In article , MBQ wrote:

[snip]
Eating chips cooked in lard will not, on it's own, significantly raise
your chances of a heart attack. If the rest of you diet and lifestyle
is also unhealthy then that's another matter.

Its perfectly poss to make good chips without those risks.

But not *as* good.

MBQ

You can do MUCH better. Try chips in cold pressed sunflower oil.
(Difficult to find and expensive in the UK, but remember this when you're
shopping in Italy
Don't try this with cold pressed olive oil, it degrades too quickly at
chip frying temperatures.

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Jan
Well I guess cooking is a valid d-i-y topic.