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Adding video to channels (Howto) - requested by maatc.

Very cool, but it seems like the process needs to be rather more automated if you're going to sell these in quantity.

Still, someone actually made a machine for this...

I was going to make the exact same comment. I can't imagine trying to produce those with a line of people waiting.

Good idea, but design fail on the machine. They should have made the ram a hollow tube so you push the stick in then pull it out to expand the swirl as the ram pushes. The stick would still center the tater. Needs to be vertical, too, so it will fit on a cart. Also, what a waste of time/safety dropping the whole stick in the fryer! Needs some work but I'm hungry so the video did the job.

More like a "what to buy" video than a "how to".

1. Cook potato and put it onto a stick.
2. Slice potato up using proprietary machine.
3. Deep fry.

k, I know how to do this now but considering I won't be buying this machine, this is useless.

These are often sold at state fairs and carnivals, and called tornado potatos. There much of the appeal comes from watching it being made, so you wouldn't really want to cut out that part.

I saw another spiral cutting device video, being spruiked in India actually, so the proprietary machine isn't strictly necessary:



(video from LiveLeak)

I'll stick with curly fries, but I will admit, the stick does add a certain element of excitement.

Despite the fact that it's entertaining to watch, these are actually pretty terrible.

I've never had a good one, they're typically either cut unevenly, so half the potato turns out more like chips, and the other half undercooked. Oily, they weren't spread out far enough so tons of oil got trapped in the actual spiral, or soggy, but that one isn't really about the potato itself, more the fact that the oil they're using to fry it is either too cold, or they don't leave it down long enough.

Whenever I see them at ribfest now, I just walk past them and grab a Bloomin' onion, or whatever it's called instead.