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One of my fondest memories as a child in Spain (my father is retired Navy and we spent four years in Rota), was going to the department store in Puerto de Santa Maria (Hipercor, I think), and getting a rolled paper cone filled with freshly made potato chips from the vendor in the parking lot.

There was a huge kettle of oil and a slicing machine that would take a spin around the kettle as the guy would turn a crank and drop the sliced chips into the oil for cooking. He'd fish them out with a big basket on a stick and dump them on to a large metal table where another family member would toss and salt them to perfection, before rolling a cone of brown paper and filling said cone with a mountain of hot and wonderful chips.

The special prize was the few chips that hadn't quite crisped all the way, but remained slightly chewy.

To this day, the only brand of chips I've found that come anywhere close to those I remember are the Grandma Utz Hand Cooked Potato Chips. Just opening the bag and taking a whiff takes me back thirty years.

I've served them roasted in tandem with pears to go alongside a nice leg of lamb. There were no leftovers, if that means anything. :)

Based on the images, it looks the magic arm is detachable. It seems to clip over the end in the handle area.

This also appears to follow the same theory as the beer can chicken rigs you can buy for $5 at Walmart, only with more elevation and a horizontal attitude.

Sorry, guys... this is full of fail.

Glad to know Target carries the flour sack towels. :)

Looks like the fraternal twin of a Caprese Salad. I'm in.

Great post. I'm new to the more exotic cheeses, so this was timely. Also, great tip, Jooleeyet. I'll keep that in mind when I make my New Year's Tortellini Soup next January.

Does sangria really need to be reimagined?

There are few things finer than sitting on my deck with friends during the hot Virginia summer sipping on a glass of ice cold Carlo Rossi Sangria. Screwtop, baby, screwtop. Plus, you can do fun things with the jugs when you're done.

If I was closer, FTF, I'd be down for helping you polish that off.

Shredded broccoli stalks are an excellent in place of cabbage in coleslaw.

Hook a brother up, yo.

I'm really surprised this site is getting so much free press lately (or are they paying for all these posts?). I'm sorry, but with web security being what it is, as nice as the idea sounds, this just gives me the willies.

Besides, there are plenty of free alternative desktop applications, not least of which is KeePass. Sure, it'd be nice to have access to everything online, but a site like this might as well have a bullseye on it.