Food Starch or Vegetables

 

Potatoes

    I used one potato to use for my French fry dish. I first thoroughly rinsed off the potatoes and got off excess germs. I then cut them into french fry-like sizes to be placed on a baking sheet. I did use some amount of salt to bring out the flavor of it. 

    

    It shows the process of them going into the oven after boiling them for 8 minutes or so to get some of the starch out. I did evenly distribute on the baking sheet to be cooked evenly. 

    The picture up above shows the finished product having them in the oven for 40 minutes or so at 450 degrees. As you can see they did not go as well as I had hoped it would. A lot got burnt in the process of pulling them out. The taste of french fries was that they seemed to have a burning taste and also a rough texture to them. 

    The chemical reaction that went on was that the oil from the fries made it easier for them to be overcooked. One of the successes was actually ending up with somewhat decent fries in the end. One thing I would change if I were to do this again is I would put less cooking spray on the baking sheet. This did hurt the cooking process quite a bit.