Do you have food cravings? Well I do, sometimes I can order myself to forget it and I will be okay but not last night. I woke up at 1:43 a.m., my bones are aching and I can’t go back to sleep. Finally I decide to get up. ” potato chips, Potato Chips, POTATO CHIPS.” The words echo through the corridors of my mind. I tell myself all the usual things. Linda you don’t need potato chips. You don’t need to eat in the middle of the night. Chips are just pounds waiting to grab onto your hips and multiply. Nothing was working.
Finally resistance low I am about ready to slip into a pair of sweat pants and a t shirt for a run to the gas station about a half mile away for potato chips. Then it hits me, I have a potato, why not make my own? Now I have this kitchen gadget that make vegetables really thin. (You see I hate vegetables and I thought if I cut them really thin I would not be able to taste them, but that is a story for another time. ) Out comes my veggie slicer, and I peal and slice one potato. Next I rinse the slices and sandwich them in between paper towels so they will be dry. A little pan full of hot oil and I am ready for home made potato chips. Five chips at a time I fry my potato chips, lightly salt them and put them on a paper towel to drain. For future reference they were wonderful!
On thinking it over the homemade chips were probably better for me, low salt and no preservatives! I am sure they cost more for I discarded the oil after I used it. Did I say they were wonderful? Oh well I have had my potato chip fix and hopefully it will last for several months. One advantage is no extra chips to cling to my hips and they really were good!
Happy reading, Linda
