[SamIAm]

BK, can you tell me more about your pumpkin chips? As you can see, I ended up just straight-up baking mine, but that was because my frying was a total failure. I can't even claim that I wasn't paying attention; I watched carefully as I turned a quarter pumpkin into a couple dozen gooey or burnt disks (and a few gooey AND burnt disks). [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

You said that you baked first. Do you think that's important? What oil did you use, and how hot? I think I used plain veggy oil because I had a big tub of it. I know it has a low smoke point, but I brought it right to that smoke point, so I don't think the oil was too cold. I thought I remembered that some fries are made by double-frying, so I tried flash frying some and then refrying them, but it didn't seem to matter.

They all just seemed to go straight from soggy orange to crisp black, never passing through crisp orange. Anybody have any ideas?

P.S. Amazing work on the seafood. Both look creative, tasty, and gorgeous. Well done.