They acquire a darker colour after they are removed from the oil, and the inside will go on cooking for several minutes.

It would be quite impossible to eat fried potatoes directly they are taken out of the fat, as they would burn the mouth terribly.

It is best to throw the fried potatoes into a cloth for a few seconds.
POTATO CHIPS .-- Potato chips are ordinary fried potatoes cut up when raw into little pieces about the size and thickness of a lucifer match.

They, of course, will cook very quickly.

They should be removed from the oil directly they _begin_ to turn colour.
POTATO RIBBON .-- Potato ribbon is simply ordinary fried potatoes, in which the raw potato is cut in the shape of a ribbon.