stated on various occasions I bought them, and mentioned some of countries as a general idea of where I visited.... put two and two together and you would realize that I listed the countries where I bought chips.

I think, if you agree, this whole childish nonsense about fish, chips and Europe can be safely discarded and forgotten, whaddaYaSay 'ole bean? It's all meaningless poppycock. Agreed? I can see that you are quite pedantic, as am I, on occasion, often to my detriment. Let's forget it all, it's a load of piffle.

[Simon]

you forgot to throw an "old bean" in there, too much monty python watching going on here or there

[avrishuvorlaz]

you forgot to throw an "old bean" in there, too much monty python watching going on here or there

Some people use normal words like these - they're nothing unusual. We don't all adopt a gruff, blunt, lifeless manner with no articulation or animation of speech, it's a perfectly normal manner of speaking; how sheltered a life you must have lead if you assume that the only people who say "old bean" and "piffle" are parodies on old BBC comedy shows - many of my relatives speak in this way - no ALL the time, but it's certainly not said as self-parody, it's having breadth of vocabulary and not caring a hoot what "Da rest of da wurld" thinks about things you've always done.

[BradC]

...too much monty python watching going on here or there

Wash your mouth out! There's no such thing as too much Monty Python.

[avrishuvorlaz]

...too much monty python watching going on here or there

Wash your mouth out! There's no such thing as too much Monty Python.

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There's a few hilarious skits, but I'd say there most certainly IS such a thing - it can get ultra tedious VERY fast indeed. Fawlty towers on the other hand... not QUITE so bad, but I find the "far too intellectual and pleased with oneself" in-jokes and super-super obscure, abstract nonsense to drain SO much of my mental energy when all I want is a SIMPLE LAUGH, I end up getting irritated and turning them off.

[Simon]

I must admit I don't mind them but yes they do get a bit tedious. Fawlty Towers was quite good.

[BravoV]

Another quarterly update, especially with the recent big events such as :

- Forum server upgrade with bigger RAM and miscellaneous forum fixes by gnif
- Coincidentally there is a thread Oscilloscope pong for 1 or 2 players that posted at Hackaday which generated thousand of guest views recently.


Brief summary (last data yesterday at 4th April 2017) :

• New posts and topics created looks like stable with low ripple. 
• Looks like starting at Feb this year, there is a significant increase in new forum members, not sure if its spammer account like in the past. 
• Online members also starting to grow from Feb, and there is a spike recently, although not as big as in the past events.
• Page view is hitting a new record. 

Other interpretations is yours.

[EEVblog]

• Looks like starting at Feb this year, there is a significant increase in new forum members, not sure if its spammer account like in the past. 

I'll have to investigate that, smells fishy.
Hackaday has bugger all effect these days.

[chickenHeadKnob]

• Looks like starting at Feb this year, there is a significant increase in new forum members, not sure if its spammer account like in the past. 

I'll have to investigate that, smells fishy.
Hackaday has bugger all effect these days.

Maybe a simple result of scopemonth promotion and chatter starting its wind up in February. give-aways always attracts the lumpen masses.